Medical Doctor

Job Title: Medical Doctor

Job location: Colombia

Reports to: Country Manager

The Medical Doctor will be responsible for providing high-quality, timely, safe, and inclusive primary healthcare services as part of MedGlobal’s mobile health brigades under Activity 1.1.1 of the “ENLAZA” Participatory and Inclusive Humanitarian Response Model project.

The position will be field-based and deployed across the ten prioritized municipalities of Puerto Santander (Amazonas); Uribia and San Juan del Cesar (La Guajira); Puerto Asís and San Miguel (Putumayo); El Rosario (Nariño); and El Bagre, Zaragoza, Remedios, and Segovia (Antioquia). The Medical Doctor will provide general medical consultations, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, early identification of health conditions, and appropriate referral and counter-referral to higher-level or specialized care.

The Medical Doctor will work as part of a multidisciplinary mobile health brigade, coordinating closely with nurses, dental professionals, community health workers, local health authorities, Indigenous and ethnic authorities, traditional midwives, and other relevant community actors. The role will contribute to ensuring culturally appropriate, accessible, and dignified healthcare for conflict-affected and underserved populations, with particular attention to persons with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, pregnant women, children, adolescents, older persons, and other vulnerable groups.

List down the main responsibilities of the position

• Provide comprehensive primary healthcare consultations, including clinical history, physical examination, diagnosis, treatment, health education, and follow-up, in accordance with applicable clinical standards and MedGlobal protocols.

• Participate in mobile health brigades and outreach activities across the project’s ten prioritized municipalities, ensuring timely and continuous delivery of primary healthcare services to populations with limited access to institutional care.

• Identify early signs, symptoms, risk factors, and health conditions requiring further assessment or specialized management, and initiate appropriate referral and counter-referral processes in coordination with health service providers, local health authorities, and relevant referral pathways.

• Provide primary care and screening related to maternal, newborn, child, adolescent, and older-person health, sexual and reproductive health, mental health and psychosocial needs, basic rehabilitation needs, and other priority health conditions within the scope of primary healthcare services.

• Ensure that clinical records, consultation forms, referral documentation, and other required health information are accurately completed, maintained, and submitted in accordance with MedGlobal procedures and project monitoring requirements.

• Coordinate with community health actors, Indigenous and ethnic authorities, traditional midwives, and other local stakeholders, adapting healthcare delivery, communication, informed consent, and patient education to relevant cultural and linguistic contexts when required.

• Promote safe, inclusive, respectful, and patient-centered care, including identification and appropriate response to barriers affecting access to healthcare for persons with disabilities, Indigenous communities, women, children, older persons, and other vulnerable groups.

• Participate in clinical coordination, case discussions, follow-up of referred patients, and other project activities required to support continuity and quality of care across mobile brigade deployments.

• Support the collection and verification of service delivery information, including primary healthcare consultations and referrals, contributing to project monitoring, reporting, and quality assurance processes.

• Comply with MedGlobal’s clinical, safeguarding, Code of Conduct, child protection, non-discrimination, abuse and harassment, confidentiality, and patient rights requirements.

Should have the following skills, education, and experience:

• Medical Doctor degree from a recognized institution, with valid authorization to practice medicine in Colombia and compliance with applicable professional and regulatory requirements.

• At least one (1) year of professional experience providing primary healthcare, general medical consultations, diagnosis, treatment, and patient follow-up.

• Previous experience providing primary healthcare, general medical consultations, diagnosis, treatment, and patient follow-up, preferably in rural, remote, humanitarian, community-based, or underserved settings.

• Experience working with multidisciplinary healthcare teams and coordinating referrals to higher-level or specialized health services.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work respectfully and effectively with diverse populations, including Indigenous and ethnic communities and other vulnerable groups.

• Ability and willingness to work in field-based settings and travel or deploy across remote project intervention areas as required by the mobile health brigade schedule.

• Commitment to humanitarian principles, patient-centered care, confidentiality, safeguarding, non-discrimination, and respect for the dignity and rights of all people receiving services.

• Ability to maintain accurate clinical documentation and contribute to health service monitoring and reporting requirements.

• Knowledge or experience in maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health, mental health screening, disability-inclusive healthcare, or community health will be considered an asset.

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• Always act with fairness, honesty, integrity, and openness; respect the opinions of others and treat all with equality and dignity without regard to gender, race, color, creed, ancestry, place of origin, political beliefs, religion, marital status, disability, age, or sexual orientation.

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