| Job Purpose
The District MD provides direct medical care, supportive supervision, training, coaching and mentoring of Dignitas, MoH and CHAM clinical staff to ensure safe high quality medical practices for Pediatrics HIV and TB patients, including compliance with national/project medical protocols. This position will focus on supporting District Hospitals, Community/Rural Hospitals and larger Health Centres. S/he will be based at based at Tisungane Clinic, a Centre of Excellence in HIV Care at the Zomba Central Hospital. S/he will coordinate activities and work in collaboration with the Dignitas District and Zonal Coordination teams to ensure that targets are met and communicated to the Medical Manager.
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Technical Leadership
Support quality delivery of Pediatrics ART services at hospitals and health centres
Provide technical input to the provision of HIV and TB-related pediatrics services to achieve the PEPFAR 90-90-90 targets
Support the Medical Program Manager develop and implement a plan on improving the quality of clinical services in pediatric clinic, inpatients and under-5 nutritional services.
Disseminate relevant guidelines, health care research, policies, procedures and practices related to HIV/AIDS and TB-related conditions to facility staff Support the roll-out of routine viral load monitoring and management of pediatric patients suspected of failing ART or in need of 2nd line care.
Identify and assess service gaps in all HIV-related programmes and take remedial action like introduction or review of SOPs with Dignitas District teams to strengthen the referral system for ART, PMTCT, and EID.
Work with Dignitas District teams to strengthen the referral system for Pediatrics ART, PMTC, and EID services.
Give support to National Technical Working Group on HIV as required.
2. Training & Mentoring
Develop the mentoring capacity of Dignitas District Programme Coordinators (DPCs) on pediatric care
Strengthen Dignitas District Team training capacity for health care worker (HCW) management of ART, opportunistic and co-infections In collaboration with the Training Coordinator, support medical training sessions and identification of staff training opportunities
Organise/conduct facility-based clinical meetings and paediatric case presentations
Conduct scheduled ward rounds and clinic consultations for paediatric cases.
3. Reporting
Submit monthly and quarterly reports (narrative and statistical)
Provide input to Dignitas Quarterly Reports and Review presentations
Undertake any other duties as assigned from time to time by the Medical Manager
Qualifications
Medical Doctor, specialized in Paediatrics OR with extensive experience in Paediatric HIV care.
3-5 years of experience in provision of ART/PMTCT care in resource limited settings
Certified with Malawi Medical Council
Previous experience in leadership and problem solving at district level
Fluent in English
Computer skills in Microsoft Word and Outlook.
How to apply
Qualified applicants should send resume and detailed cover letter, referencing the position title in the subject by 27th May, 2017 To:
Human Resource and Admin Manager
Email: zombahr@dignitasinternational.org
Location: Zomba
Employment Type: Full time
Salary: N/A
Job deadline: 2017-05-27
Company: Dignitas International (DI) | | |
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