Summary
[ GHANA JOBS Clinical Care ]Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University. For 40 years and in over 155 countries, Jhpiego has worked to prevent the needless deaths of women and their families.
Salary range:N/A, Job type: Fixed Term, Location:Accra , Agency:Jhpiego. Application close date:Expires Jun 19, 2020
GHANA JOBS Clinical Care
Jhpiego works with health experts, governments and community leaders to provide high-quality health care for their people. Jhpiego develops strategies to help countries care for themselves by training competent health care workers, strengthening health systems and improving delivery of care.
Jhpiego designs innovative, effective and low-cost health care solutions to ensure a level of care for women and their families. These practical, evidence-based interventions are breaking down barriers to high-quality health care for the world’s most vulnerable populations.
Job Description
Jhpiego designs innovative, effective and low-cost health care solutions to ensure a level of care for women and their families. These practical, evidence-based interventions are breaking down barriers to high-quality health care for the world’s most vulnerable populations.
The Global Programs Department of Jhpiego Corporation is currently seeking dynamic individuals to fill various positions to support its operations in Ghana. Ghanaian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply
Clinical Care Specialist
Contract Duration: Six months. Immediate Start.
Location: Accra
Overview
Jhpiego is seeking a Clinical Care Specialist to provide technical guidance and support for several newly awarded COVID-19 projects. In Ghana, Jhpiego will support the Government of Ghana (GOG) to prevent, detect and respond to COVID-19. A significant area of focus of our work is accelerating and strengthening the technical and operational capacity of local healthcare workers to prevent nosocomial spread of SARS-CoV-2, provide quality case management and allow for the safe maintenance of routine essential services.
The Clinical Care Specialist will be responsible for ensuring technical and operational rigor in the planning and scaled execution of COVID-19 response projects being implemented at the national, regional, and facility level. This includes assisting the clinical response to COVID 19 in treatment centers and improving coordination and communication amongst frontline health workers impacted and engaged in hot zone districts. Additionally, liaising with GoG staff, other partners and donors regarding technical strategy, monitoring and evaluation of project milestones and targets.
Duties and Responsibilities
Provide technical advice, guidance and support for the implementation of the clinical response, coordination and communication
Help the GOG and frontline health workers to identify solutions to implementation challenges
Represent the project to stakeholders
Build close working relationships with key stakeholders
Ensure high-quality training of clinical mentors and frontline health workers
Provide mentorship support to COVID 19 Treatment center staff through a Community of Practice, including facilitation of case discussions
Ensure data collection and reporting tools are implemented consistently
Contribute to program reporting and related documentation needs for assigned technical areas
Participate in stakeholder meetings and deliver presentations, as needed
Other duties, as assigned
Required Skills or Experience
Clinical degree in medicine; post-graduate training in emergency medicine or infectious diseases preferred; 5 or more years of relevant work experience in Ghana
Experience planning and working in clinical care settings within public health programs; experience in contact tracing and/or infection prevention and control program a big plus)
Demonstrated experience working with USAID programs and familiarity with USG reporting requirements.
5+ years’ experience in management, operational and technical expertise with a preference in public health program implementation
Experience in disease outbreak response and familiarity of IHR (2005) is an advantage
Required Abilities/Skills
Familiarity with Ghana health systems and reporting structure and demonstrated ability to collaborate with government level officials to strengthen program implementation
Demonstrated ability in working and collaborating with a wide range of local and international partner organizations
Excellent skills in clinical decision making, facilitation, team building and coordination
Excellent writing and communications skills, including demonstrated technical writing skills for publication
Ability to work effectively with diverse international teams and willingness to learn and empower others
Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
Ability and willingness to travel frequently to implementation regions and health facilities including COVID-19 treatment centers
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How To Apply
Qualified persons are required to send their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and application letter to: work2savelives@gmail.com.
Deadline for the submission of applications: June 19, 2019.
Please note that given the likely high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.