New Job Opportunity Mwanza at Medical Teams International (MTI) – Referral Focal Person
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| Medical Teams International |
Department Programs
Reports to Medical Officer Technical: N/A
Location Mtendeli
Work Days & Hours Monday-Sunday, 40-45 hours/week as per duty roster. May include weekends, night shifts and public holidays
MTI Calling
Daring to love like Jesus, we boldly break barriers to health and restore wholeness in a hurting world.
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JOB SUMMARY
Organizing and ensuring medical
consultations to the target population providing treatment to patients
within the scope of his/her medical competencies and referring them when
appropriate, according to MSF protocols, procedures, and the universal
hygiene standards in order to guarantee quality and efficiency of the
service provided. Controls the rational distribution of medicine and
attends to emergency cases in the health facility.
JOB
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensuring
the implementation and standardization of Medical Teams clinical
policies, tools, and hygiene protocols in order to minimize clinical
risks and to guarantee the quality of patient care management. Promoting
and maintaining confidentiality regarding all patient cases and
records. - Implementing diagnosis, prescription and prevention
procedures that fall under the scope of his/her competencies applying
medical knowledge, asking appropriate questions to patients and
following protocols in force as well as using laboratory services when
necessary, in order to ensure a correct implementation of the medical
treatments and to refer patients when appropriate. - Participating
in the planning and supervision, in close coordination with other
supervisors, the HR processes (sizing, staff shifts, recruitment,
training, evaluation, development and communication) of the team in
order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required,
improve people triage capabilities, their motivation and commitment and
their active participation in teaching the targeted population on
therapeutic and preventive protocols. - Ensuring that all staff
using medical devices are qualified and trained. Ensuring cleaning and
minor maintenance tasks are performed according to the protocols.
Reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service item. - In cases of emergency, carrying out first aid care and treatment according to protocols in order to reduce mortality rates.
- Recording
in the individual patient’s card and registration books, all performed
medical activities (drugs prescribed, lab results, vaccination status,
epidemiological activity, doses, etc.) keeping data traceability in
order to ensure patients treatment continuity. - Participating in data collection and reporting when required.
- Knowing
and implementing Patient Therapeutic Education (PTE), i.e. keeping
contact with all patients, providing them information regarding their
health state and responding to their questions. - Knowing and
promoting the proper application of Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Kit
and Sexually Gender Based Violence (SGBV) protocol. - Keep the
patient and family informed about the illness and provide appropriate
explanations about the treatment to follow; verify understanding to
ensure informed consent and adherence to treatment. - Participate in community mobilization and sensitization on curative and preventative health services.
- Ensure
general hygiene standards and universal precautions are followed at all
times and implement and monitor actions to reduce bio-hazard risks and
improve infection control. - Ensure ongoing training of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the quality of care.
- Ensure
that medical decisions are made with the highest level of integrity and
ethics according to professional and MTI Code of Conduct. - Ensure direct reports have clear objectives, receive mentorship and participate in capacity building opportunities.
- Conduct performance evaluations and enforce disciplinary process as per MTI policy.
- Ensure
the Safeguarding of program participants and employees through
promoting an environment of awareness and upholding the code of conduct
provisions of Medical Teams Protection from Sexual Exploitation &
Abuse, Child & Vulnerable Adult protection, and harassment-free
workplace policies. - Other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION,
LICENSES, & CERTIFICATIONS
- Diploma in Clinical Medicine.
- Registration with Tanganyika Medical Council is required.
- Valid practising license is required.
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EXPERIENCE
- 3 years of clinical medicine experience is required.
- Experience working with international NGOs is an added advantage.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
KNOWLEDGE
- Knowledge of primary health care, maternal and child health, reproductive health, HIV and AIDS and communicable diseases.
- Knowledge of professional clinical medicine principles, procedures and techniques.
- Knowledge of medicines, hygiene protocol and IPC measures.
SKILLS
- Skilled in applying clinical medicine principles and procedures in the evaluation and treatment of patients.
- Skilled in prescribing correct medication.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- A good command of both written and spoken English.
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ABILITIES
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of patient information and adhere to professional code of conduct.
- Ability to treat all patients and staff with respect, without prejudice.
- Ability to provide high quality, ethical, compassionate care that places the needs of the patient first.
- Ability to maintain detailed records with high accuracy.
- Ability to be flexible and manage stress.
- Ability to support MTI Calling and adhere to the MTI Code of Conduct
PHYSICAL CONDITIONS
- This position requires work at health facilities located in remote areas with very basic living conditions.
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NOTE: The
above job description is intended to describe the general nature and
level of work being performed by staff assigned to this job. It is not
intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and
skills required of staff in this position. Duties, responsibilities,
and skills are also subject to change based on the changing needs of the
job, department, or organization.
Application Procedure:
All
interested applicants who meet the criteria should email their
application letter and CV in either PDF or Word only, including three
work related referee to: recruitmenttz@medicalteams.org
Indicate your expected salary, current/previous salary, and notice period at the bottom of your CV.
Indicate clearly the position applied for in the subject line ”Referral Focal Person Mwanza”.
Application Deadline: 04th of February 2021 at 1700HRS.
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