Organization Background:

International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through healthcare training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in areas worldwide. By offering training and healthcare to local populations and medical assistance to people at high risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergencies, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated healthcare systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

To learn more about our mission, visit https://internationalmedicalcorps.org/who-we-are

Job Purpose:

• To provide Primary health care services for patients in the fixed health Facilities.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ability and willingness to travel to all SHCs based on project need for health service delivery.
• As this is back up MD, he/she will be roving all HFs based on need.
• Perform emergency first care whenever needed.
• Provide curative services to patients according to health facility requirements.
• Support the provision of primary health care within the health facility.
• Under the direct management of the Health Officer, the Medical Doctor/Nurse is responsible for the following main activities to ensure the provision of quality OPD services.
• Dispense rational medicine usage to patients in SHC.
• Provide medicine/medical supply monthly consumption reports regularly.
• Provide all monthly reports according to the HMIS tools.
• Ensure the patient's triage registration and measurements of viral signs.
• Perform dressing and provide first aid care to injured patients whenever needed.
• Record and report beneficiaries or patients regularly.
• Identify patients in need of urgent care and refer them immediately to the equipped Health Centre.
• Register patients coming to SHC seeking care in the registration book.
• Respect IMC standards of procedures for referral and stabilization of patients.
• Take part in the management of pharmaceutical goods and medical equipment.
• Accompany patients to the external referral HF when required.
• Perform any other tasks assigned by the immediate supervisor.
• The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily inclusive in size. You may be required to travel to other parts of the country if required.

Organizational Responsibilities:

Policy Adherence:

• Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles and respect international humanitarian law.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.

Compliance & Ethics:

• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity.

Safeguarding:

It is all staff’s shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk; and any form of trafficking in persons.

Qualifications:

• The Minimum required for candidates having experience in INGO/NGO is one year.
• The Minimum required for candidates having experience in other health facilities is two years.
• Exit Exam is must for this Position.

Experience:

• Preference will be given to the locals of the duty station.
• The MD must provide regular reports in a timely manner.
• The MD must have good communication and liaison skills with the community and all staff of the project.

Competency:

• Good knowledge and experience midwifery activities
• Good knowledge and experience of Health and nutrition training delivery.
• Excellent reputation/well-known Desirable.
• Capacity to perform effectively under pressure and harsh conditions; ability to handle confidential and politically sensitive issues in a responsible and mature manner.
• Excellent capacity development and teamwork skills; cross-cultural and gender sensitivity.
• The candidate will be able to travel hard to reach districts of the target province.
• The candidate will have good human and communication skills.
• The candidate should fluently speak Dari, Pashto and English is an asset.

Submission Guideline:

Dear Applicant,

International Medical Corps never asks job applicants for a fee, payment, or other monetary transaction. If you are asked for money in connection with this recruitment, please report to International Medical Corps at the website provided at the end of this document. 

Please note that:

• IMC commits to a fair and transparent recruitment procedure.
• IMC will conduct his recruitment on the base of need only.
• Only HR department will contact you during the recruitment process.
• IMC may keep data of your application for its pool of candidate and might propose you other position than the one you applied for based on your qualification.
• Only short-listed candidates whose application responds to the criteria will be contacted & local applicants from the same province are encouraged to apply and will be given priority.

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Preference will be given to local residence applicants.

Website for reporting misconduct: www.InternationalMedicalCorps.ethicspoint.com. Please do not submit your CV or application to this website, it will not be considered for review.

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. The 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 his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.