Doctor - MIRT
Kharkiv
- Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
- Location: Kharkiv
- Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
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Occupational Groups:
- Medical Practitioners
- Medical Doctor
- Closing Date: Closed
Key working relationships:
• Position Reports to: MIRT Team Lead
• Position directly manages: MIRT Nurse
• Internal collaborations within IRC: Health Managers,
Protection Managers, Senior MHPSS
Officers, WPE Managers, CP Managers
Job Overview/Summary:
The MIRT Medical Doctor provides medical consultations
offered by the MIRT unit. He/She works closely with MIRT Team Leader, MIRT
Coordinator and other department managers in creating the schedule for the MIRT
unit.
The Medical Doctor is responsible for outreach, and health promotion and acts as point of contact with outside entities like community organizations, and maintains strong community connections.
The Medical Doctor assures delivery of high-quality services comply with all Ministry of Health protocols and guidelines. In addition, the MIRT Medical Doctor actively participates in developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and referral pathways to higher more specialized health facilities or secondary healthcare.
Under the direct supervision of the MIRT Team Lead and MIRT Coordinator, the MIRT Medical Doctor will also coordinate with Health Coordinator as necessary.
The MIRT is a mobile unit and requires extensive travel within Kharkiv Oblast including to newly liberated areas.
Specifically, the MIRT Doctor will be responsible for:
• Manage the primary health care function of the MIRT in
Kharkiv oblast.
• Supervise, provide support and training of clinical staff.
• Back up the initial diagnostic, treatment and ensure an
effective referral system.
• Closely collaborate with governmental bodies, international
organizations and non-governmental organizations involved in the sector of
health and nutrition.
• Participate to the weekly reporting, medical statistics
report.
• Analyse the nutritional and socio-economic vulnerability
of the population with the support
of the Medical Coordinator.
Major Responsibilities:
• Manage the primary health care unit of the MIRT in Kharkiv.
• Supervise and provides support for MIRT medical staff
• Back up the initial diagnostic, treatment and ensure an effective referral system
• Actively participates in weekly reporting of medical statistics
• Analyze the nutritional and socio-economic vulnerability of NCD patients with the
support of MHC manager and Health
Coordinator
• Coordinates quality assurance of services for MIRT
• Actively participate in internal coordination mechanisms
• Actively participate in primary health care needs assessments as necessary among the
conflict affected populations, with
specific emphasizes on NCDs and SRH.
• Support the development of referral pathways to specialized health facilities and
secondary health care.
• Support the development of referral pathways with Protection, ERD programmes.
• Work closely with the health managers and pharmacy manager to ensure availability of WHO essential medications for the MIRT at
all time
• Actively supports/participate in developing and implementing strategies for improving
access, quality standards, effectiveness, and participation based on statistical
results, evaluations, surveys, and
feedback from attendees.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Documentation and Reporting:
Support
implementation of data collection, M&E and quality control measures for
mobile health clinic services.
• Participate in
preparation of internal reports, including submission of weekly reports to
Health Coordinator.
• Support project
staff to maintain program records and documentation as per project management
minimum standards, including maintaining the confidentiality and security patient
data
• Ensure proper
documentation of patient consultation and prescription
Requirements:
Medical Doctor
registered NHS licensing body of Ukraine.
• Minimum two
years of experience working on primary health care.
• Language:
Bilingual in Ukrainian and Russian required, with good verbal and writing
skills in English
• Strong
management skills, with experience in team management
• Experience
working with partners to implement programming
• Ability to
influence others to perform their jobs effectively and to be responsible for
making
decisions.
• Ability to work
within a team structure, flexible, and can cope with stressful workloads and working
with limited resources
• Desired
experience in working with displaced persons and migrants
• Excellent
command of the use of Microsoft Office especially Outlook, Work, Excel and Power
Point
• Good
communication, teamwork skills and ability to work independently
Professional Standards
The International Rescue Committee is determined to
protect the people it serves and staff from all kinds of harm, including sexual
exploitation, abuse, and harassment. It is committed to take all necessary
preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe. IRC builds
diverse and inclusive teams of professionals who promote critical reflection,
power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to
our clients.
IRC workers must adhere to the core values and
principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality and
Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and
enforces its safeguarding policies to protect adult and child clients from any
form of exploitation and abuse, including sexual exploitation and abuse, and
its staff from sexual harassment and violence.
Where misconduct is alleged, IRC follows a Zero
tolerance approach and takes all necessary actions and corrective measures. IRC
investigation unit comprises of experts and trained investigators that ensures
professional survivor-centered investigations are conducted if allegations of
safeguarding violations are reported through the safe and accessible reporting
channels that IRC makes available to its staff, partners, and clients.
These commitments are set out in IRC’s Safeguarding
Policies, accessible in English and in Ukrainian language via this link: https://rescue.box.com/v/irc-safeguarding-policies.
IRC is an active member of the Inter-Agency Working
Group on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) set-up in
Ukraine.