Medical Doctor & Team Lead

Open Position: 2 Contract Duration: May 31, 2027 DEPENDING ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDINGJOB SUMMARY

The Medical Doctor/Team Lead will assist in the implementation, management and supervision of the Samaritan’s Purse (SP) MMNU, providing oversite to the MMNU delivering life-saving essential primary health care for patients in the Samaritan’s Purse program area. The Medical Doctor/Team Lead will be responsible for maintaining a high standard of care as they help treat patients. The workload is intensive and requires a team of dedicated health professionals to meet the ever- increasing demand for specialized medical care. At times the position holder may be called upon to fulfill duties not directly involved with this job description.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide high‑quality primary healthcare to pediatric and adult patients, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow‑up for communicable and non‑communicable diseases in line with Ethiopian, SP, and international guidelines.
• Conduct comprehensive patient consultations, request and interpret laboratory tests, prescribe medications appropriately, and ensure patients understand correct dosage and use.
• Identify patients requiring secondary or tertiary care and refer them according to clinic protocols.
• Recognize medical emergencies, provide initial stabilization, and arrange timely referral.
• Perform wound care and minor clinical procedures using strict sterile techniques.
• Deliver antenatal, postnatal, and neonatal care in accordance with national and international standards.
• Screen and refer children and women for required immunizations.
• Maintain strict hygiene standards and adhere to universal infection‑prevention and control practices at all times.
• Ensure patient confidentiality is upheld in all MMNU activities.
• Oversee daily MMNU operations within the assigned region, ensuring services meet SP standards, Ethiopian Government protocols, and universal infection‑control requirements.
• Conduct daily field visits to MMNU sites to supervise activities, support clinical teams, and ensure adherence to clinic guidelines.
• Apply medical knowledge to ensure consultations, prescribing, and treatments are delivered according to SP and government protocols.
• Support clinical leadership in enforcing compliance with infection‑prevention and control standards.
• Provide weekly training, mentoring, and dissemination of updated medical practices and protocols to MMU clinical staff.
• Ensure culturally sensitive care and communication across all MMU services.
• Monitor the proper functioning of MMUs, including equipment, supplies, pharmaceuticals, and overall service quality.
• Assist the Program Lead in implementing, managing, and supervising SP’s project in the intervention area, in alignment with SP’s Health and Nutrition strategy and humanitarian standards.
• Support rapid health and needs assessments, including joint assessments with the security team in new locations for potential response.
• Assist in monitoring and evaluating the health program through clinic supervision, data verification, beneficiary feedback, and quality assurance activities.
• Represent SP at Zonal/Woreda‑level health and nutrition technical meetings.
• Supervise clinical and registration data collection in MMUs, ensuring accuracy and proper entry into the database.
• Assure maintenance of clear, confidential, and up‑to‑date patient records.
• Collate and submit weekly and monthly reports to SP, RHB, WHO/UN agencies, donors, and other stakeholders as required.
• Participate in accurate clinical documentation and epidemiological data collection, verify data validity, and communicate findings to the M&E Manager and Program Lead.
• Identify outbreak‑prone diseases and immediately report them to the Program Manager and relevant authorities for investigation and follow‑up.
• Participate in trainings organized by SP, RHB, and partner organizations as required.
• Assist with translation of medical and technical documents between English and Amharic when needed.
• Perform any additional duties assigned

• Doctor of Medicine (MD)
• Minimum 5-year’ experience in hospital or clinic setting, preferably in low-resource setting.
• Renewed medical practitioner license is mandatory
• INGO experience is a plus

• Proficiency in English and Amharic
• Knowledge of the regional language required
• Knowledge of any other national language is a plus

• Attention to detail, anticipation and follow up are core values of the job function.
• Possesses strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Must be a self-starter and internally driven to success and hard work.
• Possesses strong cross-cultural communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Must be a humble team player
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable.
• Willingness to travel in and out of the field.
• Must have analytical and report writing skills.
• High level of integrity and stewardship
• Committed to the SP values and ethics
• Proficient in making clinical decisions in the care for the patient population they’re serving.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be exposed to loud noises.
• May travel in country with exposure to communicable diseases, hot and humid weather conditions.
• Work in a security context that is fluid