Relief International is an international non-profit organization that partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote long-term health and wellbeing. Our team of more than 7,000 staff and local volunteers work in 15 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing Health and Nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Education and Livelihoods programming that creates the foundation for community resilience. We do this by working with local actors to develop safe and inclusive local programming that is evidence based, conflict sensitive, climate smart, and reaches those in need.

General Position Summary:

The medical director is responsible for OPD consultation, IPD care of the patients and follow up of standard MoPH treatment and preventive guidelines, maintain proper registration filling system within provincial hospital.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

General Management responsibilities

Organize and coordinate medical services and services provided by other professionals as they relate to patient care (i.e. ensure the availability of drugs and expendables materials).

2. Oversee evaluation and management of clinical practices within the department and give advice to the hospital director to improve the practices and guarantee the medical quality of the facility

3. Participate in decision making to improve the quality of medical care during Hospital Management Board (HMB)

4. Develop and implement policies, procedures and best practices and makes sure that they are in compliance with national laws and MoPH guidelines.

5. Ensure that the HMIS data are properly collected according to MoPH guidelines and that the official HMIS files are correctly filled. Analyzes hospital HMIS data on monthly basis and develop action plan for improvement.

6. Make sure that all medical providers employed possess the necessary credentials, education, and experience to offer care to patients.

7. Participate in the development and conduct of in-service training programs.

8. Prepare duty rosters for all doctors in consultation with hospital director

9. Participate in workshops and all medical meetings conducted by RI

10. Participate in morning report on regular basis and prepare report on monthly basis

11. Lead and manage all technical staff of the hospital for improvement of skills and work progress.

12. Ensure proper care of patient and build an improved culture of collaboration among specialists, primary care physicians, nurses, and others

13. Provide all needed assistance and facilities within the available resources to the patients.

14. Review timely oversights and documentation of patient care by respective units and nurses involved.

15.  Supervise and provide on the job training on technical issues to hospital technical staff.

16. Oversee guidelines, protocols and standards implementation and progress.

17. Develop action plan against internal and external monitoring feedback and follow up.

18. Participate on weekly basis in clinical conferences to review active cases.

19. Coordinate on-call duty and facilitate 24 hours coverage with the assigned team, seven days a week.

20. Make sure the medical data is recorded as per MOPH standard in the hospital

21. Participate in daily morning visit from different section of the hospital.

22. Attend hospital management board meetings and other ad hoc meetings.

23. Provide capacity building facilities for hospital doctors.

24. Follow established departmental policies, procedures and objectives, continuous quality improvement initiative, safety environmental and infection prevention standards.

25. Monitor and supervise the progress of trainings, EPI, nutrition, community health development, laboratory and pharmacy. Report problems to the Hospital Director.

26.  Ensure that active supportive supervision and monitoring are organized in all part of the hospital and that corrective actions taken to address weaknesses.

1) Education

• Medical Doctor (MD) with internal medicine specialization degree

2) Adequacy for the assignment

• At least five years full time working experience in hospital management or in same position

• Strong communication and English language skills

3) Regional Experience

RI Values:

We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities. We value:

• Inclusiveness
• Transparency and Accountability
• Agility and Innovation
• Collaboration
• Sustainability

The interested candidates should submit their RI Application letter with a CV and with three references.
Please Mention the announced position and vacancy number in the email subject please like (Medical Director RI-HER-2025-05)
Via email: vacancies.afghanistan@ri.org
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Please download the RI application form through below link. fill and send it along with your CV: :
http://www.acbar.org/upload/1572844955489.DOCX
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