CFA2026 034 _Consultant A _Médecin Port-au-Prince
Organizational Context
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a UN agency founded in 1951, promotes humane and orderly migration. In Haiti, IOM supports the reception of returning migrants at Cap-Haïtien Airport, addressing immediate humanitarian needs in health, protection, and psychosocial support. This role contributes to strengthening the medical response capacity for arriving migrants.
Job Purpose
This Medical Consultant role is established to enhance IOM's medical response capacity for returning migrants arriving at Cap-Haïtien Airport. The purpose is to provide essential medical consultations, assess health conditions, and manage immediate health needs, including chronic conditions and emergencies. The consultant will also oversee technical guidance for nursing staff, facilitate referrals to specialized care, and manage medical supplies. This position is crucial for ensuring timely and appropriate humanitarian assistance, addressing the complex health vulnerabilities often presented by migrants after difficult journeys or detention, and coordinating with national health authorities.
Responsibilities
Provide medical consultations and primary care to arriving migrants at the airport, adhering to national protocols and IOM procedures. Assess health status, diagnose conditions, and prescribe appropriate treatments, managing acute emergencies and stabilizing patients. Ensure continuity of care for migrants with chronic illnesses, facilitating referrals to destination health services. Offer technical supervision to the IOM nurse, ensuring quality care delivery. Organize medical triage to prioritize urgent cases and identify specific vulnerabilities (e.g., pregnant women, children, elderly, disabled). Refer complex cases to specialized healthcare facilities in Port-au-Prince, managing medical and administrative follow-up. Maintain accurate inventory of medical supplies, anticipate stock needs, and prepare requisitions. Conduct health promotion and prevention activities, and report suspected notifiable diseases to health authorities. Coordinate with the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) and other partners, document consultations, update databases, and submit regular reports.
Work Experience
A minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience in primary healthcare and/or emergency medicine is required, ideally within a humanitarian or emergency context. Experience in managing medical supplies and supervising nursing staff is desirable. Experience working with vulnerable populations such as migrants, displaced persons, pregnant women, children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities is highly sought after.
Skills
Medical consultation and diagnosis, emergency medical care, primary healthcare, referral management, medical supply management, technical supervision of nursing staff, health promotion, disease surveillance, coordination with health authorities, documentation, reporting, working under pressure, teamwork, communication, and sensitivity to protection issues.