POSITION DESCRIPTION:
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 with Head quarters in New York, the IRC operates in more than 40 countries worldwide, offering lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to individuals/communities forced to flee from war or disaster. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has been operating in Tanzania since 1993, particularly in the Northwestern Tanzania (Kigoma region).
In response to the influx of Burundian refugees into Tanzania, the IRC is scaling up its health response in the Kasulu and Kigoma regions. The health team will be managing health clinics/posts in entry points and reception centres, helping support government facilities to manage the influx within existing structures, and implementing primary health care within a new camp. The Clinical Site Lead positions will manage the Expat Nurse and provide clinical oversite within these facilities, in addition to supporting targeted capacity building, and direct clinical care, over a period of 6-12 months.
The Clinical Site Lead will work to ensure the improved quality health care and wellbeing for patients within our facilities in collaboration with expert logistics, WPE, Reproductive Health, and Environmental Health personnel. The IRC will adhere to the highest standards of care, in-line with MOH protocols, for patients under our care.
The IRC will prioritise Medical Doctors who are immediately available for a minimum of 6 months and who have experience in international health care and refugee health.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
MAIN DUTIES:
Under the supervision of the Health Coordinator, the Clinical Site Leads will be responsible for providing clinical support to IRC Nurse Managers and Evironmental Health Specialists who are supervising national staff within our supported facilities, where Burundian refugees (as well as host populations in some cases) are receiving health screening and routine and emergency medical support.
• Liaise with the Health Coordinator to ensure proper coordination and a documented plan to apply best practices
• Monitor and adjust promptly the designation and treatment of patients as per standard MoH/WHO protocols, ensuring the provision of appropriate medical and nursing care to all patients.
• Manage the overall site team, with direct supervision of IRC Nurse Managers and national clinical staff within site
• Coordinate with nurses the movement of patients for referrals, or for transfer to the Camp if working at entry points.
• Provide direct patient care, including care for complicated cases, GBV, and those cases involving pregnant women or children
• Ensure a strong coordination with the Reproductive Health, WPE and Environmental Health teams
• Provide on the job training and encouragement to clinical staff
• Communicate to supervisor any training needs or deficits of personnel
• Provide technical support in addition to clinical care in such areas such as IPC protocols and procedures, drug management and medical supply systems
• Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of staff in field environments, promptly reporting concerns or incidents to IRC supervisors and other relevant authorities.
• Proactively liaise with community leaders and external parties as required to maintain/enhance the safety and security of the staff within field sites
• Assist with set-up of Clinics, layout, supply, staff recruitment, guidelines and procedures, and community outreach services
• Monitor the medical activities by ensuring data collection, compilation and entry into the UNHCR, MoH and IRC health information systems, and contribute to the analysis and reporting of the data in context with a public health approach to inform future programming
• Other relevant duties as assigned.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The ideal candidate will be a Medical Doctor (nurse practitioners or clinical officers may also be considered) who has clinical experience in emergencies, with demonstrated and repeated experience working in field environments or with refugee programming.
The ideal candidate will be a registered nurse who has nursing experience in emergencies, with demonstrated and repeated experience working in field environments or with refugee programming.
• Medical Doctor (MD), MPH and/or Reproductive Health specialization an advantage
• Minimum of 3 years related management and/or clinical experience in emergency/refugee settings; direct services experience and previous work in health programming with iNGOs
• Experience in responses in Africa, particularly East Africa, a strong advantage
• Strong leadership, management, planning, analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Ability to live and work in stressful and insecure environment;
• Excellent initiator, able to manage multiple tasks
• Able to work under pressure and good at timely decision making.
• Competent in Microsoft Office, Word and Excel
• Knowledge and/or experience in conflict management, protection, or other related field
• Experience in security management in a field location an asset
• Excellent professional approach and strong team building skills.
• Strong coordination and representation skills and well versed in convincing and clarification of views and points.
• Experience managing staff in acute care environments
• Previous cholera experience an asset
• Knowledge of Swahili, Kirundi, and French an asset
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
How to apply:
Applications for the position must include:
i. A cover letter illustrating your suitability for the position against the listed requirements.
ii. Detailed curriculum vitae showing contact address, email, and day-time mobile phone number(s) and three (3) referees, ONE being your last employer.
iii. ONLY copies of academic and professional certificates.
All applications should be sent to:
TZ-Recruitment@rescue.org
Applications will be considered valid if sent/received before 17.00, July 20th 2015.This position is extremely urgent thus qualified candidates are highly advised to apply as soon as possible.
Please note that only short-listed applicants meeting the above requirements will be contacted. Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply
Applications for the position must include:
i. A cover letter illustrating your suitability for the position against the listed requirements.
ii. Detailed curriculum vitae showing contact address, email, and day-time mobile phone number(s) and three (3) referees, ONE being your last employer.
iii. ONLY copies of academic and professional certificates.
All applications should be sent to:
TZ-Recruitment@rescue.org
Applications will be considered valid if sent/received before 17.00, July 20th 2015.This position is extremely urgent thus qualified candidates are highly advised to apply as soon as possible.
Please note that only short-listed applicants meeting the above requirements will be contacted. Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply
