Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation.
Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of neutrality and impartiality.
A worldwide movement
MSF was founded in Paris, France in 1971. Its principles are described in the organisation’s founding charter. It is a non-profit, self-governed organisation.
Today, MSF is a worldwide movement of 24 associations, bound together as MSF International, based in Switzerland.
Thousands of health professionals, logistical and administrative staff – most of whom are hired locally – work on programmes in some 70 countries worldwide.
Humanitarian action
MSF’s work is based on humanitarian principles. We are committed to bringing quality medical care to people caught in crisis, regardless of race, religion or political affiliation.
MSF operates independently. We conduct our own evaluations on the ground to determine people’s needs. More than 90 per cent of our overall funding comes from millions of private sources, not governments.
MSF is neutral. We do not take sides in armed conflicts, we provide care on the basis of need, and we push for independent access to victims of conflict as required under international humanitarian law.
Bearing witness and speaking out
MSF medical teams often witness violence and neglect in the course of their work, largely in regions that receive scant international attention.
At times, MSF may speak out publicly in an effort to bring a forgotten crisis to public attention, to alert the public to abuses occurring beyond the headlines, to criticise the inadequacies of the aid system, or to challenge the diversion of humanitarian aid for political interests.
Quality medical care
MSF rejects the idea that poor people deserve third-rate medical care and strives to provide high-quality care to patients. In 1999, when MSF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the organisation announced the money would go towards raising awareness of and fighting against neglected diseases.
Through the Access Campaign, and in partnership with the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, this work has helped lower the price of HIV/AIDS treatment and stimulated research and development for medicines to treat malaria and neglected diseases like sleeping sickness and kala azar.Main Purpose
Implement gynecological and obstetrician procedures, performing any other prior treatment required, during or immediately after a woman has given birth in order to improve women’s reproductive health and to reduce pregnancy, delivery and neonatology risks.
This will be done in accordance with MSF policies, protocols and universal hygiene standards and in multidisciplinary collaboration with other medical doctors and midwife services.
Job Description
Provide health care related to gynecology and obstetrics to patients, including prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
Ensure the implementation of MSF clinical policies, tools, guidelines and protocols related to gynecology and obstetrics in order to minimize clinical risk and to extend best reproductive practices.
In collaboration with other medical colleagues, carry out the collection of quantitative gynecological data and ensure exhaustive use of management tools in order to improve gynecological results and to share knowledge among other field specialists.
Plan and supervise the HR associated processes (recruitment, training, performance evaluation, development and internal/external communication) of the gynecological/Obstetrics
staff in order to ensure both an efficient sizing and the amount of knowledge required, to improve people’s capabilities and their active participation in influencing the targeted population using preventive practices.
This will be done in close coordination with the HR
department.
Supervise the maintenance and running of the gynecological equipment and drug consumption, preparing new orders when required and ensuring its rational use as well as that pharmacy stock levels are permanently updated and available.
This will be done in cooperation with the pharmacist and logistic staff, the management.
Provide and supervise comprehensive obstetric, surgical, and newborn care in collaboration with anesthetists, midwives, and nurses, ensuring quality management of deliveries, surgical procedures, maternity care, and hospitalized patients with pregnancy-related complications.
Assess, plan, and deliver surgical, obstetric, and medical trainings for doctors, midwives, and nurses (including emergency obstetric surgery, pre-/peri-/post-operative care, obstetric emergencies, hygiene, ultrasound, and related skills), in collaboration with responsible staff, and adapt trainings based on service evaluations and identified needs.
Ensure quality of care through adherence to MSF protocols, supervision of instruments, drugs, sterilization and data systems; investigate maternal deaths; collect, analyze, and report medical data (weekly and monthly Sitreps); and actively contribute to team meetings and Project annual planning.
Requirements
Education: Essential, Obstetrics & Gynaecology specialist fellowship.
Experience:
Essential: at least 2 years of certified work experience in Gynaecology
Desirable previous experience with MSF or other NGO’s in developing countries
Language Essential: English; local working language (Hausa) would be an asset.
Knowledge: Essential computer literacy (Word, Excel)
Competencies:
Commitment to MSF Principles, Behavioural Flexibility, Stress Management, Results, and
Quality Orientation, Teamwork and Cooperation, Service Orientation.