Project Consultant, Health Workforce Safety Program Manager

Engagement

AmeriCares seeks to engage a (project consultant) fulltime field-based HWS Project Manager to facilitate the implementation of the Health Workforce Safety (HWS) Program scale-out at three hospital sites in Tanzania’s Lake Zone, over the course of 3 years. The incumbent will be responsible for the direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects, ensuring consistency with project strategy, commitments and goals.

Consultant will be based in Mwanza and split their time between the three site locations and Dar es-Salaam.

Program Background

Health workers are a hospital’s most important asset and an indispensable resource worldwide. However, as they work each day to save lives and care for patients, health workers are at great risk of exposure to blood-borne pathogens and life-threatening infections such as Hepatitis B and C, HIV and tetanus. Needle sticks and occupational exposure to hazardous waste, chemicals and infections through contact with blood and bodily fluids pose ongoing threats to health worker safety. In 2012 AmeriCares and Bugando Medical Centre (BMC) completed a three-year pilot project to develop a center of excellence in health workforce safety at Bugando Medical Centre. With the success of that pilot, AmeriCares and Bugando will replicate the project at three additional sites in the Lake Zone: Musoma Regional Hospital in Mara Region, Sengerema Designated District Hospital in Mwanza Province and Shinyanga Regiional Hospital in Shinyanga.

HWS Program Objectives

• Train staff in universal precautions and injury prevention
• Introduce post-exposure prophylaxis on wards for sharps injury and body fluid exposure
• Increase access to personal protective equipment and other safety-related supplies through supply chain planning
• Increase vaccination coverage for Hepatitis B (HBV) and tetanus
• Improve healthcare waste management in the hospital
• Improve hand hygiene through facilities upgrades as well as on-site preparation of hand sanitizer
• Inform national policy planning and development of hospital guidelines for infection prevention and control and health workforce safety

Key Program Activities

Activities will include:

• Safe medical practices training for all health workers and development of educational and reinforcement materials;
• Regular deliveries of safety engineered supplies and personal protective equipment from AmeriCares;
• Immunizations and post-exposure prophylaxis for all health workers;
• Waste management systems upgrades;
• Hand hygiene facilities upgrades;
• Strengthening of hospital policies and training materials to reflect best practices.Full position details can be found via the attached position description.

How to apply:

In order to be considered for this position, the incumbent should please submit the following items in an expression of interest to AmeriCares:

• A suitability statement highlighting commitment to project and skills
• Curriculum vitae or resume that clearly spell out qualifications and experience
• 3 professional references
• Writing sample (3 page maximum)

Deadline for submission: August 15, 2014

Submissions should be sent to:

N’Deye R. Niang

Manager, Middle East and Africa Partnerships – AmeriCares

Email: nniang@americares.org

Phone: +1 (203) 908-2241

Francisco Chibunda

HWS Technical Advisor, Bugando Medical Center

Email: chibundas2001@yahoo.co.uk

Phone: +255 7895 1370

Given the urgency to engage a field-based program manager, applications will be reviewed as they are received.