Médecins Sans Frontieres “Doctors Without Borders” is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in crisis, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliation

MSF-Belgium is currently seeking to hire HEALTH PROMOTER  .

Main Purpose:

Implement Health Promotion/IEC (Information, Education, Communication) activities with patients and local population to raise their knowledge and skills on relevant medical topic.

Accountabilities

·         Inform patients and communities about MSF and services it provides.

·         According to medical priorities, deliver information to the patients and community on specific health topics.

·         Implement activities of health education and awareness (sessions in schools, churches, community), under the indications and supervision of the HP Supervisor.

·         Under the guide of HP Supervisor, assess the impact of activities (with questions, verifications and behaviors observations), and report problems, success and constraints to him/her.

·         Collect all type of information related to specific health and living conditions of the population, in particular to identify the most vulnerable populations to target.

·         Report to HP Supervisor: activities, problems met, strengths and constraints.

Context:

Support the HP supervisor in carrying out pre-testing or designing of HP material, tools, and messages to be adapted to the medical needs and socio-cultural context\.

Participate in quantitative and qualitative data collection as per need and defined by the supervisor (e.g. socio-cultural and health assessments, MSF perception and acceptance, patient satisfaction survey, etc …).

Convey relevant patient feedback or observations in a timely manner to the HP supervisor.

Attend internal trainings and meetings as per need and as requested by the line Manager.

·       Report to HP Supervisor: activities, problems met, strengths and constraints.

Health Promotion Activities 

Organize activities according to priorities and respect of activity planning – visit patient in OPD, IPD and Physiotherapy for health promotion and health education sessions.

Support Medical staff and Medical Secretary for patients for admission by providing welcome talks such as health facility organization, visiting hours, number of caretakers etc.

Support for further health education for discharge patients – importance of medicine compliance, treatment understanding, proper hygiene and respect of appointments.

Actively identify and analyze the needs of patient in relation to Health promotion i.e. formulate and conduct health promotion sessions for patient in waiting area.

Perform hygiene promotion in the MSF health facilities, among MSF staff, patients and their caretakers. Be aware about the hygiene status and health needs in the MSF hospital and report concerns, challenges and success to HP supervisor.

Offer patient and caretaker support and orientation towards services (eg.Mental Health, and physiotherapy)