Senior Migration Health Physician

The Senior Migration Health Physician will manage and coordinate medical activities and the medical unit for the Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVR) program in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The role involves organizing medical assistance, conducting health assessments for migrants, developing SOPs, maintaining medical infrastructure, coordinating human resources, and ensuring quality and confidentiality in health services.

Responsibilities

• Organize and supervise the medical assistance and health assessment process to fulfil the technical requirements of AVR including medical examinations, referrals, imaging, laboratory testing, vaccinations, TB management, treatment and referrals, pre-departure procedures and medical movements, documentation, certification and information transmission.
• Organize sensitization sessions.
• Conduct health assessment for migrants including review of medical history, physical examination, evaluation of Chest X-ray and review of lab results in accordance with technical guidelines of resettlement countries.
• Develop comprehensive SOPs related to the assistance provided by the medical unit in the AVR assistance.
• Maintain infrastructure and medical equipment in the AVR transit center according to quality and safety standards.
• Coordinate organizational structure needs for AVR human resources to ensure sufficient and adequate planned levels of health assessments and staff qualifications.
• Contribute to the network of external human resources such as consultants and medical escorts to support health assessment process and travel assistance.
• Provide regular updates on GAVR health activities to the migration health programme coordinator.
• Contribute to obtaining and maintaining necessary agreements with health authorities by providing relevant technical information and requirements.
• Ensure implementation of migrant-centered procedures with high integrity and professionalism at all stages including information and appointment system, registration, counselling, examination, testing, treatment, referrals, submission of health assessment results, pre-departure and other procedures while ensuring confidentiality.
• Support Senior Protection coordinator for establishment of Accountability to Affected People (AAP) system.
• Promote continuous quality improvements for each service area within the transit center including quality control activities, data analysis and reporting, implementation of global IOM SOPs, and incident management.
• Collaborate with migration health programme coordinator to incorporate additional public health interventions such as communicable disease surveillance, outbreak preparedness and response, health education and promotion, public health services for host communities, and liaison with public health institutions.
• Supervise health and non-health staff as well as external consultants involved in AVR health assessment process; ensure timely performance evaluations and adherence to IOM Standards of Conduct.
• Liaise with external service providers to negotiate agreements and exercise quality control over outsourced services.
• Maintain confidentiality and security of migration health data according to IOM Data Protection Principles.
• Organize systematic collection, processing and analyses of migration health data according to regional guidelines; ensure data quality and provide periodic and ad-hoc reporting.
• Provide oversight and coordinate procurement of medical equipment, vaccines, medications and other medical supplies in coordination with migration health programme coordinator and resource management unit.
• Facilitate integration of health assessment activities into overall migration related programming of the Mission in Kinshasa through collaboration with various units.
• Contribute to strengthening links within projects under the Health Assessment Programme and other core MHD programme areas.
• Perform other duties as assigned by direct supervisor.

Requirements

• University degree in Medicine from an accredited academic institution with preferred specializations: internal medicine and its subspecialties, paediatrics, anaesthesiology, emergency medicine, family medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology; and minimum of seven (7) years of relevant professional experience of which at least three (3) years managerial responsibilities, OR University degree in Medicine from an accredited academic institution with preferred specializations: internal medicine and its subspecialties, paediatrics, anaesthesiology, emergency medicine, family medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology plus Master’s Degree in Community or Public Health, Medical Specialization in Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine or other related fields from an accredited academic institution with five (5) years of relevant professional experience of which at least three (3) years managerial responsibilities.
• Accredited Universities are those listed in the UNESCO World Higher Education Database.
• Professional continuous clinical experience, preferably in a multidisciplinary hospital setting or at IOM/similar international clinic context.
• Experience in implementing migration health assessment activities.
• Demonstrated progressive experience in health programme management.
• Experience in project development, management and report writing.
• Proven abilities to establish partnerships with government institutions, health institutions and other partners.
• Knowledge of public health.
• Demonstrable knowledge of patient safety and infection prevention and control.
• Experience in migration health emergency response is an asset.
• Effective managerial and leadership skills.
• Organizational skills.
• Communications skill.
• Fluency in French, English and Lingala (oral and written).

Skills

• Clinical Medicine
• Internal Medicine
• Paediatrics
• Anaesthesiology
• Emergency Medicine
• Family Medicine
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Community Health
• Public Health
• Infectious Diseases
• Tropical Medicine
• Migration Health Assessments
• Health Programme Management
• Project Development
• Report Writing
• Partnership Building
• Patient Safety
• Infection Prevention and Control
• Migration Health Emergency Response
• Medical Unit Management
• Medical Infrastructure Maintenance
• Human Resources Coordination
• Standard Operating Procedures Implementation

Languages

French, English, Lingala