RECRUITMENT NOTICE

INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

The French section of Médecins Sans Frontières is recruiting for its project in Amman

            Maxillofacial Surgical Assistant/Specialized Dentist – Daily Worker pool                                      

CONTEXT

Médecins Sans Frontières 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. For more information, visit our Arabic website, www.msf-me.org.

Médecins Sans Frontières is running a reconstructive surgery program in Amman, which opened in 2006, is giving access to reconstructive surgery (orthopedic, plastic, and maxillo-facial) to war-wounded people providing comprehensive health care, MSF aims at identifying and referring patients from neighboring countries (Iraq, Yemen, Syria, and other countries with conflicts) then ensuring their medical follow-up after discharge.

Médecins Sans Frontières Reconstructive Surgery in Amman are seeking a (1)        70% Maxillofacial Surgical Assistant – 30% Specialized Dentist for Daily Worker Pool.

DIMENSION OF POST

The Reconstructive Surgery Hospital provides specialized surgical and rehabilitation care, with an average of 550 admissions and over 1,000 surgeries annually. The facility has 72 surgical beds and 126 rehabilitation beds, as well as two operating theatres dedicated to orthopedic, maxillofacial, and plastic reconstructive surgeries. The hospital also includes an outpatient department (OPD) providing an average of 550 consultations per month, physiotherapy and psychosocial support services, and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) activities, including Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), and a microbiology laboratory.

MAIN PRUPOSE

To provide specialized dental and prosthodontic care to specific selected SRH patients and caretakers according to adapted and updated medical and surgical knowledge, MSF protocols, values and universal hygiene standards to improve their health conditions.

 ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Assure outpatient and inpatient surgical and dental consultations, providing the necessary treatment following updated MSF protocols, and EBM medicine.
• Ensure the patient and/or his/her family are informed and understand their dental/ maxillofacial surgical status and provide accurate explanations about the treatment plan to be followed.
• Closely follow up the IPD and OPD patient’s evolution, through daily visits and accurate documentation (EMR)
• Check and control the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and take care of the quality, disinfection and sterilization of the medical material. Assure general compliance with standing hygiene standards.
• Participate in the collection and analysis of epidemiological data, checking its validity and informing the line manager or the medical director about any problem or complication of the patients’ surgeries, medical errors and monitors the proper functioning of the department, equipment or material.
• Ensure ongoing training of the medical multidisciplinary team to optimize the quality of care.
• Knows and ensures all MSF dental/ surgical protocols are followed and implemented, checking universal precautions are always followed, reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control.
• Ensures professional confidentiality is respected.

CONTEXT SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES

Scope of responsibilities

• Apply dental/ maxillofacial surgical knowledge and skills to diagnose, treat and assure preventive activities.
• To be the focal point, under maxillofacial surgeons’ supervision, for patients, medical and nursing teams, regarding surgical-related issues; from admission to discharge.
• Assure a colaborative work with the MDs and nursing team, through effective and daily communication as information-sharing is key to assure the patient’s continuity of care.
• To assist the maxillofacial surgeon in the examination, preparation, operation and follow up of the patient in the OPD, ward and OT.
• To provide dental services to RSH patients and caretakers: through dental clinics, dental room activities, and OT services.
• Assure a close and accurate follow-up of the externally referred patients, regulating the cooperation and between RSH and the specialized external dentist.

Maxillofacial Surgical assistant (70%):

By assisting the maxillofacial surgeon in the provision of specialized care in the OPD, IPD and OT, assure the continuity of care for maxillofacial patients. Coordinate with other teams (nursing, medical and surgical), to ensure patients’ safety and close follow up of their evolution, with emphasis on longer length of stay (LOS) patients as per hospital criteria. Assure accurate documentation of patient’s initial surgical assessment, OPD surgical progress notes, orders and discharge (TRM), including the external services (e.g., OPG panoramic x-ray, MRI, CT scan, and prosthetic eye), and external referrals.

OPD:

• Follow up each MF patient’s treatment plan and outcome. Explain to the patient the surgical plan, the type of operations to be done, the schedule, and collect his/her consent.
• Leads the maxillofacial OPD clinic when the surgeon is missing.
• Under the supervision of the of the maxillofacial surgeon, communicates with the RSH team the identified needs for MF patients on dressing, physiotherapy, mental health, and refers patient to medical specialist or other practitioners / specialty when necessary.

OT:

• Ensures proper preparation of patients before the surgery, verify the OT schedule and the patients order on the operating list, and keeps the register updated.
• Verifies of special equipment and material are available before the surgery, reports on any broken or malfunctioning equipment.
• Assists the maxillofacial surgeon on all surgeries, does, directs or supervises the dressings after surgical procedure
• Monitors the application of hygiene protocols in OT (decontamination, sterilization, cleaning, etc).
• Follows MSF Infection Control guidelines and participate in surgical sampling in OT in coordination with microbiology lab team.

Ward

• Participates in maxillofacial surgical rounds with the medical and nursing teams. Leads the maxillofacial round when the surgeon is missing.
• Immediate post-operative evaluation and follow-up by visiting the patients on days 0,1,2,3, ensuring quality of care, and handover to the medical team
• Answers any surgical-related issues and complaints in the ward, under surgeons’ supervision, participates, and communicates with the nursing team on the needed dressing.
• Communicate with the physical therapy department about the physiotherapy need, under the supervision of the maxillofacial surgeon.
• Organizes patient discharge from surgical ward to the RC/hotel with clear EMR written recommendations and instructions for OPD staff.

Specialized Dentist (30%):

• Participation in the validation committee: In coordination with the maxillofacial surgeon and according to admission criteria, selects patients in need of dental care from the files received from Medical Liaison Officers, set the treatment plan, surgery complexity, and length of stay needed.
• OPD: runs the dental clinics for patients and caretakers, twice per week.
• Dental room and OT: perform dental procedures according to the internal policy of RSH.
• External referrals: Responsible for the accurate and close follow up of the patients and treatment plan of the external oral surgeon, including EMR documentation of the final medical report.
• Follow up meeting provides regular and clear updates on the patients referred regarding the procedure needed, technical update, needed time for the procedure, and reports any difficulties or missing sessions.
• Reporting: responsible for elaborating a monthly report summarizing the dental activities focusing on number of dental appointments, dental procedures specifying different types, number of patients referred to the external dentist, and number of active patients under the care of the external dentist.

Other duties:

• Coordinates with all medical and nursing teams (including Physiotherapy and Antibiotic stewardship) on patients’ treatment plan.
• Participates in patient care related meetings: e.g., morbidity and mortality meetings, incident report, patient successful story, and case reviews.
• Provides medical report on request. Ensure information exchange regarding his/her duty.
• Participate, when requested by the direct line manager, in related patient center care activities (e.g., patient educational group, patient center care meeting).
• Supports when needed, to patients’ complaint mechanism related to the maxillofacial and dental care.
• In cases of emergency requiring surgical expertise, being available to answer MDs requests during night and weekend shifts.
• Participate in regular meetings, to discuss management topics as well as surgical strategy.

WORKING HOURS

• Office hours
• Nights and weekend call in case of emergency needs related to surgical issues
• May need to come for urgent operations.

PROFILE

 WORK LOCATION: Amman, at Al Mowasah hospital.

 CONTRACT: 6 months on 100% contract, renewable, with 3 months’ trial period in the first contract.

 START DATE: September - October 2026

Interested applicants should submit their application in English containing curriculum vitae no later than 11^th September 2026 to the Akhtaboot website

Only candidates meeting the requirements will be called through their addresses

Notice: No monetary transactions, neither demands of favors in kind, nor other types of favoritism will be tolerated in the recruitment process. MSF reserves the right to refuse the hiring of a candidate having benefitted from such acts. All illicit demands of these types may be pursued through the judicial system.

Médecins Sans Frontières is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we serve and our staff. MSF has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment, and abuse of power. All selected candidates will be subject to reference checks.