Overview
This UNV assignment strengthens medical liaison, occupational health, and emergency preparedness capacity in Mogadishu while providing roving clinical support to other UN Clinics as required.
Tasks Summary
- Provide occupational health services to UN personnel in Mogadishu
- Conduct clinical consultations, initial assessment, stabilization, and response to medical emergencies involving UN personnel
- Support referral of patients to appropriate medical facilities and ensure safe clinical handover
- Conduct medical follow-up and liaison with local hospitals for admitted UN staff
- Support clinical assessments related to fitness for work, fitness to travel, and return-to-work evaluations
- Provide medical advice and support to staff with chronic or work-related health conditions
- Facilitate referrals to approved medical providers and ensure appropriate documentation and clinical justification
- Support medico-administrative processes, including medical evacuation coordination and case documentation
- Assist in verification and processing of medical invoices in coordination with administrative and finance teams
- Liaise with agency medical sections, HR, and health focal points regarding staff medical matters, while maintaining confidentiality
- Conduct hospital and clinic assessments to support expansion, monitoring, and quality assurance of approved medical networks
- Contribute to maintaining updated medical provider databases and service evaluations
- Provide surge/roving clinical support to UN Clinics in other duty stations as operationally required
- Support emergency preparedness activities, including Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK) and Emergency Trauma Bag (ETB) training and drills
- Participate in Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) preparedness and response mechanisms
- Contribute to emergency planning, simulations, and after-action reviews
- Contribute to workplace health promotion initiatives and preventive health programmes
- Support health awareness campaigns and risk-reduction activities
- Maintain accurate clinical, administrative, and training records in line with UN Clinic procedures
- Contribute to reports, data collection, and operational documentation
Experience Requirements
- At least seven (7) years of clinical medical practice experience in general medicine, including diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of adult patients
- At least one (1) year of experience in either occupational health services or emergency/acute clinical care
- Valid, current, and unrestricted license to practice medicine
- Valid certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS), and/or Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
- Experience in clinical practice in developing, resource-limited, or humanitarian settings
- Experience in occupational health service delivery, including fitness-for-work and return-to-work assessments, as well as supporting emergency preparedness activities, medical trainings, and workplace health promotion initiatives
- Experience in medical evacuation coordination or referral case management, including liaison with hospitals and referral medical facilities
- Experience in health service delivery within the UN system or other international organizations, and in working in hardship, conflict-affected, or security-constrained duty stations
Qualification Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Medicine and Surgery, Occupational Health, Emergency Medicine, Public Health, or related field is desirable.
