A Doctor in Kalimantan needed

Are you interested in a challenging job working in remote Kalimantan working to serve the underserved community? if you are, send your application to email address below ASAP at the latest 28 Sep 2007

JOB DESCRIPTION


MEDICAL DOCTOR
Starting date: October 2007
Duration of the contract: 2 months
Country: INDONESIA
Place of work: Kalimantan , Tubu


MDM Background in Indonesia
M€ ¦édecins du Monde France has programs in Indonesia since 1998, first in North Maluku and in Papua. The country strategy is to focus on access to primary health care for the most vulnerable population in the urban context and to intervene among communities living in remote areas and in cultural or development transition.

Four programs are currently implemented:
1. Primary Health Care and Infectious Diseases Prevention Program in the Puncak Jaya District of Papua.
2. Primary Health Care in the slum areas of North Jakarta.
3. Primary Health Care for the Punan population of East-Kalimantan.

MDM has pre-positioned a Disaster Kit and identified human resources in order to intervene appropriately in case of emergency and to assess further needs.

MDM€ ¦’²s mission in Kalimantan
Tubu River is located in Malinau, a new district in East Kalimantan. Health Service for the population is available in the capital (Puskesmas Malinau, and the district hospital in Respen) and from Puskesmas Pulau Sapi.
Outreach activity from the Puskesmas Pulau Sapi is held once a year, but do not cover all villages.
Routine vaccination had not been started in Tubu area, due to the difficult geographic condition and the cold chain constraints. There had been vaccination in the school in some of the villages done by the Puskesmas staff.

M€ ¦édecins du Monde€ ¦’²s mission in Kalimantan started in October 2005. In each visit, we provided medical consultation for the inhabitants of the Tubu River. We also train a group of kaders that will accompany the expedition as translators and health educators. The mission in March - April 2007 was the first one bringing vaccination. Additional activity developed this year were family planning methods, toothbrushes and mosquito net distribution.

This mission will be the 7th visit to the area by MdM and the third providing vaccinations.

The main activities to carry out will be IEC, Vaccination, and Medical Consultation.
Before the mission there will be a training of kaders for 3 days in Malinau.
The doctor will receive a complete briefing in Jakarta before departure to Kalimantan and will produce the medical report afterwards with the support of Jakarta team.

JOB DESCRIPTION
Main purpose

Provide medical care during the mission in Tubu River and coordinate the vaccination campaign. Participate in the kaders€ ¦’² training in Malinau, previous to the mission.

General functions

Prepare the medical mission
Participate in the training in Malinau
Provide medical consultations during Tubu expedition
Coordinate vaccination campaign
Support the kaders during health education sessions
Provide medical care to MdM staff during the mission.
Produce the medical report after the mission.

Responsabilities:

Prepare the medical mission:
- Compile information of pharmacy stock and organize the order of drugs
- Collect the medical information from previous missions and prepare the medical data files
- Coordinate with the others parteners: MoH at district and health centre, Punan foundation, CIFOR .

Participate in the training in Malinau
- Prepare the training material with the support of the coordination team in Jakarta
- Participate in the training in Malinau


Provide medical consultations during Tubu expedition
- Provide medical consultations during the mission, following the standard of MdM (see essential dugs and therapeutic guidelines)
- Complete the health card consultations and compile morbidity data
- Supervised the nurses and kaders activities during consultations.


Coordinate vaccination campaign
- Participate in the vaccination training in Malinau.
- Organize and supervise vaccination activities in the field
- Supervise, with the field coordinator the cold chain during mission.
- Supervise data collection during the vaccination
- Collect and compile vaccinations information following the standard form.


Support the kaders during health education sessions
- Participate in the health education session and promote active participation of the community
- Supervise the content of the information
- Support kaders in the elaboration of the IEC material

Provide medical care to MdM staff during the mission.
- Give medical treatment to the members of the mission.
- Organise a medical evacuation if required, with the support of Jakarta team.

Produce the medical report after the mission.
- Summarize all medical information in a medical report, following the model of previous missions.


Skills ans qualifications
€ ¦· Medical doctor with diploma
€ ¦· Clinical experience in Primary health care and emergencies
€ ¦· Recommended experience in humanitarian organization.
€ ¦· Knowledge of windows environment (word, excel)
€ ¦· Training and communication skills
€ ¦· Ability to plan, coordinate and establish priorities
€ ¦· Fluent English written and spoken.
€ ¦· Good physical condition is required.


Ujang Syafnir
Country Administrator

Medecins du Monde
Jl. Dharmawangsa XII No. 10
Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan 12150
Indonesia
Office Tel :+62 (0)21- 726 03 54

Office Fax: +62 (0)21- 722 50 42