Medical Coordinator Lesvos

Are you an experienced doctor with humanitarian work experience abroad and do you have leadership skills? Will you ensure that people on the run receive proper care? Do you want to represent our medical mission and respond to changing healthcare needs together with the team? Then we are looking for you!

*Important: this position can also be filled by someone who lives and works in Greece (or in another country that is a member of the EU). In that case, the deployment takes place on a freelance basis. Someone who lives and works in the Netherlands will be employed by us on the basis of a fixed-term employment contract.

WHERE WILL YOU WORK?
Stichting Bootvluchteling provides medical and psychological (emergency) aid and stands up for the rights of people who are fleeing. Where systems become inhuman and compassion is lost, we take action. Since 2015, we have been working in various locations on the edges of Europe.

Currently, we are active in the Mavrovouni camp on Lesbos, where around 2,000 people are staying under degrading conditions. With our medical mission, we provide primary care and acute medical assistance. As the only organisation operating on Lesvos in the evenings and during the day in the weekends, our emergency assistance is meeting an urgent need.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?
As Medical Coordinator you ensure that people on the run receive high quality medical assistance. You do not do this alone, but together with a medical team of volunteer doctors, nurses and psychologists who work from our mobile medical clinic. The medical team is supported by translators from the ground team, which consists of local interpreters who usually stay in the camp itself. You will manage the Assistant Medical Coordinator and work closely with the MHPSS Coordinator and the Volunteer Coordinator. You will be self-managed by the Area Manager.

These are your responsibilities:

• You monitor the medical activities and ensure the quality of our care.
• You do this by monitoring the follow-up of patients, keeping our medical protocols up to date and, in cooperation with the Assistant Medical Coordinator, ensuring a regular and adequate supply of medicines.
• You are responsible for referring patients to other (medical) actors when necessary.
• You are the contact point for the volunteers; you guide and train them.
• You represent the medical mission in internal and external matters and coordinate the cooperation with other medical actors. We find it important that you propagate our vision and values here as well and thus contribute to the positive image of our foundation.
• You register and collect data for various (internal) purposes and are able to further develop our current data collection tools.
• You coordinate quality evaluations and present the results.
• And last but not least, based on everything you see, hear and measure, you write plans to improve our medical mission and healthcare in the camp.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• You have a medical degree, preferably a Master in Public Health.
• You have at least 3 years of relevant work experience, of which 1 to 2 years in a developing country or underdeveloped area at an NGO.
• You have experience as a manager in a foreign programme, for example in primary health care or maternal and child health.
• You have a natural superiority and a good sense of what your team needs.
• You have knowledge of people and a good view on qualities and pitfalls. You are able to empower people. You can work together with a broad spectrum of people.
• You are decisive and energetic and therefore able to make independent medical decisions.
• You are extremely flexible and stress-resistant, you know how to get things done, always see opportunities and act in a solution-oriented manner.
• You want to contribute to the sustainability and continuity of our programme.
• You have experience in developing tools to monitor and evaluate the effects of a programme or activity.
• You have a good command of the Dutch and English languages, both verbally and in writing, and you are an excellent writer and presenter. In addition, speaking Greek, Farsi, Arabic and/or French is an absolute plus.
• You are available for nine to twelve months, preferably as from 1 April 2022.
• You are in possession of a driving license B.
• It is an advantage if you have previously done volunteer work for Boat Refugee Foundation.

WHAT DO WE OFFER YOU?
As Medical Coordinator you will receive a modest salary, in line with the character and aims of our organisation, based on a 40-hour working week. In addition, your travel expenses (up to a maximum of 500 Euros) will be reimbursed and you will receive a contribution towards the cost of your stay. You will rent your own accommodation. Of course we will help you find it.

Initially, you will receive a temporary contract for nine months. An extension after this period is possible, with a maximum of twelve months.

You will be working in camp Mavrovouni on Lesbos. It may happen that during the term of your contract, new missions are started and you are asked to temporarily work at another location in Greece. Of course, this is always and only done in mutual consultation.