Clinical Site Lead, Tanzania

Clinical Site Lead

Sector: Health

Location: Tanzania

Employee Type: Regular

Employee Category: Full Time

Description

In response to the influx of Burundian refugees into Tanzania, the IRC is scaling up its health response in the Kasulu and Kigoma regions. The health team will be managing health clinics/posts in entry points and reception centres, helping support government facilities to manage the influx within existing structures, and implementing primary health care within a new camp. The Clinical Site Lead positions will manage the Expat Nurse and provide clinical oversite within these facilities, in addition to supporting targeted capacity building, and direct clinical care, over a period of 6-12 months.

The Clinical Site Lead will work to ensure the improved quality health care and wellbeing for patients within our facilities in collaboration with expert logistics, WPE, Reproductive Health, and Environmental Health personnel. The IRC will adhere to the highest standards of care, in-line with MOH protocols, for patients under our care.

The IRC will prioritise Medical Doctors who are immediately available for a minimum of 6 months and who have experience in international health care and refugee health.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

MAIN DUTIES:

Under the supervision of the Health Coordinator, the Clinical Site Leads will be responsible for providing clinical support to IRC Nurse Managers and Evironmental Health Specialists who are supervising national staff within our supported facilities, where Burundian refugees (as well as host populations in some cases) are receiving health screening and routine and emergency medical support.

• Liaise with the Health Coordinator to ensure proper coordination and a documented plan to apply best practices
• Monitor and adjust promptly the designation and treatment of patients as per standard MoH/WHO protocols, ensuring the provision of appropriate medical and nursing care to all patients.
• Manage the overall site team, with direct supervision of IRC Nurse Managers and national clinical staff within site
• Coordinate with nurses the movement of patients for referrals, or for transfer to the Camp if working at entry points.
• Provide direct patient care, including care for complicated cases, GBV, and those cases involving pregnant women or children
• Ensure a strong coordination with the Reproductive Health, WPE and Environmental Health teams
• Provide on the job training and encouragement to clinical staff
• Communicate to supervisor any training needs or deficits of personnel
• Provide technical support in addition to clinical care in such areas such as IPC protocols and procedures, drug management and medical supply systems
• Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of staff in field environments, promptly reporting concerns or incidents to IRC supervisors and other relevant authorities.
• Proactively liaise with community leaders and external parties as required to maintain/enhance the safety and security of the staff within field sites
• Assist with set-up of Clinics, layout, supply, staff recruitment, guidelines and procedures, and community outreach services
• Monitor the medical activities by ensuring data collection, compilation and entry into the UNHCR, MoH and IRC health information systems, and contribute to the analysis and reporting of the data in context with a public health approach to inform future programming
• Other relevant duties as assigned.

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