North Littoral Medical Supervisor (F/M) – Dunkirk At Doctors of the World

Do you want to join an activist association and take concrete action for more social justice?

Médecins du Monde has been working for more than 40 years to treat the most vulnerable populations, denounce obstacles to access to care and sustainably develop health policies.

In France and in nearly 30 countries, our actions revolve around six political battles:

• sexual and reproductive rights and health (including the right to abortion)
• migration, exile, rights and health
• risk reduction
• environmental health
• rights and health system
• humanitarian spaces

The Médecins du Monde program on the Hauts-de-France coast has been helping exiled people stranded on the Franco-British border, from Calais to Dunkirk, for more than twenty years, waiting to try to reach the Kingdom- United.

In 2015 and 2016 this program urgently developed a very high operational volume. After the evacuation of the “Calais jungle” in the fall of 2016, then the destruction of the “Grande-Synthe camp” in March 2017, activity experienced a period of monitoring before resuming, during 2017, a volume operational which mobilizes a large team in a complex political context and a security context that could be degraded.

Operational activities are organized as follows:

• Two “mobile clinic” sessions per week: primary health care medical consultations, mediation, support to common law care structures and mental health activities
• Two weekly marauding and support sessions towards common law healthcare structures

Médecins du Monde is today a key health player across the entire coastline, which has a strong presence in inter-association and advocacy dynamics.

The position is part of a changing security context that can be degraded with a dedicated security protocol.

Why we need you

Your mission is to implement the health promotion activities of the program and to guarantee the quality of activities, practices and medical data.

Your missions

1-Field trips, training and capacity building

• Participate in mobile clinic outings
• Provide briefings and debriefings of marauding and support at PASS
• Participate in the integration process of volunteer candidates and in planning management
• Continuously support and train volunteer healthcare teams (on the context, postures to adopt, health activities, use of tools, notion of interculturality) and participate in the identification of training needs
• Organize and lead thematic working groups (mediation, mental health) with the volunteer team and external stakeholders

2-Monitoring the implementation of activities, monitoring

• Ensure the quality of activities (implementation of medical protocols, pharmacy management)
• Supervise operational primary health care activities by including the mental health and psycho-social support dimension
• Create data collection and support tools for carrying out activities, adapt them according to changing needs and train teams in their use
• Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the program, be a force for proposing adaptations or reorientations of activities, ensuring continuous evaluation and analysis of the context
• Regularly compile the data received and ensure the quality of data collection
• Place orders and monitor pharmacy management
• Be responsible for health monitoring and alert if necessary
• Ensure compliance with the strategic and political orientations of Médecins du Monde

3- Representation and relations with local health partners

• Identify health partners with whom to work to guarantee holistic and quality care
• Strengthen collaboration with public institutions and health authorities
• Participate in local meetings with authorities
• Organize and participate in inter-association health meetings

4-Reporting and advocacy

• Analyze statistical and qualitative data reported by field teams
• Guarantee the collection of testimonies in order to report potential dysfunctions and feed into the program’s advocacy areas
• Write monthly activity reports for the medical/health part
• Participate in the writing of reports with an advocacy aim
• Participate in the drafting of annual activity reports

Your colleagues

You work under the supervision of the program coordinator and you have a functional link with the health representative of the France operations department. You also work in close collaboration with the volunteer executive mission manager. The team is made up of a medical supervisor, two interpreters (in Kurdish, Arabic and Afghan languages), a logistician, a project manager on sexual and reproductive rights and health issues and around forty nursing and non-caregiver volunteers.

You are the right person if you…

• Have medical or paramedical training – additional training in mental health and psychosocial support, mediation or in the social and/or humanitarian sector would be a real advantage
• Have experience with people in precarious situations, particularly populations in migration
• Have experience leading volunteer teams
• Master IT (Office Pack) and collaborative tools
• Speak French fluently (written, spoken) and you have a good level of English
• Hold a driving license (B)

This position is not for you though…

• You fear not finding yourself in the values and militant positioning of Médecins du Monde
• You don’t have good resistance to stress

The next steps

If your application is selected, we will contact you quickly to offer you an HR interview with our recruitment manager then will come the managerial interview with the program coordinator and with the volunteer executive mission manager, in which practical cases may possibly be integrated.

As part of the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, background checks on international lists may be carried out. The data is treated confidentially and securely. More info: http://bit.ly/3CSThBs

A criminal record extract (B3) will be requested from any person recruited.

We are waiting for your application

We only need your CV and cover letter.

If you think you’re a good fit for this position, apply!

Your terms of employment

Contract & status:

• Gross monthly salary of 3,359 euros
• Fixed-term contract with unclear terms to be filled as soon as possible
• Full time
• Employee status

The advantages:

• 13th month (paid in 2 installments from 6 months of seniority)
• Restaurant vouchers of 9.00 € (MdM participation at 60%)
• 100% mutual insurance covered
• MdM promotes training and internal mobility

The essentials:

• 5 weeks of leave + 22.5 RTT per year
• Reimbursement of 50% of the transport ticket
• Strong commitment to inclusion and the fight against all discrimination
• More info: https://bit.ly/3x5MezL

Framework:

• Position based in Dunkirk
• Field position, conditions of practice in a mobile clinic in a tense context
• Occasional trips to Calais and Lille
• Availability required occasionally in the evening or on weekends
• Work on screen, sometimes in open space
• Oral communication in person or by telephone
• Prolonged sitting posture

Diversity and inclusion

MdM is committed to the integration of people with disabilities and fights against all discrimination.

If you benefit from recognition as a disabled worker and/or if you need a job adjustment, do not hesitate to let us know.