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International Medical Corps (IMC), Jordan

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JOB SUMMARY

Health Care Provider 

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

  • Monitoring patients' conditions and progress, and re-evaluating treatments, as necessary. 
  • ​To assess and treat or admit patients by reviewing and understanding their medical backgrounds and examining them to assess their current condition and health including suspected/ confirmed COVID-19 patients. 
  • ​Request, perform, interpret and analyze Lab tests (rationally) to diagnose patients' condition. Perform patient physical examination. Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment. 
  • ​Assess and examine patients to establish if an advance procedure needed and prioritize procedures capacity inside the camp vs referrals to outside the camp. 
  • ​Counsel patients and their families about disease, prognosis and manage expectations. 
  • ​Refer patients to other medical specialists or other practitioners when necessary and participate in ambulance escort when needed. 
  • ​Preparing official health documents or records, when necessary. 
  • ​Work effectively in a multidisciplinary team, collaborating and liaising closely with colleagues including specialist doctors, referral doctor, ER doctors, other GP and surgeons. 
  • ​Provide support and advice to colleagues working in other teams 
  • ​Accurately record patient interventions and referrals. 
  • ​Undertake associated administrative work. 
  • Ensure a rational prescription of medicines from the essential drug list of the camp or provide a medical rationale for an exceptional treatment. ​
  • ​Ensure the quality, disinfection, and sterilization of the medical material under the General Practitioner's responsibility and ensure general compliance with standing hygiene standards; 
  • ​When requested, perform training of the medical/paramedical team in order to optimize the quality of care; 
  • Respect and follow the health standard operating procedures (reporting diseases with an outbreak nature, Health Information System (HIS) reporting, referral procedures, etc.). Ensure professional confidentiality is respected; 
  • Perform additional tasks when requested.

Extra tasks as follows: 

  • ​Responsibility of managing referrals during shifts from camp referral sub-hub during the week as a part of their duties (will be aligned with central hub working hours to ensure no gaps of duties working hours). 
  • ​Initiate and validate the referral from ER, select service provider after coordination from referral officer with nearest MoHinistry of Health (MoH) hospital then if needed coordinate with nearest private hospitals. 
  • ​Follow up the referred case from camp to selected hospital (according to referral Scope of Worktandard Operating Procedure (SoP)),  
  • ​Maintain proper communication with the affiliated hospital to respond to any inquiries or request regarding the referred camp patient. 
  • ​Coordinate with camp referral officer for referral tickets on CCR, evacuation needs to/from referral hospital and validate discharge medication prescription during their shift. 
  • ​Proper handover notes to the central hub team on the next morning for referred cases, approval done, hospital pending requests, and any complications raised during duty.
  • ​Prompt responses to Central Senior referral doctor validation of the referrals that took place during the ER doctor's duties, including explanation requested, justification, or any related issue in order to ensure proper implementation of referral pathway matrix 

 

Provision of primary healthcare (PHC) services: 

A) Preventive  

  • Medical checkup  
  • Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancies (HTSP) Counseling 
  • Child growth monitoring and immunization status  
  • Health education provision and increase awareness about their current health conditions and health promotion in general 

B) Curative 

  • Medical consultation including family, medical history, and full physical examination 
  • Management of acute and chronic conditions 
  • Prescription of drugs according to national/international standard treatment protocol 

C) Referral  

  • Referral to secondary and tertiary care as needed 
  • Referral to Basic Rapid Diagnostic Test (clinic nurse) 
  • Referral to clinic obstetrician-gynecologist 
  • Referral to clinic health educator  

D) bAdministrative: 

  • Fill the patient clinical record file for each patient visit  
  • Prescribe drug on clinic prescription form 
  • Fill out the referral form for any referral case outside of the clinic. 

E) Technical Assistance (TA): 

  • Provide TA in development of health education material and health promotion campaigns as necessary 
  • Assist in the development of a health education plan as necessary 
  • Provide advice on drug and medical supply orders in coordination with the clinic pharmacist. 

F) Training: 

  • Participate in medical and management trainings as determined by International Medical Corps (IMC) senior management   
  • Continue self-education to adhere to national/international standards and new advancements in the field of general practice and other relevant medical areas.

G) Others: 

  • Ensure integration of clinic services and promote the best quality standards for clients 
  • Support provision of training and supervision of nurses/midwives and health educators.​ 

 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

  • Bachelor’s Degree of Medicine from a Jordanian University and MOH Licensing. 
  • Minimum one year of experience in a reputable hospital is required.
  • Emergency department (a must). 
  • Experience with an NGO (preferred).    
  • BLS and ACLS certification are preferred  
  • Good in the English language, speaking and writing.  
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. 
  • The selected candidate must be willing to provide their certificate to obtain a MOH clinic license. 

 

Ethical Conduct at International Medical Corps 

As part of a global, humanitarian team dedicated to saving lives, easing suffering, and building self-reliance, International Medical Corps staff are responsible for adhering to our Code of Conduct and Ethics and for knowing and abiding by International Medical Corps policies and standards. All staff play a vital role in preventing violations of our Code of Conduct and Ethics, including conflicts of interest, fraud, corruption, and any kind of exploitation or abuse. International Medical Corps is also committed to providing a safe and healthy work environment free of harassment, bullying, and other misconduct, enabling staff to build and maintain professional, respectful working relationships.  

International Medical Corps prioritizes safeguarding the populations with whom we work from exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk and/or any form of trafficking in persons. International Medical Corps is committed to engaging members of crisis-affected communities to participate in meaningful ways in a crisis response, including making informed decisions about the assistance they receive, mitigating potential risks, and holding us accountable for the commitments we make. All staff are expected to support International Medical Corps’ culture of accountability toward our stakeholders, particularly the crisis-affected communities and individuals we serve.  

As part of International Medical Corps’ commitment to a speak-up culture and as one of the primary ways we collectively hold ourselves accountable for complying with the ethical principles and standards of conduct outlined in the Code of Conduct and Ethics, all staff are required to report suspected or actual misconduct or violations of organizational policies. Our Code of Conduct and Ethics and Whistleblower Policy prohibit any form of retaliation against whistleblowers or individuals who report a concern in good faith. Staff who violate these protections may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment or contractual relationship with the International Medical Corps. 

 

Equal Opportunities 

International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran. 

 

Misconduct Disclosure Scheme 

All offers of employment at International Medical Corps are subject to satisfactory references and background checks. International Medical Corps participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme from the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR). In accordance with this, we will request information from an applicant’s previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, and/or sexual harassment during employment or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms understanding of these recruitment procedures.

 

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