Apply medical knowledge and skills in disease 
diagnose and prevention. Carry out outpatient and 
inpatient consultations, prescribing the necessary 
treatment respecting MSF protocols.
• Keep the patient and/or his/her family informed 
about the illness and provide appropriate 
explanations about the treatment to follow, checking 
to ensure they understood.
• Follow up the evolution of the hospitalized/IPD
patients, through daily visits , consultations and 
examinations, prescribing the necessary treatment

following MSF protocols, deciding whether they can

be discharged or transferred to other departments –

in collaboration with other doctors- and informing

their family about the patient’s evolution.

• Check and control the rational distribution of

medicines and equipment under his/her

responsibility and take care the quality, disinfection

and sterilization of the medical material. Assure

general compliance with standing hygiene standards.

• Participate in the collection and analysis of

epidemiological data, checking its validity and

informing the line manager or project coordinator

about any problem or complication of the patient’s

illness, medical error and monitors the proper

functioning of the department, equipment or

material.

• Ensure ongoing training of the medical/paramedical

multidisciplinary team to optimize the quality of

care.

• Knows and ensures all MSF medical protocols are

followed and implemented, checking universal

precautions are also always followed and reducing

biohazard risks and improving infection control.

Ensures professional confidentiality is respected.

• Manage the team under his/her direct responsibility

according to MSF HR policies and procedures,

supervising their performance, organizing and

scheduling shifts and rotations, directly participating

in emergencies and on calls if necessary.

Provide and ensure that the best patient care is given

in the Emergency Department through emergency

burn management, protocol implementation and

ensuring compliance with MSF standards, policies,

guidelines and protocols,

• Provide the best inpatient medical care to patients in

the IPD Department according to adapted and updated

medical knowledge, MSF protocols, values and

universal hygiene standards to improve the patients’

health conditions,

• For IPD doctor in charge of staff health clinic in close

collaboration and coordination with the project

medical referent

Collects complete history and performs complete

physical examination on admission of all patients,

• Daily review of all IPD patients with complete physical

examination and update on history.

• Follow patient care including vitals monitoring, blood

transfusion and lab tests.

• Provide adapted information to patients and family

about the illness and the prescribed treatment,

• Maintain good communication and collaboration with

other departments within and outside the Burn Unit,

including the referral system,

• Follow-up of the referral system and fill the

appropriate form, contact and share adequate

information with the target hospital to ensure proper

patient care between both facilities.

• Follow external consultations and lab tests with other

health facilities.

• Fills discharge and follow up sheets,

• Ensures professional confidentiality is respected,

• Immediate report of accidental blood exposure to his

/ her supervisor,

• Participate in the medical meetings when required,

• Notify any problem to his/her supervisor.

• Exceptionally, with special needs after end of working

time, might be contacted by phone, or asked to arrive

to the hospital at night, for patient urgent issues.

• When relevant, participate in the quality of work

improvement (e.g. Morbidity and mortality review,

Surgical site infections forms, Telemedicine

consultation, etc..).

• Supports other medical teams/wards when needed

(i.e. physiotherapy team, ER doctors, etc.)

• Proper handover with ER MD who will cover the IPD in

the evenings, nights and holidays.