Overview
The Pediatrician will support the IRC Primary Health Care (PHC) team in Za’atari Camp by ensuring high-quality child health services through patient registration, follow-up, and coordination. The role focuses on supporting pediatric care activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Support pediatric PHC service delivery by assisting with patient flow, registration, and preparation for consultations.
- Support implementation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness through standardized assessment, follow-up, and identification of danger signs for timely referral.
- Conduct and document basic measurements and screening (weight, height, MUAC, vital signs) according to protocols.
- Support growth monitoring and nutrition screening and refer children with malnutrition risks to appropriate services.
- Support routine immunization activities, defaulter tracking, and caregiver counseling on vaccination schedules.
- Support pediatric referral registration, follow-up, and documentation, ensuring referral outcomes are recorded and communicated to the PHC team.
- Provide caregiver health education on danger signs, hygiene, feeding, medication adherence, and preventive child health practices.
- Ensure accurate and timely data entry into the Health Information System (HIS) and maintain complete patient files (hardcopy and electronic).
- Collect patient/caregiver feedback through follow-up calls and report concerns through IRC accountability and safeguarding pathways.
- Prepare regular activity reports and support coordination meetings, field visits, and health campaigns as assigned.
- Represent the pediatric PHC team in coordination meetings, field activities, and service delivery events as assigned.
- Coordinate closely with IRC health staff, MoH health services, and relevant partners to ensure continuity of pediatric care and smooth referral pathways.
- Maintain accurate and updated pediatric patient records in the Health Information System (HIS) in line with IRC SOPs.
- Support routine monitoring of pediatric PHC services, including IMCI follow-up, vaccination tracking, growth monitoring, and referrals.
- Support data quality checks and ensure completeness and accuracy of documentation (hardcopy and electronic files).
- Prepare and submit weekly activity reports highlighting outputs, challenges, and lessons learned.
- Report immediately to the supervisor any critical issues including safeguarding concerns, medical errors, suspected fraud, or serious incidents.
Required Experience
Minimum 2 years clinical experience in pediatrics (PHC, outpatient, or hospital setting); humanitarian/refugee setting experience is an advantage. Experience in growth monitoring, nutrition assessment, and management of malnutrition cases (MAM/SAM) or ability to follow national/WHO protocols.
Qualifications
Medical Doctor (MD) degree from a recognized university. Specialization in Pediatrics (Jordanian Board). Valid license to practice medicine in Jordan (Jordan Medical Association / MoH licensing requirements).
