Medical Emergency Resilience Foundation (MERF) is a non-governmental, independent and non for profit humanitarian organization founded in 2015. MERF is established to provide vital health care and medical relief for vulnerable people in areas of natural disaster, conflict, disease outbreak and health systems collapse.  MERF acts regardless of race, gender, religious or political affiliation.

MERF operations are run by the employees and professionals, all of whom are highly motivated and committed to working flexibly toward the humanitarian aims and objectives of the organisation and to the benefit of disadvantaged populations. 

Responsibilities/Accountabilities

• Gynaecologist will report to Medical Superintendent and, through him, to the Health services coordinator & Technical advisor
• Develops a program of patient care encompassing; in-patient, out-patient and emergency care.
• Discharging clinical duties in the hospital by conducting; ward rounds, OPDs and providing emergency cover.
• Stays on call for emergency cases and critically ill patients and be immediately summoned to the hospital when required.
• Makes regular detailed morning & evening round of the in-patients as well as surprises the visits to ensure that work is being carried out in accordance with instructions of Department/Hospital policy.
• Operates on scheduled & emergency cases independently.
• Will administrate the unit, supervise the performance of subordinate staff, delegates to them activities they are qualified & competent to do in accordance with their clinical privileges & approved SOPs.
• Provides out patients consultations, attends inter departmental references, and examines in-patients in the morning & evening rounds and more frequently when warranted.
• Independently carries out diagnostic & therapeutic procedures in accordance with her approved clinical privileges.
• Ensures that records of patients treated by her unit are legible, up-date & correctly reflect the patient’s condition and response to treatment.
• Prepares & verifies medical reports, death reports & medico legal reports issued by the unit.
• Admits patients from OPD and A&E in accordance with the protocols of the unit. Prepares OT list & operates on scheduled & emergency cases. Is responsible for pre-operative & post-operative care of surgical patients.
• Will be responsible for Monitoring and Evaluation of junior doctors & nursing staff, responsible for patient care.
• Patient care as per duty roster (Ward rounds, OPDs and on call duties).
• Advising the institution in developing cost effective patient care.
• Overall co-ordination of departmental activities including departmental administration and patient service/care.
• Departmental administrative work includes:
• To ensure overall coordination of duties of all Para medical staff in the department.
• Maintenance of patient record in the departments.
• Record of adverse events.
• Record of stocks in the department.
• Patient counselling and departmental public relations.
• Ensuring patient care and conducting morning and evening rounds & ensuring proper documentation of patient data.
• Will be responsible for conducting clinical audit, when required.
• Will participate in the development of SOPs and treatment guidelines & protocols. And will ensure display of subject SOPs & guidelines/protocols at relevant locations within service area.
• Any other task assigned by medical superintendent.
• Will be a member of hospital technical Committee and ensure regular participation in committee meetings to discuss progress against set targets, issues & future plans.