Керівник(ця) з медичної діяльності (Medical Activity Manager)

INTERSOS is a humanitarian organization on the front-line of emergencies, bringing assistance to victims of armed conflicts, natural disasters and extreme exclusion with particular attention to the protection of the most vulnerable people.

Since 1992 our humanitarian workers have been helping people affected by humanitarian crises: we provide first aid, food, shelter, medical assistance and basic goods. We ensure that basic needs, as education, access to clean water and health assistance, are met.

An INTERSOS emergency team is in Lviv where we are launching an intervention to assist internally displaced people and support local health facilities close to the fighting areas, already under high pressure due to the influx of displaced people and the shortage of doctors, drugs and medical supplies. We are supporting an oncological hospital and some shelters in Lviv and we also started operating in Vinnytsia, both in the city and in the surrounding areas, with protection and health care activities. Another emergency team arrived to Odesa to deliver trauma kits and meet the growing needs of the population.

INTERSOS is opening a position of Medical Activity manager in Vinnisia (with travels in all Ukraine according to the needs).

Contract duration: 6 months.

Main Purpose

Define, coordinate and monitor medical activities of the project under his responsibility according to INTERSOS protocols, standards and procedures in order to ensure the delivery of quality medical care for patients and their local communities as well as to improve the health conditions of the target population of the project. In particular, setup the medical component of the Intersos program in Lviv to guarantee access to medical care is guaranteed including access to medications.

Support the Medical Coordinator based in Lviv in external relationships/activities.

Support with ad hoc health needs that may arise in different locations.

Reporting to:

(Hierarchical): Emergency Medical Coordinator

(Technical): Emergency Medical Coordinator

Tasks

• Ensure the medical area of the shelter is suitable for medical activities (privacy, IPC, ventilation, medication cupboard – define standard medical equipment to be in place and over the counter medications/first aid kit to purchase, liase with logistics to ensure IT requirements allow smooth running of medical activities
• Map secondary health facilities in the nearby where patients can be referred to access specialist care and secondary care
• Regular mapping of nearby pharmacies to ensure availability of medications and identify early possible shortages and backup plans to ensure treatment is not discontinued. Compile and update a monthly list of shortages and ruptures in the surrounding pharmacies
• Setup verification system and monitor the cash for medications
  Setup a patient’s registry and a simple data collection tool to monitor number of consultations, main morbidities, main mediations prescribed
• Provide a monthly medical report to the medical coordinator inclusive of the mediations shortages list
• Support the Medical Coordinator in networking and external relationships with MoH (health cluster, technical working groups, MOH etc.)
• Support the Medical Coordinator in completing the country health strategy (ex. health system functioning, history/background, standard processes
• Provide ad hoc support to the mission according to needs (ex. short detachments to other location to provide medical support)
• Coordinate, assess and supervise the proper functioning of the medical activities of each project according to INTERSOS protocols, standards and procedures and through the correct compilation and analysis of medical data regarding patients health conditions
• Participate in the definition of annual planning and budget for the project and in the follow up of the project. Supervise and ensure that medical activities objectives under his responsibility are achieved, reporting to the technical referent any problem arising in the service
• Coach and train the medical team of the project he manage in order to guarantee the good quality of the medical activities and to provide the medical care to the patients
  Check all administrative procedures related to patients’ follow-up (card filling, registers, paper exit, discharge, transfers etc.) are carried out correctly and according to INTERSOS procedures
• Coordinate and monitor the daily working plan of the team under his responsibility (absent personnel, vacations, tracking leaves etc.). Participate in shifts and replaces a staff if necessary
• Plan and supervise, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training, performance evaluation, development and internal communication) of the staffs under his responsibility in order to improve staff’s capabilities and to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required
• Participate in the monthly reports according to guidelines

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in medicine or other paramedical studies
• Minimum 2 year’s relevant work experience in the humanitarian sector especially in fragile and unstable environments
• Ukrainian and English fluent
• Flexibility to travel countrywide with short notice
• Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)
• Demonstrate experience with different donors’ compliance and reporting
• Leadership, people management and development
• Teamwork and cooperation
• Strategic vision
• Service orientation
• Understanding of humanitarian operations principles, standards and best practices
• Commitment to INTERSOS principles

Please send your CVs and cover letters to [email protected]