Migration Health and AVRR Physician

About the role

IOM, the UN agency for migration, is recruiting a Migration Health and AVRR Physician in Algiers. Under the supervision of the Chief of Mission and the migration health supervisor, the physician conducts migration health assessments and provides medical support for AVRR (Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration) cases, ensuring assessments, documentation, fitness-to-travel decisions, travel arrangements and continuity of care meet IOM, donor and destination-country requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct migration health assessments, including medical history, physical examination and review of clinical records
• Arrange or review investigations such as laboratory tests and imaging
• Identify conditions needing treatment, referral, stabilization or follow-up and coordinate care with health facilities
• Support vaccination, tuberculosis management and pre-departure medical procedures
• Ensure accurate identification, documentation, certification and data entry in IOM systems
• Review AVRR cases, assess decision-making capacity, fitness to travel and medical feasibility of return, and recommend further assessment when needed
• Determine medical travel conditions (escort, wheelchair, oxygen, medications, etc.) and review itineraries and airline medical forms such as MEDA or MEDIF
• Coordinate with AVRR, Operations and counterparts in the country of return, and brief medical escorts
• Apply infection prevention, patient safety, confidentiality, informed consent and ethical standards; contribute to quality assurance
• Maintain case records and statistics and prepare reports requested by the supervisor

Required profile

• University degree in Medicine from an accredited institution and a valid licence to practice in the duty station
• At least two years of clinical experience, preferably in emergency medicine, internal medicine or a multidisciplinary hospital
• Experience in medical assessments, reports and referrals; migration health, humanitarian health or AVRR experience is desirable
• Fluency in English and French (oral and written); Arabic is an advantage

Required skills

• Good knowledge of clinical medicine, patient safety and infection prevention and control
• Ability to make sound clinical decisions and document the rationale for recommendations
• Strong coordination and communication skills with health facilities, operations teams and cross-border counterparts
• Understanding of in-flight physiology or aviation medicine is an advantage