In light of the COVID-19 emergency situation and in order to support the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) project, where UNOPS is establishing a five bed ICU facility for the international NGO, diplomatic and UN community (target audience), we are looking for a qualified medical practitioner to provide clinical overwatch of the turnkey medical solution provider operating the facility. The medical advisor will provide critical feedback to the Project Manager to ensure the ICU facility is delivering the medical cover required both legally and operationally.

Currently, there are no specific ICU facilities for the target audience in Afghanistan who require intensive care. The 5-bed ICU is being built to encourage the target audience community to ‘stay and deliver’. To address this issue an ICU facility will be established, and a medical doctor is needed to provide clinical overwatch and quality assurance of the facility on behalf of UNOPS.

The project is currently a twelve-month long project with the potential to extend beyond this timeframe should the Covid-19 pandemic still be prevalent and future funding available. Funding is currently available to hire the Medical Advisor for ten months.

The ICU facility infrastructure, equipment and staffing will be provided by an international medical turnkey provider. The UNOPS project team will consist of a Project Manager, a Medical Doctor acting as an advisor, a Project Support Associate, and a Logistics Associate.

** Functional Responsibilities

Summary of Key Functions

  • To provide project overwatch from a medical perspective to provide quality assurance and legal cover to UNOPS.

  • The Medical Doctor will report directly to the Project Manager.

  • The role of the Medical Doctor is primarily advisory. They may be called to manage the project team while the Project Manager is on leave.

Specific Responsibilities

Clinical Duties:

  • Maintain oversight of ICU patients during the operation of the ICU..

  • Evaluate and assist the turnkey medical solution provider in making timely decisions for medical evacuation outside Afghanistan as the need arises.

  • Organizes/Participates in addressing work environment and occupational health issues.

  • Ensures appropriate training programs to all staff are implemented in order to maintain and develop the medical capabilities.

  • Supports day-to-day operations of the ICU.

  • Ensure close administrative and clinical collaboration between the ICU and the Joint Medical Services and reports details of all cases involving UN personnel to the JMS Chief Medical Officer.

  • Perform other related duties, as necessary.

** Education/Experience/Language requirements

a. Education

  • An advanced university degree (Master’s Degree or equivalent) in Medical Sciences with five years of relevant experience is required; OR

  • A first level university degree (Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent) in Medical Sciences with seven years of relevant experience is required.

  • Residency training in the field of Internal Medicine. A subspecialty training in the field of Cardiology, Anesthesiology, Diabetology is an asset.

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardio-vascular Life Support (ACLS) Certificates.

  • Current unrestricted medical license in the home country. Certificate must be provided.

b. Experience

  • 7 (seven) years (or more based on academic credentials) of progressive experience in clinical management and specialized in the field of Internal Medicine or anesthesiology/critical care medicine in any country.

  • Experienced in clinical management of critically ill patients with supervision of hospital/clinic/intensive care unit.

  • Experience in developing written critical care protocols for the management of illnesses and injuries.

c. Desirable

  • Previous Experience in planning, coordinating, implementing, and managing emergency response operations and/or the management of epidemic/pandemic-prone diseases, outbreaks, or relevant humanitarian response.

  • Experience in hospital administration.

d. Language requirements

Fluency in both written and spoken English is required.

This vacancy is archived.

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