Détails de l'annonce
Organisation : Médecins Sans Frontières - Artsen Zonder Grenzen
Site web : http://msf-azg.be/en/job/paediatric-referent-m-f
Adresse email : caroline.maes@brussels.msf.org
Lieu de l'emploi : BRUSSELS /
Type d'emploi : Contrat à durée indéterminée
Type de contrat : Temps plein
Fonction : Santé
Date de publication : 14/02/2017
Date limite : 04/03/2017
Profil
CANDIDATE PROFILE
- MD, specialization in paediatrics, clinical experience in low-resource settings
- MSF field experience at least 2 years.
- Master in Public Health / International Health / Tropical paediatrics is an asset
- Management and coordination experience is an asset.
- Teaching and training experience is an asset.
- Paediatric emergency care/intensive care experience is an asset
- Good communication capabilities, ability to work as a team
- Flexibility to carry out field visits and participate in international meetings
- Languages: good oral and written skills in English and French is a must
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
- Permanent contract – Full-time - based in Brussels with travels to the field
- Salary according to MSF-OCB HQ salary scale + Hospital Insurance (DKV) - Pension plan – Canteen - 100% reimbursement for public transportation costs
- Starting date: as soon as possible
Interested? Send a cover letter and your CV before 05/03/2017, to MSF Belgium, Caroline Maes, Rue de l’Arbre Bénit 46, 1050 Brussels, Belgium, or email them to caroline.maes@brussels.msf.org;
Web site : www.msf.be
Description
CONTEXT
MSF-OCB provides paediatric support to field projects, mission coordination teams and headquarter through:
- Two full time Paediatric Referents covering co-ordination, centralization of information, vision, and technical support.
- Referents in charge of vertical dossiers on HIV, TB, nutrition, vaccination, pharmacy, labs, etc.
- Experienced paediatricians providing a direct field support as Mobile Implementation Officers (MIO).
- The International Paediatric Working Group and External networks of experts.
The paediatric referent will work in the medical department. S/he contributes to the definition of medical policies and strategies with regards to his/her medical speciality and assists in its implementation. Further, s/he contributes through his/her expertise to the improvement of care of patients in MSF projects, taking into account the evolution of the global environment. S/he will work with another full-time paediatric referent with whom s/he will closely collaborate and communicate to assure coherence in the approach and vision for the paediatric population and to be able to act as back-up in the absence of the other. Both positions will carry individual responsibility over the different Paediatric related dossiers. In case of incoherence, or need for clarification, the referent who has been longest in the position will act as end responsible. The paediatric referent will work alongside a team of child health experts, women´s health experts and other medical colleagues specialized in relevant fields (Nutrition, vaccination, Infection control, nursing care, etc.). S/he will have an overview of the majority of programs providing child care but will have a closer oversight over a selected number of paediatric programs. The paediatric referent reports to the director of medical department in charge.
JOB PROFILE
- Provide support to the field
- Co-define medical policies, strategies and technical norms related to paediatrics
- Work on specific paediatric technical dossiers, including research
- Update or validate the content of paediatric trainings and paediatric modules of other trainings; organize and facillite trainings
- Analyse activities in his/her field of expertise
- Assure representation within and outside of MSF
- Collaborate with the management of paediatric HR
Provide support to the field
- Give technical support to field programs through:
- Respond to technical queries, discuss paediatric cases, provide feedback on context adaptation of protocols
- Field visits
- Collaborate with the medical responsible in the concerned operational cell and relevant medical department referents.
- Give strategic support to field programs on child health issues through:
- Collaborate with the medical responsible in the concerned operational cell to provide strategic direction to the field.
- Participate in patio, comité de projets, annual review of operations meetings
- Contribute to the definition of indicators necessary for monitoring medical activities in the field
- Assure the technical briefing & debriefing of paediatricians, general practicioners, nurses, medical and field coordinators returning from or leaving for MSF paediatric field missions, and follow-up on specific issues/concerns with the coordinators and medical responsible of the respective cell.
- Assure the implementation of paediatric issues at field level through mobile implementing officers
Co-define medical policies, strategies and technical norms related to paediatrics
- Identify major gaps in paediatric care in the field and recommend strategies to address these
- Give guidance for planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health services in the field, including goals or targets for children´s health and services
- Recommend horizontal integrated child management strategies in IPD, OPD, and the community at large
- Recommend strategies for the reduction of paediatric mortality and morbidity in different contexts, during different kind of operations, and for different age brackets.
- Ensure coherence with policies and strategies developped and validated by medical referents in vertical topics or transversal domains (vaccination, nutrition, infectious diseases, surgery….)
Work on specific child technical dossiers, including research
- Remain current regarding medical literature and innovative context-adapted tools and equipment
- Develop, update or validate specific paediatric technical documents, protocols, guidelines
- Develop a relevant network of external stakeholders on his/her dossier
- Attend relevant congresses and conferences
- Identify major operational knowledge gaps, propose and submit ideas/concepts for operational research, collaborate with conception/preparation/implementation/analysis/dissemination of paediatric related research and follow up on ongoing research.
- Support, monitor/follow up and evaluate the use of telemedicine
Update or validate content of paediatric trainings and paediatric modules of other trainings; organize and facillite trainings
- Determine the content or validate paediatric trainings and paediatric modules in other trainings for MSF-OCB expatriates and National staff and international trainings if required.
- Organize and facilitate the paediatric trainings and paediatric modules in other trainings and intersectional trainings (when hosted by OCB).
Analyse activities in his/her field of expertise
- Analyse the data in his/her field of expertise and regulary share this analysis with the relevant stakeholder
- Follow-up and monitor activities related to his/her dossier
- Evaluate paediatric projects and paediatric activities through field visits, debriefings, report-reading, etc.
- Capitalize the MSF experience in his/her field of expertise and disseminate lessons learned
- Support annual paediatric activity report writing
Assure representation within and outside MSF
- Take part in discussion platforms in MSF-OCB and give feedback on peadiatric issues (referents, AAU, Access campaign, AMR, operational platforms, etc.)
- Participate in the international paediatric working group as extended member
- Discuss and share experience in the field of peadiatric health within the movement and in external forums
- Participate to the international MSF paediatric scientific day and other MSF scientific days if relevant;
- Participate to the coordination week
- Identify possibilites of partnerships for paediatric technical and operational support
- Particpate to workshops, international expert groups organized by WHO, academic institutions or other validated initiatives
- Is the contact person for the communication department
Collaborate with the management of paediatric HR
- Co-support the HR on the organization of field paediatric positions