Medical Officer – Ecuador At MedGlobal

Job Title: Medical Officer

Job Status: Part-time (10 hours per week)

Job Location: Guayaquil, Ecuador

Report to: Country Representative

ABOUT MEDGLOBAL

MedGlobal is a global humanitarian non-profit organization providing medical and health education services to people in need, including refugees and displaced persons, in disaster and underserved regions. The organization is composed of medical and public health professionals of diverse backgrounds.

CODE OF CONDUCT

MedGlobal Code of Conduct reflects the profession’s core set of beliefs and values of care, respect, trust, and integrity. These beliefs and values are fundamental to MedGlobal employees, volunteers, interns, consultants, officers’ coordinators, and directors to guide their practice and conduct. The Code is organized into categories, as follows:

1. Always act with fairness, honesty, integrity, and openness; respect the opinions of others and treat all with equality and dignity without regard to gender, race, color, creed, ancestry, place of origin, political beliefs, religion, marital status, disability, age, or sexual orientation.
2. Provide a positive and valued experience for those receiving service within and outside MedGlobal.

CHILD PROTECTION POLICY

Child abuse in all forms is unacceptable to MedGlobal, which recognizes its responsibility to protect children from harm in all areas of its work.

MedGlobal is committed to ensuring a child-safe environment and is applying a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of child abuse and exploitation.

DISCRIMINATION, ABUSE AND HARASSMENT POLICY

MedGlobal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and expressly prohibits and will not tolerate any form of discrimination, abuse, harassment (sexual or otherwise), based upon race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, citizenship status, disability, or military status. MedGlobal employees and related personnel must under no circumstances take part in any form of discrimination, harassment, or abuse (physical, sexual or verbal), intimidation or exploitation, or in any other way infringe the rights of others inside or outside the organization.

JOB SUMMARY

The Medical Officer will implement and develop medical processes at all MedGlobal medical activities in Ecuador. The Medical Director works closely with the CAM Coordinator in Guayaquil and with the Logistics and Procurement Officer for all other medical activities outside CAM.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review the medications list and adjust based on clinical cases at the CAM and Mueve Medical Brigades. This to be done in partnership with the CAM Coordinator.
• Review the Medical Record filing process in accordance with the local health authorities/MOH.
• Prepare a monthly report of the consultations per service at CAM, Mueve medical brigades, and MedGlobal RMM identifying the most frequent diagnosis, and classifying the information based on demographics. (General medicine, nutritional consultations, diagnosis).
• Establish a disease surveillance method for the CAM.
• Prepare a quarterly report on the indicators of public health events seen at the clinic, Mueve medical brigades, and MedGlobal RMM.
• Make a list of patients and classify them by medical risk as appropriate.
• Conduct active monitoring of patients identified with medical risk (chronic diseases).
• Coordinate with the CAM Coordinator the implementation of health education activities.
• Ensure the implementation of local Ecuador medical protocols at the CAM, Mueve Brigades and MedGlobal RMM. Adapt when needed.
• Additional duties as assigned.
• Assess the operation of the health projects under their responsibility.
• Guarantee the objectives defined in the project.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 3-5 years of experience supporting clinical processes, implementation of health projects, health reporting programs, medical consultations, and others.
• Knowledge and experience applying local clinical guidelines.
• Previous NGO work.
• Experience with migrant and refugee populations.
• Teamwork.
• Working under pressure.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Detailed oriented.
• Ability to keep superiors informed about project updates and progress.
• Ability to work independently, quickly, problem solve, anticipate challenges, and handle data with confidentiality.
• Strong skills working with a variety of systems and technologies, including but not limited to Google Suite, Microsoft Office, Excel, and Adobe PDF.

How to apply

To apply for this position, please send a cover letter and resume to [email protected] with the subject line: Medical Officer. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and applicants are encouraged to apply early.