Vacancy Announcement
Doctors Without Borders India (DWBI)/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) aims to provide medical assistance without any kind of discrimination including offer medical assistance during natural and manmade disasters through establishment of healthcare centers, implementing medical programs for critical illnesses on its own or with partners, working for creating medical awareness and capacity building and carry out/sponsor research to provide strategic input on relevant medical treatment options in India.
DWB offers assistance to people in need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. In 1999
MSF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize as recognition for its medical work in several continents
Position: Medical Doctor
Job Location: Bijapur-Chhattisgarh
Duration: 12 months (Renewable)
Start Date: ASAP
Application Closing Date: 5 April 2026
We offer:
• Salary Gross 95,900/- per month (non-negotiable)
• Medical Market Allowance: 22,500 /- per month (non- negotiable)
• 30 days annual leave; 12 days paid leave as per specified list of holidays; working days as per calendar year (pro-rated based on hire date).
• Contributions made for statutory benefit programs such as Provident Fund and Gratuity Fund.
• Covered under accident insurance
• DWBI provides medical reimbursement for employees and their dependents a per DWBI India health care policy
• DWBI provides relocation benefits for candidates qualified for relocation
• A stimulating, professional environment in an international organization.
PURPOSE OF POST:
Provide outpatient and/or inpatient medical care to patients/beneficiaries according to adapted and updated medical knowledge, DWBI protocols, values and universal hygiene standards to improve the patients/ beneficiaries health conditions.
FUNCTIONAL AND HIERARCHICAL LINES:
Hierarchically & functionally accountable to Project Medical Referent.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Apply medical knowledge, skills to diagnose, and prevention. Carry out outpatient and inpatient consultations, prescribing the necessary treatment respecting DWBI protocols.
• Keep the patient and/or his/her family informed about the illness and provide appropriate explanations about the treatment to follow, checking they have understood.
• Follow up the evolution of the hospitalized/IDP patients, through daily visits , consultations and examinations, prescribing the necessary treatment following DWBI protocols, deciding whether they can be discharged or transferred to other departments – in collaboration with other doctors- and informing their family about the patient’s evolution.
• Check and control the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and take care 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 project coordinator about any problem or complication of the patients’ illness, medical error and monitors the proper functioning of the department, equipment or material.
• Ensure ongoing training of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the quality of care.
• Knows and ensures all DWBI medical protocols are followed and implemented, checking universal precautions are followed at all times and reducing biohazard risks and improving infection control. Ensures professional confidentiality is respected.
• Manage the team under his/her direct responsibility according to DWBI HR policies and procedures, supervising their performance, organizing and scheduling shifts and rotations, directly participating in emergencies and on calls if necessary.
Context Specific Accountabilities:
• Providing quality medical care, diagnosis and treatment at the mobile clinics in Chhattisgarh State according to DWBI clinical guidelines, including universal precautions.
• Keeping the patient and/or their family informed about the illness and providing appropriate explanations about the treatment to follow, ensuring that they have understood.
• Referring patients to the district hospital if indicated and ensuring proper follow-up.
• Ensuring professional confidentiality is respected.
• Supporting the other members of the medical team (e.g. registrars, nurses, medicine dispensers, lab, etc.) if needed at the clinic.
• Using the local standardized medical abbreviations list while prescribing to facilitate the communication with the medicine dispensers. Including the necessary detail on the prescriptions (e.g. weight and age when relevant) to ensure quality care.
• Ensuring that the bags for which the medical doctors are responsible are full and that the used items are replaced at the end of each day; ensuring the proper maintenance of their equipment.
• Ensuring to bring all the bags to the mobile clinic (consultation, emergency and malnutrition incentives).
• Collaborating with the pharmacy technician after each mobile clinic to replace the emergency medicines used (the doctors are responsible for the injectable medicines) as well as other items needed. Providing the weekly consumption sheet to the pharmacy technician according to the deadline in place.
• Collecting the required data in mobile clinic (e.g. diagnosis, malnutrition details, referrals, SCD) and providing them to the data entry operator upon return from the clinic. Ensuring that the entries are accurate.
• Participating in the different medical reports, both required by DWBI and the MoH.
• Ensuring their continuing education and proper use of protocols.
• Participate in reviewing medical consumables and drugs that maybe needed in the project.
• Contribute to the monthly Medical Reporting.
• Providing training sessions for the staff from other medical departments after approval by the medical activity manager and presenting the monthly medical report to all the staff.
• Supporting the nurse-led treatments for malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea and some basic SRH morbidities.
• Supporting the mobile clinics/community outreach activities with any additional task assigned.
• Reviewing monthly the first-aid kit from their house, removing the expired items and providing the list of missing items to the nurses for replacement.
• Maybe requested to be staff health focal person in the project.
• Participating in departmental meetings and other meetings as requested like Annual plan, Total stock analysis.
• Participating in any emergency intervention if required.
REQUIREMENTS:
Education : Essential: MBBS degree with full & valid registration from Medical council of India or state medical councils
Desirable diploma in Tropical Medicine
Experience : Preferable 1 year experience in related field; experienced in performing tissue aspirates techniques for diagnosis
Languages :Mission language (English and Hindi) essential. Local language (Gondi and Telugu) desirable.
Competence :People Management. Commitment. Flexibility. Results. Team Work
To apply for the above position:
Please clearly state which position you are applying for and send CV and letter of motivation to apply for this position (with phone number) not later than 5 April 2026 to bijapur-hrm-assist@oca.msf.org
You can also send your application to:
MSF/DWBI Office,
Ward No. 3,
Bijahalba,Pujaripara, Bijapur,
Chhattisgarh, India (494444)
Application without motivation letter will not be accepted.
Due to high volume of applicants, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Note: DWBI values diversity and is committed to create an inclusive working environment. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of disability, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do not use any external recruitment consultants.