Senior Medical Officer (Chief of Medical Services Section)

About the role

The Senior Medical Officer is the Chief of the Medical Services Section (MSS) in the Human Resources Management Service, Division of Administration, UNOG. The post reports directly to the Chief of HRMS, UNOG, and works under the policy guidance of the Medical Director, DHMOSH, on medical, clinical and occupational health matters. It is a full-time position.

Key responsibilities

• Clinic management: oversee occupational health services (employment clearances, travel medicine, travel clearances), workplace clinical services (first aid, emergency care, PEP kits, vaccinations, referrals), clinical reviews and examinations, and occupational health and safety programmes including ergonomics and risk assessments.
• Workplace accommodation requests, health promotion programmes, and local emergency response and mass casualty capability linked to local security plans.
• Public health advice to the duty station in coordination with host country health authorities, and quality control using UN clinical guidelines and patient safety reporting.
• Medical administration: medical entitlements, sick leave certification, return-to-work programme, sick leave monitoring, disability summaries and reports, medical evacuation and repatriation, and advisory and dispute resolution on medical entitlements.
• Supervision of the Medical Services Section staff, including occupational safety and health staff, with medical confidentiality, EarthMed record system access, annual planning, budgeting, KPIs, recruitment, training and performance management.
• Advisory, liaison and representation: coordinate with the UNHQ Office of the Director, contribute to UN healthcare policy, represent the section at meetings, brief the Director-General and senior management, and represent the section before the UN judicial system and investigative bodies.

Required profile

• Knowledge of clinical, occupational safety and health and tropical/travel medicine.
• Ability to manage a diverse, multicultural team and to work efficiently under pressure.
• Good drafting ability in English and French.
• Accountability, communication, leadership and sound judgement and decision-making as described in the competencies.