2024 Don’t skip this lucrative Job Offer in UK! eHealth Medical Content Advisor at Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

UN Jobs SpecialistFebruary 17, 2024

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An exciting opportunity has arisen in UK. Do you possess a nursing / medical degree? Health Informatics experience ? 2024 Don’t skip this lucrative Job Offer in UK! eHealth Medical Content Advisor at Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

Brief Background About Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) provides life-saving emergency relief and longer-term medical care to some of the most vulnerable and excluded communities around the world. As an independent medical humanitarian organisation,Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) delivers care based only on need, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, religion or political affiliation.

MSF relies on donations from private individuals and organisations for the majority of its income. This private funding gives MSF the freedom to respond where needs are greatest and to speak out publicly, free from any political interference.

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MSF has around 63,000 local and international staff working in over 70 countries, in some of the most challenging places in the world. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) medical humanitarian projects are supported by offices in 44 countries, including the UK and Ireland. These teams recruit staff, organise fundraising, and raise awareness on the humanitarian crises our colleagues are witnessing, as well as running different and diverse support activities. MSF offices are spread across Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and Australasia.

Brief Information and Context of the Job Offer

This is a great opportunity to support digital health tool integration into MSF’s programming using medical expertise to ensure health data structures and systems are established accurately while being agile to accommodate humanitarian needs.

The eHealth Medical Content Advisor is part of the content team and shares responsibility and ownership of the medical data model in the software platforms comprising the Health Information System (HIS) for OCA. The postholder plays an active role in ongoing development and improvement of the HIS in alignment with the development of the OCA Public Health Department’s strategy for other heath data tools and activities.

Public Health Department:

The Public Health Department (PHD) of MSF’s Operational Centre Amsterdam (OCA) supports the overall purpose of MSF, providing medical and public health leadership for the organisation. The department is responsible for providing strategic direction and integrated advice on medical and public health issues to the field and headquarters. 

The Manson Unit (MU) is a multi-disciplinary medical team within MSF UK and is the London based part of the Public Health Department. We aim to improve the quality of MSF’s medical programmes worldwide, so the best possible care is delivered to our patients. 

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

Medical or Nursing Degree.
Previous work experience with MSF or similar iNGO working in humanitarian contexts.
Health Informatics experience advantageous.
Previous experience with developing content for DHIS2.
Demonstrable experience in managing and analysing medical data (public health data, electronic medical records or similar) in medical databases / data warehouses.
Strong team-working skills and experience, particularly in a matrix management environment.
Excellent support skills, for aiding non-expert users with complex medical content.
A thorough understanding and knowledge of medical issues and challenges in humanitarian contexts.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication and organisational skills.
Fluent in English and French, written and spoken.
Experience in the practical use of personal IT equipment and Microsoft Office 365 suite. The ability to effectively collaborate and communicate within a hybrid working environment utilising Teams, SharePoint, One Drive and Yammer.

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HOW TO APPLY

Please apply on our website by submitting a copy of your CV together with a letter of motivation (please upload as one document) by the closing date.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Recruitment timetable: