Med Cell Support – Based in Nairobi (W/M)

Médecins sans frontières (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders, is an international humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization (NGO) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases.

Med Cell Support – Based in Nairobi (W/M)

This position is for the Cell 6 portfolio and is based in Nairobi.

S/he will take the lead on the day-to-day follow-up, technical and strategic support to the mission teams on topics including, but not limited to, pharmacy management and medical international order follow-up, health information systems/data analysis, staff health, Nursing and IPC (Infection Prevention and Control), Hospital management, patient safety and operational research in collaboration with the Epicentre focal point.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

• Provide lead strategic and technical support, independently, to field teams on specific delegated dossiers, including Pharmacy management, medical international order follow-up, Nursing care, IPC, Patient Safety, Staff health, health information systems and hospital management; maintain overview of project implementation to ensure alignment with operational and medical department objectives.

• Support the implementation of medical strategies and policies within Cell 6, in line with the broad guidelines set out in MSF OCP’s medical and operational strategic plan and contribute to the consistency of the medical aspects of projects, considering contextual constraints and realities. Actively participate and contribute in the preparation and discussions of key operational milestones such as the mid-year activity review, mise à plat, annual budget commissions.

• Support the missions with guidance and recommendations in defining annual medical supplies plans, estimating medical supplies budgets and related human resource needs, in close collaboration with supply and finance teams, and contribute to validating the annual medical supplies budget.

• Validate international medical orders and local purchases in line with organisational protocol, and ensure appropriate procurement, monitoring and management of medical supplies in the supported missions, in close collaboration with the relevant departments.

• Guarantee that emergency buffer stocks, HR in the missions are consistent with the Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPreP), in liaison with the Emergency cell focal point and other cell members.

• Follow up on health information system/data analysis, ensuring the quality of medical data for project interventions is regularly collected according to MSF standards, and that medical and pharmacy reporting from missions is timely and accurate.

• Analyse the fulfilment of medical objectives, indicators and hypotheses for the mission, and feed into medical-operational monitoring and analysis for the cell, preparation of quarterly and annual medical reports for the portfolio, including presentation of findings at cell level and other relevant platforms such as operations meetings as required.

• Supervise and support implementation of Staff Health Policies, medical evacuation guidelines and referral policies in the supported missions, ensuring the organisation’s medical principles, guidelines and policies are respected.