Health Manager(s) - Emergency Response Team (ERT)

Job posted by: Medair - Switzerland - Thu, 15 Oct 2015

Job Details:

Organisation: Medair - Switzerland

Deadline Thu, 10 Dec 2015

Job type: Permanent

Location: South Sudan Sudan

Role and Responsibilities

Provide supervision to the various emergency responses to ensure patients are diagnosed and treated according to the Ministry of Health Guidelines. Supervise and train local staff as they provide screening, testing, diagnosis, and treatment. Be in charge of writing reports and keeping good data records, assisting with ensuring adequate stocks, training local staff as needed, and monitoring the overall health situation for potential outbreaks.

Project Overview

To respond to health emergencies across South Sudan through provision of preventive and curative treatment such as PHC out-patient consultation, ANC, safe delivery, EPI, mass vaccination campaigns and emergency nutrition.

Medair

Medair is a humanitarian organisation inspired by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places. We bring relief and recovery to people in crisis, regardless of race, creed or nationality. As signatories of the Red Cross Code of Conduct, we believe that aid should be given to everyone who is in need, regardless of political, social or religious viewpoint. We save lives in emergencies and then stay to help people recover from crisis with dignity—working side by side with communities to leave a lasting impact. We provide a range of emergency relief and recovery services: health care and nutrition; safe water, sanitation, and hygiene; shelter and infrastructure.

Workplace

All 10 states within South Sudan

Starting Date

As soon as possible

Initial Contract Details

Full time, 2-3 months

Key Activity Areas

Health Management

Responsible for diagnosis and treatment of patients following MoH treatment guidelines.
Discuss with Project Manager on patients that requires referral to other treatment centres.
Responsible for on the job training and supervision of locally recruited staff.
Give feedback to the Project Manager on technical issues related to management e.g. diagnosis, treatment, etc.
Responsible for medical administration and report writing at clinic level (DHIS, IDSR) and contribution to ERT assessment and intervention reports

Staff Management
Line manage locally recruited staff working in the health centres.
Act as team leader when requested.

External Representation
Attend MoH, community, partner or cluster meetings when requested.

Logistics
Prepare field orders/stock requests for approval by the Project Manager.
Ensure timely stock order and management to prevent any stock outages impacting patient care/service provision.

Quality Management
Is fully responsible to continuously monitor progress against set objectives.
Is fully responsible to ensure that all reporting and administration is done according to the relevant guidelines and is reported accurately.

Qualifications
Medical Assistant, Clinical Officer or Midwife Diploma

Languages
Strong working knowledge of English (spoken and written)

Experience / Competencies
2 years’ work experience
1 year work with a similar organisation desirable
Full knowledge for the treatment of common diseases, experience in reproductive health
Knowledge of nutrition programmes (CMAM) desirable
Flexible and willing to work in difficult and busy environments
Willing to remain in the field for up to 8 weeks’ time during the rainy season
Enjoys working with team and living in a team setting
Self-motivated; desire to serve the community

Medair Standard Working Requirements for the Field

Experienced professionals in a relevant field; Overseas intercultural experience
Committed Christians; commitment to the Medair values
Strong working knowledge of English, spoken and written
Working knowledge of French, spoken and written, for French-speaking field programmes
Single or married (with no children under 18). If married, your spouse must also apply.
Successful completion of Medair Relief & Recovery Orientation Course (ROC)
Reflect the vision and values of Medair with team members, local staff, beneficiaries, external contacts
Able to live and work in a multicultural team under difficult conditions
Strong character traits, including emotional stability, adaptability, ability to handle stress, cultural and gender sensitivity, honesty, and physically fit

Benefits

A salary based upon the grade of the position and the experience of the position-holder
Comprehensive briefing at our Swiss headquarters, as well as an in-country briefing
Security training for those going to particularly insecure environments
Accommodation, food, and transportation in-country
Return flights to and from the country programme (one return flight for every year of service)
Rest and recuperation (R&R) leave (including travel, accommodation, and food allowance)
Annual leave; Death and disability allowance
Contribution matching programme for retirement savings (for experienced relief workers)
Additional contract benefit allowance for those who commit to longer contracts
Comprehensive medical and emergency rescue insurance, with up to 60 days post- assignment coverage, including debriefing

Working Conditions
Working and living conditions may be very different to those previously experienced.
The ERT work environment is dependent on the specific location.

Application Process

Follow this link: www.medair.org/work-with-us, check if you are an Experienced or New Relief Worker and that you fit our standard working criteria, then:

apply for this vacancy (or another position that matches your profile), or
apply for a Medair ROC (where we can try and match your competencies to our vacancy needs).

Please do not make multiple applications. We will not review email applications. Only English-language applications / CVs will be reviewed. Medair does not set closing / deadline dates for applications; recruitment is on-going until the position is filled.

Health Manager(s) – Emergency Response Team (ERT)

South Sudan