Regional Clinical Advisor – ICAP, July 5 2022
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Organization: ICAP
Position: Regional Clinical Advisor
Job Time: Full-Time
Job Type: Contract
Place of Work: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Application Deadline: July, 16/2022
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Job Description
Job Title: Regional Clinical Advisor
Number of Positions: 2
Duty Station: Addis Ababa
Travel Requirements: Approximately 80% travel to supported health facilities mainly in Oromia and SNNP regions
Line Manager: Regional Malaria Program Manager
Overall Objectives for the Job
Provide comprehensive clinical support to Regional Health Bureaus, Zonal and Woreda Health Offices and health facilities under the President’s Malaria initiatives (PMI) funded Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment (MDT) Activity. Reporting to the regional program manager, the regional clinical advisor is responsible for supporting the improvement of the quality of malaria case management across MDT activity-supported health facilities in the respective region.
Major duties and responsibilities:
The incumbent will be responsible to provide technical support to the case management activities in the following areas:
- Provide technical assistance for regional planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of malaria diagnosis and case management activities.
- Assist development and/or review of support tools to improve fever case management.
- Conducting baseline and follow-up assessment on malaria diagnosis and case management activities.
- Assist development of MDT training materials and conducting onsite and offsite training
- Assist design of a quality assurance program for fever case management and facilitate its implementation at the supported health facilities
- Provide regular supportive supervision and mentorship to regional and woreda malaria programs and facility clinical staff on fever case management
- Participate in the regular regional technical working group meetings
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor
Job requirements
Minimum Qualifications & Requirements
- MD with at least two years of experience in clinical practice
- Experience in conducting training, supervisions, and clinical mentorship
- Experience in the development and review of documents related to clinical case management services
- Ability to work in a team with good team spirit
- Computer skills ( Word, Powerpoint, Spreadsheet, etc)