Occupational Health Doctor

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• FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture.
• Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply;
• Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO's values
• FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination
• All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
• All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality

Organizational Setting

The FAO Health Service provides preventative medical, counselling and occupational safety and health services and advice on all health-related matters to the Organization, for Headquarters and Decentralized Offices.

Reporting Lines

Under the direct supervision of the Medical Officer, and the oversight of the Chief of Health Services, and following the United Nations established policies and procedures, the Occupational Health Doctor Consultant will carry out the occupational health activities and tasks, in close collaboration with the medical and travel clinic, counselling, health promotion and ergonomic units.

Technical Focus

Overall planning and implementation of FAO Occupational Safety and Health services providing sound professional advice, promotion and maintenance of proper health care, including the prevention of health hazards.

Tasks and responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Medical Officer, and the oversight of the Chief of Health Services and following the United Nations established policies and procedures, the Occupational Safety and Health Doctor will carry out the following occupational health activities and tasks, in close collaboration with the medical and travel clinic, counseling, health promotion and ergonomic units:

Clinical activities:
• Provide emergency medical care, confidential medical advice and counselling to staff during office hours.
• Assist the nurses with clinical work when necessary;
• Coordinate and manage medical evacuations and medical travels.

Occupational Health and Safety activities:
• Carry out occupational health assessments to determine fitness for duty related to the process of appointment, periodical, separation examination and transfer to field duty stations;
• Review and evaluation of cases related to service-incurred accidents and illnesses;
• Review and management of recurring and prolonged sick-leave cases;
• Process medical administrative matters, such as requests for disability, requests for special child allowance and special education grants, and coordinate Independent Medical Evaluations;
• Implementing FAO OHS plan in HQ and decentralized offices, address work environment and occupational health matters, also liaising with local medical facilities in headquarters and in the field. Assist in the design and development of occupational health related guidelines;
• Use and contribute to the continuous development of the occupational health software (Cority). Use the system to extract medical data and provide statistics, flowcharts and reports as required;
• Support emergency preparedness planning and response to all identified hazards at headquarters and in the field offices;
• Liaise with local medical facilities near headquarters;
• Facilitates staff access to local medical facilities and ensures follow-up.

Health Promotion activities:
• Participate in the implementation of appropriate training and health promotion programs (e.g. health education, HIV/AIDS prevention, first aid and CPR) in field offices;

• Assist in the preparation of travel health advisory on-line posting and dissemination of information;
• Assist the Chief Medical Officer, his/her designate and FAO Medical Officer in any other tasks as required and may act as alternate during the absence of the Medical Officer.

Specific Functions
• Cooperation with the Head Nurse in clinical tasks;
• Sick leave case management.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• Doctoral degree in Medicine, including residency training in Occupational Health;
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience including occupational health, training or specialty in internal or emergency medicine.
• Working knowledge (level C) in English is required for this post with limited knowledge (level B) of one of the other United Nations languages. For PSA, only working knowledge of English is required.
• Limited knowledge of Italian (Level B) is required.

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Extent and relevance of experience in clinical medicine and occupational health including travel medicine;
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and in writing; demonstrated ability to write clear and concise reports and documents in English is considered a strong asset;
• Excellent IT skills (Office suite and any Occupational Health software); the ability to extract medical data from systems to produce statistics and reports is considered a strong asset;
• Work Experience in more than one location or area of work with field experience is an asset.

Selection Criteria

• Good working knowledge (Level C) of Italian is desirable;
• UN experience;

Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• FAO does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing)
• Please note that FAO will only consider academic credentials or degrees obtained from an educational institution recognized in the IAU/UNESCO list
• Please note that FAO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at
• Formore information,visit the FAO employment website
• Appointment will be subject to certification that the candidate is medically fit for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa requirements, and security clearances.

HOW TO APPLY

•To apply, visit the recruitment website at Jobs at FAO and complete your online profile. We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, and language skills
•Candidates are requested to attach a letter of motivation to the online profile
•Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application
•Candidates may be requested to provide performance assessments and authorization to conduct verification checks of past and present work, character, education, military and police records to ascertain any and all information which may be pertinent to the employment qualifications
•Incomplete applications will not be considered
•Personal information provided on your application may be shared within FAO and with other companies acting on FAO’s behalf to provide employment support services such as pre-screening of applications, assessment tests, background checks and other related services. You will be asked to provide your consent before submitting your application. You may withdraw consent at any time, by withdrawing your application, in such case FAO will no longer be able to consider your application
•Only applications received through the FAO recruitment portal will be considered
•Your application will be screened based on the information provided in your online profile
•We encourage applicants to submit the application well before the deadline date.

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