Medical Officer – Dadaab At Kenya Red Cross Society

Review program activities and priorities on a regular basis updating the Medical Officer – In Charge on gaps and/or provide recommendations on how to improve quality of services
Attend to urgent medical services including resuscitation, stabilization and assessment and diagnosis, treatment and referral as necessary
Assess the urgency and severity of presenting problems through history taking, examination and investigation.
Recommending and, where appropriate, undertaking treatment options and carrying out/referring for appropriate interventions and procedures, including but not limited to prescribing, minor surgery and other general practice procedures, counseling, psychological interventions, advising and education.
Provide timely clinical and culturally appropriate health services through appropriate evidence based screening, risk assessment and early detection of illness, disease and disability.
Working with public health providers in the prevention and control of communicable diseases for individuals and families.
Provide ongoing care and support for people with chronic and terminal conditions to reduce deterioration, increase independence and reduce suffering linking, where relevant, with appropriate service providers.
Comply with established health and safety policies with regard to handling of instruments, storage of drugs and disposal of sharps and other potentially dangerous equipment and substances.
Liaise with nursing staff regularly to check on patient progress, or more frequently if their condition necessitates.
To see patients at the request of nurses in charge and carry out examinations of patients.
Supervise the daily clinical management of all patients in conjunction with the nurse team leaders and attend all post-operative patients on day of operation and every day following.
Conduct daily ward rounds in the hospital, and regular reviews of in-patients where necessary.
Ensure patient management is in line with the set MOH, WHO and NACADA guidelines and protocols.
Conduct special outpatient clinics in the hospital on the allocated days every week i.e. SOPC, GOPC, HRC, POPC, and MOPC.
Attend to all medical legal cases, including filling of P3 forms and attend court sessions as required.
Attend to sexual assault survivors on a timely basis in the GBV Support Centre.
Monitor closely the morbidity and mortality trends together with all the other health indicators in the HMIS to ensure that prompt actions are taken.