Clinical Officer

• Job Title: Clinical Officer
• Work Location: Dagahaley Refugee camp - Dadaab, Garissa County
• Duration: A 12-month contract with a 3-month probation period
• Start Date: 01.09.2025.

Organizing and ensuring medical consultations to the target population providing treatment to patients within the scope of his/her medical competencies and referring them when appropriate, according to MSF protocols, procedures and the universal hygiene standards in order to guarantee quality and efficiency of the service provided.

• Ensuring the implementation and standardization of MSF clinical policies, tools, and hygiene protocols in order to minimize clinical risks and to guarantee the quality of patient care management. Promoting and maintaining confidentiality regarding all patient cases and records
• Implementing diagnosis, prescription and prevention procedures that fall under the scope of his/her competencies applying medical knowledge, asking appropriate questions to patients and following protocols in force as well as using laboratory services when necessary, in order to ensure a correct implementation of the medical treatments and to refer patients when appropriate.
• Participating in the planning and supervision, in close coordination with other supervisors, the HR processes (sizing, staff shifts, recruitment, training, evaluation, development and communication) of the team in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required, improve people triage capabilities, their motivation and commitment and their active participation in teaching the targeted population on therapeutic and preventive protocols.
• Ensuring that all staff using medical devices are qualified and trained. Ensuring cleaning and minor maintenance tasks are performed according to the protocols. Reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service.

1. In cases of emergency, carrying out first aid care and treatment according to protocols in order to reduce mortality rates.
2. Recording in the individual patient’s card and registration books, all performed medical activities (drugs prescribed, lab results, vaccination status, epidemiological activity, doses, etc.) keeping data traceability in order to ensure patients treatment continuity.
3. Participating in data collection and reporting when required.
4. Knowing and implementing Patient Therapeutic Education (PTE), i.e. keeping contact with all patients, providing them information regarding their health state and responding to their questions.
5. Knowing and promoting the proper application of Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Kit and Sexually Gender Based Violence (SGBV) protocol.

Education 

• Essential Clinical officer diploma

Experience 

• Desirable previous clinical supervision experience of at least one year.

Languages 

• Proficiency in English and Kiswahili. Somali language knowledge would be an asset.

Knowledge 

• Desirable computer literacy

Competencies

Because of the number of applications we receive, applications not complying with all of these instructions will not be considered.

Please attach the following:

1. CV of maximum two pages, including contact information (telephone number, e-mail address, physical address)

2. Short cover letter (max. one page)

3. Scan of your national ID

4. Scan of your academic qualifications

* Each attachment must contain the full name of the applicant.

We apologize that due to the volume of application we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

MSFCH is an equal opportunity employer and does not charge any application/recruitment or training fee. We encourage applications from women, individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, races, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics.

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