Field Epidemiologist (W/M) - Emergency Pool
Field Epidemiologist (W/M) - Emergency Pool
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Job Description
Mdecins Sans Frontires international medical humanitarian association founded in 1971 provides medical assistance to populations whose lives are threatened: mainly in the event of armed conflict but also epidemics pandemics natural disasters or exclusion from healthcare. The French section is present in around thirty countries.
Assessing implementing and maintaining the epidemiological surveillance systems/monitoring (if needed) according to **MSF** protocols standards and procedures in order to contribute to appropriate evidence-based decision making using well managed health data in outbreak and emergency **MSF** programmesMission
Assessing implementing and maintaining the epidemiological surveillance systems/monitoring (if needed) according to MSF protocols standards and procedures in order to contribute to appropriate evidence-based decision making using well managed health data in outbreak and emergency MSF programmes.
Main responsabilites
- Carrying out key epidemiological activities in outbreak investigation (description including time place people with emphasis on mapping when it is needed in collaboration with the GIS team) and advising on the operational response
- Implementing and maintaining a surveillance system to monitor epidemiological trends of relevant outbreak-prone diseases working with health promotion and community engagement team as relevant. Guiding activities of medical staff for surveillance and/or active case finding including ensuring understanding of the need for consistent case definitions and data recording (briefing of all new staff)
- Monitoring and Implementing initial assessment (for emergency situation) rapid health assessments and (baseline or follow-up) surveys. Where standard protocols are not available or appropriate developing a protocol seeking extensive feedback and pilot testing of tools to ensure the objectives will be met robustly with support of HQ epidemiologist
- Planning and supervising the associated HR processes of the staff under his/her responsibility (recruitment training/induction evaluation potential detection development and communication) and ensuring that staff exhibits required skills after training and pilot test
- Supervise data encoding procedures ensuring with the medical team that the data collection circuit is appropriate and epidemiology software tools are accurate and timely analysing results and preparing regular written reports on progress and findings.
- Providing training sessions to medical teams on relevant aspects of epidemiology to enhance team response capacity
- Advising the MSF medical team on epidemiological matters that arise in the course of their activity research and when necessary designing and implementing epidemiological tools and data collection to meet new epidemiological needs.
- Work in tandem with other MSF sections present to ensure the harmonization of tools as relevant.
- Participating in operational monthly reports and organizing and/or assisting medical staff in preparing epidemiological reports related to health facilities and to researched areas
- Document lessons learned and capitalize on experiences including handover end of mission and capitalization reports
- Ensure regular collaboration with other supervisors / managers (HP GIS Medical activity managers Logistics Supply Water and Sanitation Admin).
Profil recherch
DUCATION
Mdecin (de prfrence) infirmire ou de formation biomdicale avec un diplme en pidmiologie (pas en sant publique)
EXPRIENCE
Au moins quelques annes dexprience de mdecine tropicale (une exprience dans un poste de coordination est un avantage)
Exprience en pidmiologie de terrain
LANGUAGES
Maitrise indispensable de la langue de la mission
CONNAISSANCE
Matrise des logiciels analytiques pour lpidmiologie (Excel Epi-info STATA ou SPSS)
COMPTENCES
Gestion de personnel
Engagement
Flexibilit
Rsultats
Travail en quipe
Spcificits du poste
Statut : CDD de 12 mois temps complet. Poste terrain rmunration niveau 15 selon la grille de salaires terrain MSF et en fonction de lanciennet et de lexprience pertinente pour ce poste.
Conditions : Bas xxx. Assurance sant Frais de transports dhbergement et de subsistance (perdiem) pris en charge par MSF. Congs selon la politique de break MSF (chaque 3 mois).
Poste pourvoir : ds que possible
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Employment Type
Full-Time
