Medical Officer

Title: Medical Officer.

Location: Al-Hasakeh.

Reporting to: Health and Nutrition Coordinator.

Technical reports: HFs health care workers, Community health workers.

Travel: Regular HF visits.

Closing Date: May 9, 2026

Job Profile:

Under the direct supervision of the Health and Nutrition Coordinator, the Medical Officer will be responsible to oversee the delivery of quality healthcare services at RI supported Health Facilities and RI’s partners. In coordination with other departments, he/she will provide technical support to the medical staff at RI supported health facilities through supportive supervision, appropriate skilled staffing, staff capacity development, and monitoring staff adherence to established standards of service care and ensure compliance with health service standards will be critical to the success of RI-supported and R’s partner health facilities. Your role requires a balance of independent decision-making and teamwork to address complex healthcare challenges effectively.

Key responsibilities:

Planning and Implementation

• Take lead in implementation of health activities in the supported Health Facilities (HFs) while ensuring that provided health services meet accepted established quality standard package of care
• Regularly provide direct support to the supported HFs to ensure day to day running of the health services.
• Monitor and supervise the assigned healthcare providers in the supported facilities through ongoing communication and field visits.
• Participate in designing health work plans at the health facility level by providing suggestions and inputs related to the context and health needs and priorities.
• Identify prevalent epidemic diseases in the community and set up appropriate strategies to be implemented in case of epidemics and other health emergencies.
• Take lead in the assessing the day to day needs in the HFs of intervention and participating in designing program adaptions according to context evolution.
• Conduct monthly HF supportive supervision visits using a routine supervision checklist.
• Conduct regular clinical audits, case reviews, and case studies to ensure treatment of patients complies to treatment guideline and protocols.
• In coordination with medical coordinator, provide technical support required to ensure effective integration of Community Health program into primary healthcare.
• Development of work plans for CHWs activities and follow up on daily basis to ensure that CHWs perform their tasks and roles accordingly.
• Conduct mandatory (for donors) quarterly HF checklists and submit reports to the line manager (MedCo) on findings and recommendations for addressing identified gaps
• Prepare the monthly schedule for CHWs' awareness messages, review it with CHW team leaders, and plan and implement community health activities and CHW trainings.

Staff management and Capacity development

• Actively participate in the recruitment process of medical staff at the supported HFs
• Assess regularly capacity needs of the medical staff and align training plans to meet the identified needs
• Participate in capacity building planning and implementation for the organization's local partners as needed.
• Organize and conduct training for HF medical staff offered by according to the training planner/tracker using internal or external sources

Collaboration and Coordination

• Coordinate with the pharmacist officer to periodically review drug consumption reports provided by the dispensers and analyzing drug consumption against consultations and morbidities.
• Attend weekly health program meetings led by the health team to share updates and challenges.
• Participate in biweekly and ad hoc medical meetings conducted in the health department led by Medical Coordinator and share activity updates, challenges and develop context-based solutions to address gaps
• Coordinate with MEAL team to respond to CFMR tracker comments and provide updates on follow up action points developed to address the gaps.
• Work closely with the protection team in the facility to ensure program integration and mainstreaming including inter-sector referrals.
• Coordinate closely with the WASH team to ensure best practices within the facility, including IPC and waste management.
• Coordinate closely with the Health Program Officer to ensure that all needed support, running costs, and documentation are in place and provided regularly.
• Use a structured MoM template to conduct monthly HF staff meetings, focusing on prescription audit findings, HF supervision findings, and HF data on services offered.
• Represent RI in different technical working group forums, including MHPSSS TWG, HWG and RMNCH TWG as assigned by the department head.
• Attend technical trainings provided by external (NGO/partners) or internal sources.
• In collaboration with the health program officers, to provide the needed (medical and non-medical) BoQs for the health facilities as required.

Documentation and reporting

• Review the EWARS weekly report shared by the IMO and follow up on the cases with the field team and health team.
• Review and analyze health facility reports, support the compiling of timely project reports, and submit all requested reports regularly as needed.
• Participate in monthly HF data review meetings and share the findings with the IMO and Medical Coordinator.
• Conduct monthly prescription audits using beneficiary prescription forms and upload the findings to the KOBO system, and provide quarterly analysis and reports to line supervisor

Person Specification

Skills, knowledge and expertise required for the role.

Essential criteria

• Minimum a recognized Medical degree (Medicine, Pharmacy, public health or equivalent) from a recognized institution/ university.
• Post-graduate qualification in public health is desired/added advantage.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in clinical practice, supervisory or managerial role within a healthcare setting.
• Strong knowledge of public health principles and medical protocols.
• Experience working with NGOs in humanitarian or developmental context
• Very good in English, written and speak.
• Strong computer literacy (Excel, Word, internet).
• A team builder with excellent people skills; culturally sensitive.
• Ethical and reliable with strong interpersonal skills.

Desirable criteria

• Postgraduate degree or specialization in public health, healthcare management, or a related field.
• Experience in managing health programs in emergency or low-resource settings.
• Experience in organizing and conducting training programs for healthcare staff.
• Sensitivity to and understanding of cultural differences and the impact on healthcare delivery.

This position is open to Syrian national candidates only

Closing Date: May 9, 2026