Consultant Type B - Migration Health Physician

The Consultant Type B - Migration Health Physician will provide part-time medical assistance to migrants accessing IOM medical services, coordinate medical referrals, support medical services in governmental facilities, and conduct health promotion activities. The role involves monitoring health needs, advocating for special health needs, and ensuring quality health services for vulnerable migrant populations in Zarzis, Tunisia.

Responsibilities

• Provide Part time medical assistance for migrant’s beneficiaries accessing IOM medical services.
• Coordinate medical referrals with relevant hospitals and medical facilities and closely follow up on the progress of the treatment/their medical condition of all cases.
• Provide support for medical services for migrants in governmental health/medical facilities whenever requested.
• Identify and advocate on special health needs for individuals/groups and liaise with relevant health actors/partners to facilitate the service provisions.
• Contribute to strengthening and monitoring mechanisms for ensuring quality health services and identification of beneficiaries potential protection concerns for all vulnerable categories (children, pregnant and lactating women, beneficiaries with disabilities and elderly patients).
• Undertake health needs assessments of the migrant population with attention to health determinants to assure provisions to meet those needs; maintain an on-going monitoring system to assure adequacy of such service provisions, including emergency response.
• Highlight and ensure presentation of psychosocial needs, including protection issues to Migrant Assistance Service caseworkers for further follow up, in line with Standard Operating Procedures.
• Monitor the completion of pre-departure medical checks for fitness to travel for migrants who are willing to return home voluntarily and coordinate all necessary medical procedures related to AVRR inclusive provision of medical escort for cases requiring medical assistance during travel.
• Conduct health promotion activities for migrants’ and host communities based on the most common health elements affecting the migrants and address public health measures needed to maintain a healthy environment, in the form of outreach clinics and health events.
• Liaise with Community leaders, Community Health and Outreach Worker networks in migrant dense communities to understand and remain up to date on migrant needs and health concern.
• Coordinate the proper storage, maintenance and procurement of basic medical equipment and supplies for the IOM Migration Health Unit including Emergency Medical Kits, Medical Escorts Kits, and other medical items.
• Regularly review services from a gender perspective and make recommendations to improve gender mainstreaming and gender sensitive services for all.
• Assist Medical team in conducting of medical convoys and basic medical services provided in field level.
• Write, consolidate, and submit individual case reports, monthly progress reports on key project activities and statistical reports whenever requested.
• Represent IOM in health sector meeting when required.
• Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

Requirements

• University Degree in Medicine from an accredited institution with minimum Three years of continuous clinical work experience
• General medicine/Emergency medicine specialties is an advantage.
• Proven experience in community outreach and dialogue in addition to practical monitoring and evaluation experience
• Fully proficient in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Internet, PowerPoint and Email.
• Experience working in Emergency situations, with emergency cases.
• In depth knowledge of the humanitarian context of medical assistance in relevance to different migrants’ populations.
• Fluency in French and Arabic is required.
• Working knowledge of English is desirable.
• Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process, which may include written and/or oral assessments.

Skills

• Clinical Medicine
• Emergency Medicine
• Community Outreach
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Medical Assistance
• Medical Referral Coordination
• Health Promotion
• Medical Services Support
• Humanitarian Assistance
• Emergency Response
• Health Needs Assessment
• Patient Advocacy
• Bilingual Communication
• Language Proficiency in French
• Language Proficiency in Arabic

Languages

French, Arabic, English