Deputy Team Lead (COVID- 19 Response)

Job Description

Title: Deputy Team Lead (COVID- 19 Response)

Company Name: Relief International

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Medical doctor, Masters of Public Health or equivalent preferred.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Duty Station: Ukhiya, Cox`s Bazar, Bangladesh
∎ Report To: Hospital Program Team Lead
∎ Expected Start Date: At Earliest
∎ Contract length: Up to December 31, 2020 (With possibility of Extension subject to funding, program needs and performance of incumbent)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Ensure that clinical activities and ambulance services are implemented and running smoothly, including pharmacy and laboratory services.
∎ Review clinical activities at the hospital on a continuous basis and ensure provision of services is in line with overall goals and objectives of the program.
∎ Participate actively in hospital assessments including verification of different reports in different departments of the hospital.
∎ Play a key supportive role during technical health facility supervision visits by senior management, donors and third party monitoring teams.
∎ Inspect facilities and recommend building or equipment modifications to the Field Coordinator and Health Manager to ensure that activities are being implemented appropriately and as per the required hygiene and safety standards
∎ Human Resource Management:
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∎ In collaboration with the hospital administration participate in recruitment, induction and training of medical personnel as per the activities highlighted in the program documents
∎ Orient new field staff members on personal health and safety issues as well as their specific assigned responsibilities
∎ Coordinate ambulance activities in the community and ensure all referred cases receive appropriate care.
∎ Ensure weekly staff meetings are conducted and address issues raised as well as provide feedback on the implementation of activities and other issues that will enable smooth running of activities
∎ Organize monthly meetings with the hospital management.
∎ Monitoring, supervision and reporting:
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∎ Ensure proper data collection tools are in place at the health facility and shared out with relevant staff. Closely monitor and evaluate staff understanding of use of these tools and recommend trainings/capacity building mechanisms in order to improve the quality of data.
∎ Ensure timely collection of weekly and monthly data from the hospital, analyze and use the information to plan, monitor and manage the project, with reports on changes in trends provided to the PM on a weekly (disease surveillance data) and monthly (other epidemiological data) basis
∎ Drug management: Support the medical logistician to ensure that the health facility has up to date drug management tools which are in use in all service departments, proper recording of drug distribution at all levels including ensuring that regular inventories are conducted, and ensure proper storage according to recommended standards. Monitor rational use of drugs periodically in comparison with morbidities
∎ Monitor closely the morbidity and mortality trends together with all the other health indicators to ensure that prompt actions are taken
∎ Prepare activity reports on a regular basis to inform the Health Manager of the status of implementation of program activities. Assist in drafting donor sector reports periodically as required by the Health Manager.
∎ Attend meetings concerning overall health program issues as requested by the Health Manager
∎ Keep the Health Manager informed of all developments and issues through weekly situation reports.
∎ Monitoring the well-being of the staff and working with the PM to address issues as they arise
∎ Overall responsible for staff work plans, work and vacation schedules, and staff training/development activities
∎ Has significant budget authority to pre-approved limits and responsibility for budget development and compliance.
∎ Provides monthly monitoring of the Project's expenditure and undertakes and analyses the financial indicators with the support of the PM
∎ Coordination:
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∎ As requested by the hospital administration, liaise and coordinate with the hospital staff to facilitate information sharing to enable smooth running of health services at the hospital.
∎ IPC Management
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∎ Provide training on IPC, donning and doffing of PPE items.
∎ Monitor triage, early recognition and source control
∎ Supervise instrument processing
∎ Monitor waste management in the hospital.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 5 years of experience practicing medicine; at least 2 years of experience working with an international health NGO. Experience working in similar refugee contexts is desirable.
∎ A dynamic individual with a demonstrated ability to perform in a demanding, fast paced environment.
∎ Experience and ability to implement full project management cycle (proposal and logical framework, work plans, budget management, reporting)
∎ Substantive experience managing, supervising, and mentoring clinical staff.
∎ Ability to creatively solve complex and sudden clinical and medical logistics challenges with limited support.
∎ Takes initiative and ability to multi-task.
∎ Ability and willingness to travel to and work in difficult environments.
∎ Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
∎ Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy.

Application Deadline: April 11, 2020

Company Information:
∎ Relief International
∎ Business : Relief International, hedquatered in USA, is a leading international non government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact.

Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
Relief International has been working in Bangladesh since 2004. The Bangladesh portfolio of Relief International has strong focus on emergency response, economic opportunity and livelihoods rebuilding, traficking in persons, sustainable tourism, human rights and protection, refugee crisis response and public health. RI maintains a country office in Dhaka with multiple field offices in Cox`s Bazar. RI currently employs over 1000 local and international staffs in Bangladesh.

Relief International is currently implementing large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR, UNICEF, USAID/OFDA, EU ECHO.
For more information on Relief International: www.ri.org

Category: Medical/Pharma