Anaesthetist at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - Belgium

Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, international organisation. The organisation is made up mainly of doctors and health sector workers and is also open to all other professions which might help in achieving its aims.

Médecins Sans Frontières provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict. They do so irrespective of race, religion, creed or political convictions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Anaesthetist

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Full-time
Contract Period: Indefinite

Main Purpose

• Organize and carry out anesthetic medical activities, according to MSF policies, protocols and universal hygiene standards and in close collaboration with the surgeon and other medical staff, and increase the knowledge and practical skills of the anesthetic staff through on the job training and knowledge transfer in order to ensure the quality of care provided to patients

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Carry out pre-operative consultations evaluating the risks of operating in collaboration with the surgeon, providing the patient with appropriate information and deciding the type of anesthetics to be used, in order to ensure the best conditions prior to the surgery. Carry-out all anesthesia related activities during surgery to ensure safe, adequate anesthesia.
• Preparing beforehand the drugs, material, and equipment required.
• Administering and maintaining anesthetics following the rules of hygiene and asepsis in force.
• Monitoring patients throughout the intervention.
• Ensure transfer of patients to the recovery room, and full recovery of the patient’s consciousness and setting analgesic protocol
• Advise on Postoperative care in both Intensive Care Unit and wards with the surgeon, including fluid management, oxygenation monitoring and airway care and chest physiotherapy and mobilization, with special focus on patient’s pain relief during the recovering process.
• Implement and supervise hygiene rules, procedures and MSF protocols in OT/recovery, anesthesia material (decontamination, sterilization, storage conditions, etc.) to ensure the safety and protection of patients and staff.
• Supervise the OT pharmacy (drugs orders, inventories, expired drugs) and ensure OT register, consumptions, empty phials of narcotics, ensuring adequate stock is maintained.
• Ensure good functioning and maintenance of OT equipment (oxygen extractor, ventilation, equipment, etc)
• Organize the tasks of personnel under his/her responsibility, and participate and carry-out other team management activities (recruitment, training, performance evaluation, motivation, internal/external communication, etc.), in order to ensure having the appropriate team in terms of size, capabilities and skills.
• Collaborate with other departments in the project (responding to accident & emergency department requests, intervening in support of other services when needed, etc.), and participate in any emergency activity or exploratory mission, in order to support the overall MSF project with his/her expertise and capabilities.
• Ensure proper fulfillment of administrative procedures and documents (fill in of patients files, forms, statistics, data base, etc.), and elaborate regular reporting about results, proceedings and problematic situations and cases, in order to have updated and correct information about the day-to-day activity in the project and support decision-making.

MSF Section / Context-Specific Accountabilities

• Carry out pre-operative consultations evaluating the risks of operating in collaboration with the surgeon, providing the patient with appropriate information and deciding the type of anesthetics to be used, in order to ensure the best conditions prior to the surgery. Carry-out all anesthesia-related activities during surgery to ensure safe, adequate anesthesia.
• Preparing beforehand the drugs, material, and equipment required.
• Administering and maintaining anesthetics following the rules of hygiene and asepsis in force.
• Monitoring patients throughout the intervention.
• Ensure transfer of patients to the recovery room, and full recovery of the patient’s consciousness and setting analgesic protocol
• Advise on Postoperative care in both Intensive Care Unit and wards with the surgeon, including fluid management, oxygenation monitoring and airway care and chest physiotherapy and mobilization, with special focus on patient’s pain relief during the recovering process.
• Implement and supervise hygiene rules, procedures and MSF protocols in OT/recovery, anesthesia material (decontamination, sterilization, storage conditions, etc.) to ensure the safety and protection of patients and staff.
• Supervise the OT pharmacy (drugs orders, inventories, expired drugs) and ensure OT register, consumptions, empty phials of narcotics, ensuring adequate stock is maintained..
• Ensure good functioning and maintenance of OT equipment (oxygen extractor, ventilation, equipment, etc)
• Organize the tasks of personnel under his/her responsibility, and participate and carry-out other team management activities (recruitment, training, performance evaluation, motivation, internal/external communication, etc.), in order to ensure having the appropriate team in terms of size, capabilities and skills.
• Collaborate with other departments in the project (responding to accident & emergency department requests, intervening in support of other services when needed, etc.), and participate in any emergency activity or exploratory mission, in order to support the overall MSF project with his/her expertise and capabilities.
• Ensure proper fulfillment of administrative procedures and documents (fill in of patients files, forms, statistics, data base, etc.), and elaborate regular reporting about results, proceedings and problematic situations and cases, in order to have updated and correct information about the day-to-day activity in the project and support decision-making.
• Participate in the plan and supervisor of the HR associated processes (training, performance evaluation, development and internal/external communication) of the gynecological staff and other
• Ensure in collaboration with midwife activity manager the implementation of MSF clinical policies, tools, guidelines, and protocol related to gynecology and obstetrics to minimize clinical risks and to the 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.
• Participate in collaboration with the OT supervisor and the midwife manager the maintenance and running of the gynecological equipment and drugs consumption, preparing new orders when required and ensure its rational use as well as that pharmacy stock level are permanently updated and available.
• Participate in the mortality review process / Near miss (record in the dedicated tool, analysis and presentation), and participate in the analysis and review of medical errors.
• Participate in another project or organizational activities as deemed necessary.

Minimum Required Skills and Qualifications:

Education

• Essential, Doctor Anesthesia Degree / Diploma

Experience

• Essential at least 2 years certified work experience in Theater
• Desirable previous experience with MoH, MSF or other NGO’s in developing countries

Knowledge:

• Essential computer literacy (Word, Excel)

Languages:

• Essential English and Hausa

Competencies:

• Results, Teamwork, Flexibility, Commitment, Stress management

Application Closing Date
Sunday 7th of January 2024

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• MSF is an equal-opportunity employer, both men and women are encouraged to apply.
• Please note only short-listed candidates will be notified and invited for an interview; MSF Belgium takes this opportunity to thank all potential candidates for their application.

Important:

• Dual Employment is considered gross misconduct as contained in MSF Belgium Internal Regulations (IR) guideline and hence not acceptable.
• Applications should be sent through the indicated channel else application will not be entertained.
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the next steps.
• MSF reserves the right to cancel any step or whole of the recruitment process at any stage.