DEPUTY MEDICAL COORDINATOR – LIBYA BASED

•             At the request of the Medical Coordinator / Migration Unit Medical Manager, representing MSF before third parties concerning medical issues, ensuring its good public image and the alignment with the mission interests, through regular contacts with other actors in the country, negotiating with authorities when necessary, and informing on MSF charter, values and principles

•             Participating and contributing in the definition and update of the country policy, annual plan and budgets in order to develop the projects and programs aimed at addressing humanitarian issues at stake ensuring its efficiency and quality ( i.e. monitoring the project implementation, assisting the Project Coordinator and the medical teams in drafting the project proposal and follow up, identifying priority needs, other potential areas of action and emergency situations and collaborating and assisting in the production of medical reports)

•             Coaching, training and motivating the teams in the mission in order to align all field staff with MSF values and ethics, and ensuring their capability to carry out their job achieving MSF quality standards (i.e. induction, briefing/debriefing, training, potential detection, evaluation)

•             Collaborating, together with the logistics department and according to project needs, in the pharmacy management in order to ensure enough and quality supply of drugs and medical material (i.e. review of medical orders and monitoring of medicines consumption and stock levels of the different projects)

•             Assisting in defining and implementing the staff health and security policies for international and national staff in order to ensure its overall safety (i.e. monitors both physical and mental health state of staff, promotes compliance of all related protocols and procedures and collaborates in the update of issues regarding the security context)

•             Ensuring the Medical Coordination in the Mission and fully assuming the Medical Coordinator / Migration Unit Medical Manager’s tasks and responsibilities in case of absence/gaps.

After several months of suspension MSF is reopening operations in the north west of Libya (West Coast), specifically in Zuwara (West Coast project), Misrata and Sabratah; where MSF will run TB care/Primary Health Care/Sexual and Reproductive Health/Mental Health OPD with social welfare activities, in an interdisciplinary approach.

This position is based in Tripoli with :

–        Regular field visits to projects in Libya

–        Gap fillings for MAM, PHCAM, PMR, MTL positions in projects,

–        Visits to the Coordination based in Tunis as well as Tunisia projects upon Coordinator / Unit Manager request.

Accountabilities:

Complementing the overall accountabilities of the position, , the Deputy Medical Coordinator will be in charge of:

• In tight collaboration with the Migration Unit Medical Manager, Migration Unit Mental health Manager and Social Welfare team, monitoring, evaluating and adapting the patient flow and internal referral pathways.

• Monitoring, evaluating and adapting admission criteria for the TB care, Primary Health Care, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Mental Health and other MSF activities, in collaboration with the Migration Unit Managers.

• Monitoring, evaluating and adapting in collaboration with the project MAM referral criteria to secondary care. Supporting in  defining and amending the criteria if necessary.

• Monitoring, evaluating and adapting in collaboration with the MAM a framework for close follow up of referrals to secondary care facilities.

• Keep engaging with public hospitals to ensure a referral pathway for our patients.

• Implementing then monitoring, evaluating and adapting in collaboration with the Migration Unit Medical Manager, Migration Unit Mental health Manager and Social welfare team the data collection system.

• Ensuring in collaboration with the Migration Unit Medical Manager, Migration Unit Mental health Manager and Social welfare team that data protection and archiving Standards of Procedures are  adapted and applied.

• Together with Operations and Human Resources Team, and the MAM, ensuring needed trainings are planned for the Medical Staff.

• Ensuring in collaboration with the MAM that the medical staff is informed and mentored on the interdisciplinary approach.

• Ensuring in collaboration with the MAM that the medical protocols and guidelines are available and respected by medical staff.

• In collaboration with the Mission Pharmacy Manager ensuring the needed drugs are available accordingly to the type of acitivities, in compliance with local framework and MSF policies. Strong follow-up of TB drugs supply from MOH and WHO.

• In collaboration with the Mission Pharmacy Manager, keeping the Medical Coordinator aware and updated on the current national medicines regulations, guidelines and laws, importation procedures and LY registered manufacturer list.

• Reviewing the medical standard lists with inputs from the MAM and the medical team where needed.

• Ensuring that the planned medical activities and referrals take into account safeguarding requirements and allow for the safe care of assisted individuals.

• Participating in exploratory mission, situation assessments (defining medical operational priorities when needed).

• With the Migration Unit Medical Manager, ensuring the liaison for integrated coordination with Mental Health, Social Welfare and Log managers.
• Ensuring support to the HoM in representing MSF before local medical authorities and keeping regular contact with other counterparts in the mission (NGOs, local organizations, donors, authorities) in order to broaden the medical-humanitarian situation analysis, strengthening the impact of the medical intervention and supporting advocacy actions to raise humanitarian awareness

These specific accountabilities are subjects to addenda and adjustments as the medical strategy of operations is evolutive and agile.

•             Leadership L2

•             People Management and Development L3

•             Service Orientation L3

•             Teamwork and Cooperation L4