Migration Health Medical doctor at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Lagos

Role summary

• Applications are greet from internal applicants.
• For all IOM openings, applications from certified and qualified first-tier applicants are assessed before those of certified and qualified second-tier applicants in the selection process.
• In order to this opening, internal applicants are assessed first-tier applicants.

Duties and Accountabilities

• Ensure the productive routine processes of the Migration Health Evaluation Center (MHAC), in close synchronization with the Head Migration Health Officer (CMHO).
• Carry out the MHAC’s migration health evaluation process to fulfil the technical qualifications of the resettlement countries in the zones of:
• Medical examinations.
• Imaging.
• Laboratory running test.
• Vaccinations.
• TB management.
• Treatment and client recommendations.
• Pre-exit standardized processes and medical movements.
• Recordkeeping, accreditation, and information transmission; and,
• Other technical zones as may be necessary
• Ensure proper recognition of refugees and migrants during the health evaluation and document supporting health information in standard forms, making sure thoroughness and precision of the documented information.
• Execute treatment for TB and sexually transmitted infections and offer assist to the HIV and counselling initiatives. Supervise and organize the management of TB cases to ensure efficient TB treatment.
• Supervise and organize precise and efficient offering of immunization and presumptive treatment program in full adherence with the technical standard procedures and procedures of the resettlement countries. Help CMHO in supervising, directing, and teaching all employees in the dispatch of these program.
• Support to and preserve a system of quality advancement for each service areawithin the MHAC. Perform quality assurance initiatives routinely, which includes practice observation, desk audits and use of self-evaluation resources. Use data evaluation and web status updates system to track results indicators.
• Ensure execution of the worldwide IOM Standard Operating Standardized processes (SOPs); produce and execute MHAC-specific SOPs for each service zone.
• Ensure proper status updates and management of incidents according to the Direction Note for System issue Management.
• Arrange systematic collection, processing, and evaluation of migration health data according to standard procedures established by the CMHO. Ensure data accuracy. Offer periodic, in addition to as-needed status updates to the CMHO for Migration Health initiatives.
• Ensure that all data associated to heath evaluation program is accordingly entered to Migrant Management  Business System Application (MiMOSA) and other associated databases.
• Supervise the financial components of the MHAC in close synchronization with the purpose's finance employees oversee financial plan  project setup, suggest modifications and cost-efficient initiatives, and evaluate financial statements.
• Offer monitoring and organize the procurement of medical tools, vaccines, medications, and other medical inventory in synchronization with the CMHO and the Asset Management Unit.
• Execute such other obligations as may be allocated by the Manager.

Expertise:

At least four (4) years post-intern uninterrupted hands-on patient care, ideally in a multidisciplinary hospital setting. The final clinical posting should be inside the final five years; and, Valid permit to practice within Nigeria is compulsory.

Competencies:

• Exhibited competence with Office productivity software applications, which includes Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint.
• Alert to description and precision in managing and status updates data
• Ready to accept a adaptable work timetable.
• Outstanding and proven Verbal/Documented Information exchange and logical competencies
• Capability to organize cross-functional teams and establish and preserve operating relations with participants of multifaceted profile and levels of proficiency.
• Exhibited capability to oversee and direct employees and produce a collaborative environment

Necessary Competencies:

Health Screening (Evaluations) Immigration Medical Examination

Languages: Necessary:

Fluency in English (spoken communication and documented) necessary.

Preferred:

• Practical understanding of the local language.
• IOM’s formal languages are English, French and Spanish.
• Competence of language(s) necessary will be particularly assessed during the selection process, which may comprise of documented and/or spoken communication evaluations.

Necessary Skills

IOM’s skill structure can be found at this link. Skills will be evaluated during the selection process.

Notes

• Any proposal made to the applicant in engagement to this position alert is subject to financing verification.
• This selection process may be used to employees similar roles in various responsibility stations. Endorsed applicants will remain qualified to be assigned in a similar role for a period of 24 months.
• National Specialist Officers should be nationals of the country of their job. NPOs execute work at the specialist level and the same guidelines of hiring process credentials and effectiveness, necessary for International Specialist employees.
• Assignment will be subject to accreditation that the applicant is medically suit for assignment, confirmation of residency, visa, and approvals by the worried Government, where relevant.
• IOM possesses a zero-tolerance regulatory framework on carry out that is incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and IOM, which includes sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual onboarding, religious or ethnic profile or disabilities.
• IOM does not charge a fee at any stage of its talent acquisition (application, interview, processing, development or other fee). IOM does not request any information connected with bank accounts.
• IOM only accepts duly finished applications provided through the IOM online hiring process system. The online instrument also allows applicants to track the status of their application.