MEDICAL DOCTOR (WHITE NILE) – MSF Spain

Job Description:

Organization	Medecins sans Frontieres Spain
Job Title	MEDICAL DOCTOR
Location	WHITE NILE
Section/Unit	MEDICAL & PARAMEDICAL
No. of Post	1
Grade Level	9
SALARY	2035 $
Supervisor	MEDICAL ACTIVITY MANAGER
Closing Date	07/06/2026

We are seeking a motivated professional who will provide outpatient and/or inpatient medical care to patients/beneficiaries according to adapted and updated medical knowledge, MSF protocols, values, and universal hygiene standards to improve the patients/beneficiaries’ health conditions.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnose and prevent. Carry out outpatient and inpatient consultations, prescribing the necessary treatment, respecting MSF protocols.
• Keep the patient and/or his/her family informed about the illness and provide appropriate explanations about the treatment to follow, checking they have understood.
• Follow up the evolution of the hospitalized/IDP patients, through daily visits, consultations and examinations, prescribing the necessary treatment following MSF protocols, deciding whether they can be discharged or transferred to other departments – in collaboration with other doctors- and informing their family about the patient’s evolution.
• Check and control the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and take care the quality, disinfection, and sterilization of the medical material. Assure general compliance with standing hygiene standards.
• Participate in the collection and analysis of epidemiological data, checking its validity and informing the line manager or project coordinator about any problems.
• Alerting MAM of any complication of the patient’s illness or medical error and monitoring the proper functioning of the department, equipment, and materials.
• Ensure ongoing training of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the quality of care.
• Knows and ensures all MSF medical protocols are followed and implemented, checking that universal precautions are followed at all times, and reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control. Ensures professional confidentiality is respected.
• This position will support Rapid Response Teams (RRT) in White Nile state.
• Support in epidemic-prone disease preparedness: training, alerts of medical stock ruptures/low stock, set up of ORPs, and possible CTUs in different PHCCs.
• Active role in assessments and detecting needs and gaps.
• Active role in surveillance of alerts in collaboration with Rapid Response Team, MAM, and EPI team: diseases with outbreak potential, displacement of population, and mass casualty.
• Alerts received are tracked, triaged, and a joint MSF-MoH team conducts immediate clinical assessment to verify the alert and assess the risk level based on the disease, number of cases, and location.
• When alerts are verified, the appropriate team composition is activated, including epidemiological investigation (conduct active case finding in the community, and map transmission).
• Perform clinical management and confirm the diagnosis through RDT at the field level. Support laboratory confirmation (collect and transport appropriate samples to the designated reference laboratory) as required.
• Ensure effective infection prevention & control (IPC) and WASH measures in place for the affected households/neighbourhood/surrounding areas (including assessment of hygiene and WASH conditions, distribution of materials, household education)
• Actively engage community leaders and residents, conduct disease-specific health promotion, and dispel rumours. Mobilise the community for control activities.
• Conduct preventive vaccination at every available opportunity.
• Perform comprehensive data analysis and reporting, including mapping of alerts/emergency response analyses, epicurve/trends and complete the outbreak report for the MoH.
• Conduct a team debrief to identify challenges and successes, ensuring feedback is provided to the alert source
• Medical stock management, including consumption monitoring, replenishing the RRT kits and preparing for the next alert.
• Implementation and monitoring of the MSF National Staff Health Policy among the LHS. Serve as the focal point for all staff health issues, if needed.
• Essential good communication skills and capacity building of MoH teams primarily on cholera, diphtheria, whooping cough, meningitis, malaria and measles outbreaks.
• Flexibility to work with “mobile teams” in White Nile state.

Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:

• A medical doctor Diploma essential. A diploma in Tropical Medicine desirable.
• Essential: Registration in the Sudanese Medical Council.
• 2 years minimum experience as a Medical Doctor or in clinical work after the medical training.
• Essential 6 months of experience under contract with medical INGO’s.
• Assets: experience in epidemic-prone disease response and preparedness. Experience in medical assessments.
• Essential computer literacy (Microsoft 365 environment and tools).
• Minimum B1 Proficiency level in English and native or near-native proficiency in Arabic.
• Competencies: People Management, Commitment, Flexibility, Result, Teamwork and Cooperation.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are requested to submit their application to the Labour Office in White Nile-Kosti, in a sealed envelope mentioning (MSF Spain – application for MEDICAL DOCTOR – WHITE NILE)

Applications must be submitted in English Language including:

• Complete CV in English and copies of all certificates Including (Bachelor degree, experience certificates, relevant training certificates and education certificates, including cover letter).
• Sudanese National ID/Passport.

Please note that applications submitted through any other channel incomplete applications or applications that do not meet the specified criteria will not be considered in the recruitment process.

All information provided will be handled with strict confidentiality and for recruitment purposes only.

MSF will never ask candidates for money or services as part of the recruitment process. Any such request should be considered fraudulent
We will take immediate action against any fraudulent activity

Test and interview will be carried out in English.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Administrative conditions:

• This job profile can be adapted and/or changed according to the evolution of the activities, evolution of the Mission and the program needs.
• The general conditions are detailed in the staff regulations, work contract and health policy.