Family Practitioner Physician

International SOS Government Medical Services

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide primary care services, which shall encompass comprehensive, initial patient intake, and continuing medical care for individuals presenting with any undiagnosed condition, sign, symptom, or health concern, regardless of its origin (biological, behavioral, or social), organ system, or diagnosis.
• Provide services including health promotion, nutritional assessment and counseling, disease prevention, health maintenance, patient education, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses.
• Ensure the provision of treatment for common adult and pediatric conditions, such as diabetes, asthma, hypertension, rashes, and upper respiratory infections, along with preventive health measures for individuals across all age groups from newborns to geriatric patients.
• Must possess the capability to perform and provide at least initial interpretation of adult electrocardiograms (EKG), with provision for follow-up interpretation if clinically necessary.
• Primary care services may be offered through scheduled appointments, walk-in "sick call" sessions, or a combination thereof.
• Provision of clinical reporting to the DCMO.
• Support clinical mentoring for staff development.
• Ensure best practice in line with clinical guidelines and SOPs.
• Support the clinical excellence framework under direction from the DCMO.

Guest Medical Screening and Arrival Processing

• Ensure that guests arriving with medical conditions or medications are screened by medical staff to facilitate timely follow-on appointments.
• Coordinate with IOM medical staff to streamline the screening process and ensure efficient movement of guests through arrival processing stations.
• Maintain appropriate communication channels with the International Office of Migration (IOM) medical personnel to address any medical concerns or emergencies that may arise during the screening and arrival processing procedures.

Urgent and Emergency Care

• Provide emergent, urgent, and emergency care services, encompassing acute illness and injury management, splinting or strapping, wound management, minor office procedures, and other services within the provider's credentialed skills.
• Provide follow-up for emergency and definitive medical care that can be provided on the CARE compound as referenced in this paragraph, including medications and laboratory testing.
• Urgent care may be offered during appointments, walk-in sick call , or a combination thereof.
• Critical care and surgical emergencies, while rarely managed onsite, shall be addressed through initial resuscitation and stabilization efforts, medical communication with a receiving hospital and ambulance service, and successful transfer or disposition of the patient into the local healthcare system.
• Provide liaison with external agencies where required to promote chain of care continuity and professional referral/patient handover.
• Manage certain emergencies, such as sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, may have specific cultural sensitivities and legal consideration that differ from the U.S.
• Must remain culturally sensitive in their response to these unanticipated challenges.
• Include and request urgently if required interpreters and advisors familiar with local law and customs and who are sensitive to patient concerns.
• Must promptly report any suspicion of child abuse to the CARE Doha V2X Program Manager (PM).
• Patient identity and privacy MUST always be maintained.
• Participate in after hour and call coverage to assure 24 hour 7 days a week coverage.
• Participate in mass-casualty drills twice a year and remain available for on-call coverage.
• Complete required organizational compliance education, including assigned requirements that are client-specified, for Joint Commission Healthcare Staffing Services certification or other regulatory bodies.
• Actively participates in Mass Casualty exercises and events.
• May rotate in different clinics as required.

This list is non-exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to undertake additional duties that are not specifically listed above.