Medical Advisor - Geneve, Schweiz - Médecins Sans Frontières Suisse

Médecins Sans Frontières Suisse

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Geneve, Schweiz

vor 1 Woche

Geschrieben von:

Lena Schneider

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

Context & Mission:

Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent humanitarian organization providing medical aid to victims of man-made or natural disasters, epidemics and endemics.

Its Operational Centre in Geneva is responsible for medical assistance programmes in 24 countries.

In the MSF Operational Centre of Geneva (OCG), the steering and implementation of programmes is under the responsibility of an Operations Department, which includes direct medical support to project implementation ensuring fundamentals are reached in all projects.

The development of technical and/or strategic solutions adapted to complex medical challenges faced in projects, or to fulfill chosen medical ambitions, is under the responsibility of a Medical Department.

Collaborative work between the two departments is considered a cornerstone for the organisation to improve the general quality of its projects and the level of care for patients.

In 2013, an internal review led to the endorsement of a new frame for medical support inside OCG, leading to further emphasize the Medical Departments role in the following key areas:

Being at the vanguard of evolving trends, new challenges, and technologies in the field of medical practice and science and linked with external clinical, academic and research institutions
Providing technical capacities to fulfil the medical ambitions of the OCG Strategic Plan, those in relation to the Operational Policy, innovation, and research
Addressing the project support needs in their response to medical and public health challenges, with the required flexibility and adaptation of priorities when facing emergencies or difficult conflict situations
Creating a better integrated work between Operations and the Medical department through collaborative work platforms, focusing on precise medical operational challenges, selection of standards and improvement of practices.

The role of the Medical Department also includes, in relation with other involved departments, a critical role on knowledge transmission to project medical staff through adapted trainings and fast access to key reference documents/tools, as well as recruitment strategies.

Medical Advisors will be working in the Medical Department.

Through delegation from the Medical Leader and based on the roadmap established for the period, the Medical Advisor develops medico-operational solutions requiring specific medical skills and/or in-depth investment, answering to recognized needs set in the medical ambitions.

In that perspective, he/she is proactively monitoring emerging scientific and medical issues that might shape OCG medical practices and ambitions.

Responsibilities:

The Patients and Populations as Partners (PPP) Advisor actively contributes to the achievement of OCG PPP objectives and ambitions by overseeing the technical and quality aspects of a 'Patients and Populations as Partners' approach to project management, providing timely technical guidance and strategic/ programmatic advice, and leading the review, development, and adjustment of the different PPP approach tools tailored to the different context

To this aim:

_ Support to the different RMPs with regards to complex technical issues linked to the "Patients and Populations as Partners' approach, and with strategic and programmatic advice

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Answers questions and provides feedback on proposals, reports and relevant documents needing specific technical input (e.g., PoA).
Involvement in project definition regarding technical medical issues in view of a PPP approach.
Participation in assessments and surveys whenever the PPP advisor's technical input is needed.
Follows up data and reports on his/her thematic activities provided by the project teams and the cells.
Technical project visits.

_Provide direct and timely support to project teams by responding to complex and technical issues requiring guidance and/or development:_:

Support project teams by answering direct questions, if identified as the best medical team advisor in the provided list of technical advisors.
Develop solutions (e.g., protocols, algorithms, training modules, minimum standards, innovative tools, guidelines, checklists, and kits as appropriate) that are timely, relevant, contextual, concerted, consolidated and consistent.
Translate medical operational requests in projects by providing analysis and advice to improve: the requirements, definition, term of references, objectives, deliverables, planning, project implementation, collaboration with contributors (HQ, regional, partnerships), project committees and risks definition.
Lead or animate thematic forums, collaborative platforms, and medical seminars; contribute to transversal projects.
Whenever developing tools, adapt and contextualize them to be more consistent with the reality faced by populations living in project areas.
Draft medical reports on all achievements for his/her projects and do