Job
Title: Medical Officer (Several Job Placements)
Title: Medical Officer (Several Job Placements)
Organisation: Marie Stopes International (MSI)
Reports
to: Outreach Team Leaders
to: Outreach Team Leaders
Duty
Station: All Regions, Uganda
Station: All Regions, Uganda
About
US:
US:
Marie Stopes International
(MSI) is a global organisation providing personalised contraception and safe
post-abortion care services to women and girls. Our local teams of
professionals are passionate about the work they do in communities across 37
countries. The services we provide give a woman the power to choose when she
has children so that she is free pursue her plans and dreams for herself and
her family.
(MSI) is a global organisation providing personalised contraception and safe
post-abortion care services to women and girls. Our local teams of
professionals are passionate about the work they do in communities across 37
countries. The services we provide give a woman the power to choose when she
has children so that she is free pursue her plans and dreams for herself and
her family.
Job
Summary: The Medical
Officer will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high quality family
planning and counselling and service provision by his/her outreach team. In
addition to the team leader, each outreach team includes at least two
additional providers (trained in comprehensive counselling, PAC/PAC FP, STMs,
and LARCs), and one transport assistant. S/he must be qualified and competent
to provide permanent methods. S/he is responsible for quality of service
delivery provided by the Outreach Team. S/he is responsible for correct,
complete and timely submission of all outreach records and performance data.
S/he is responsible supporting outreach team empowerment: 1) meet and exceed
MSI global minimum standards for quality and agreed programme deliverables; and
2) comply with all MSI Uganda policies and procedures.
Summary: The Medical
Officer will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high quality family
planning and counselling and service provision by his/her outreach team. In
addition to the team leader, each outreach team includes at least two
additional providers (trained in comprehensive counselling, PAC/PAC FP, STMs,
and LARCs), and one transport assistant. S/he must be qualified and competent
to provide permanent methods. S/he is responsible for quality of service
delivery provided by the Outreach Team. S/he is responsible for correct,
complete and timely submission of all outreach records and performance data.
S/he is responsible supporting outreach team empowerment: 1) meet and exceed
MSI global minimum standards for quality and agreed programme deliverables; and
2) comply with all MSI Uganda policies and procedures.
Key
Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Compliance to Clinical
Standards and Operating Procedures
Standards and Operating Procedures
- Ensure compliance with set Outreach
protocols and standards - Ensure
that all the required monitoring tools (including but not limited to:
stock cards, stock management checklists, Outreach checklists, Quality
Assurance Checklists) are available and properly used by team members
2. Data Quality Assurance
- The incumbent will ensure integrity and
authenticity of all financial and programmatic data and documentation - Ensure
proper record keeping, including: client records, informed consent forms,
stock cards, and event tracking - Completion of HMIS data validated by public
health facilities and is cross-referenced with CLIC and vehicle tracking
data
3. Clinical Quality
Assurance
Assurance
- Assure standards of all services,
counselling and infection prevention - Ensure monthly self-administered quality
assurance assessments are done and that necessary steps are taken to
improve performance - Ensure team members receive training as
necessary and performance improves accordingly
4. Logistics Management
- Correct storage and forecasting of stock
minimum and maximum levels - Prepare and submit monthly stock reports to
Outreach Operations Officer - Correct
implementation of stock management protocols
5. Partnership and
Coordination:
Coordination:
- Effectively liaise with Communications to
effectively coordinate demand creation activities - Build partnerships within the districts with
NGOs/CBOs to help in mobilization of clients for FP services - Effectively collaborate with SF Coordinators
to ensure opportunities for coordination and collaboration are maximized.
Key
Performance Indicators:
Performance Indicators:
- Compliance with all MSI Uganda clinical protocols and standards
for outreach - Monitoring tools are available, understood
and implemented routinely - Compliance with all informed consent
protocols and appropriate documentation for all clients - QTA scores
- Complete, accurate, and authenticated data captured and
appropriately documented - Timely submission of all data and
documentation required for performance dashboards - No stock-outs
- Accurate and up to date stock cards
- Effective scheduling to ensure implementation against agreed work
plans and outreach schedules - Effective collaboration with other MSI
Uganda channels
Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:
Skills and Experience:
- The
applicants should hold University Degrees in Medicine. or Health Science or similar; - Broad working knowledge and ability to
provide; Clinical service Provision, Family Planning, Community Outreach
and Social Marketing an added advantage - Previous exposure and knowledge of FP
service delivery at community level - Previous experience managing and motivating teams
- Ability to manage and implement activities to
agreed work plans, within budget and in time - Experience working with public sector
facilities desirable - Fluent in both oral and written English
Personal
Attributes:
Attributes:
- Initiative: Thinking ahead and taking action to
make the most of opportunities by finding the optimum solution. - Innovative: Thinking creatively so that ideas
generated create a positive outcome. - Effective
Communication:
Communicating through active listening and good questioning techniques,
using appropriate body language, ensuring information is clear and
concise. - Team
Player: Working
as part of a team by being supportive, flexible and showing respect for
each other. - Responsive:
Being responsive to changing priorities and demands. - Working
Efficiently:
Planning, prioritising and organising work to ensure work is accurate and
deadlines are met. - Sharing
Information:
Sharing information and knowledge whilst maintaining confidentiality. - Focus
on Learning:
Taking responsibility for keeping knowledge and skills updated and for
seeking opportunities to develop further - Commitment: Awareness and understanding of
goals, vision and values and how your role impacts on this and going the
extra mile to meet role requirements - Driven: Drive and determination to deliver
results. - Accountable: Taking responsibility for
appropriate decisions that you make, and the actions and behaviour you
demonstrate - Embracing
Change:
Openness to embracing change within the organisation and being able to
adjust plans/activities accordingly - Motivated: Motivation towards achieving quality
results to maximise potential
The Medical
Officer is required to demonstrate MSI Uganda’s core values of;
Officer is required to demonstrate MSI Uganda’s core values of;
- Accountability
of all staff to each other and our clients and stakeholders - Equality
of opportunity and access - Value
for money in the management of our resources
How
to Apply:
to Apply:
All suitably qualified and
interested candidates are encouraged to send their electronic applications
including a cover letter, updated CV and academic documents via E-mail to:
[email protected].
interested candidates are encouraged to send their electronic applications
including a cover letter, updated CV and academic documents via E-mail to:
[email protected].
Deadline: 19th August 2016 by 12:00 Noon
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