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• Responsibilities under health care waste
  collection, storage, transportation and disposal
• Work with the Hospital Management Teams
  (HMTs) and District Health Management Teams (DHMTs) to develop and execute
  health care waste management plans for the health facilities
• Coordinates collection of waste and its
  transportation to the central waste storage facilities within the
  regions/districts
• Works closely with the districts/health
  facilities and provides support to ensure that appropriate ranges of bags
  and containers for health-care waste, protective clothing, and collection
  trolleys are available at all times.
• Ensures the correct use of the central
  storage facilities for health-care waste.
• Coordinates and monitors all waste
  disposal operations in the region
• Regularly monitors methods of
  transportation of wastes both on- and off-site and ensure that waste
  collected from health facilities is transported by an appropriate vehicle
  to the designated treatment and disposal site.
• Ensures that waste is not stored for
  longer than specified in the guidelines and that the transport provider
  (which may be the local authority or a private contractor) collects the
  waste with the required frequency.
• Facilitate the formation and functionality
  of IPC/HCWM Committees at all level of service delivery
• Provide the lead in promoting the adoption
  and installation of appropriate HCWM systems including alternative
  non-burn technology and pooled systems.
• Engage in advocacy with District Health
  Teams and hospital/health unit management and other relevant stakeholders
  to increase awareness on the need to support budgeting for HCWM
• Work closely with AID Free Logistics
  Advisor and hospital management and District Environmental Officers to
  carry out needs assessments and document consumption data for HCWM
  equipment and supplies
• Work with focal persons at the health
  facility level to develop functional facility-based HCWM plans including
  SOPs to ensure facilities meet the minimum HCWM package.
• Work with Green Label to oversee the
  management of the centralized health care waste treatment/final disposal
  plant in Mbarara once underhanded over by AIDS Free.
• Document and disseminate HCWM best
  practices related to adoption of HCMW advancing standards, guidelines, and
  tools.
• Lead, facilitate and participate in HCWM
  training workshops and providing on-the-job training as needed.
• Participate in the MOH Technical Working
  Group and actively advocate for strengthening HCWM in the country.
• Stay informed with respect to waste
  management regulations and ensure regulations are being adhered to.
• Assist in budget preparation and
  administration, including determining financial methods, procedures, and
  costs pertaining to environmental compliance and waste management
  services.
• Coordinates with MOH to develop and
  conduct relevant capacity building activities that will yield towards the
  translation into practice, of the national policy guidelines on HCWM
• Liaises with the district, health facility
  managers and the relevant managers at the country office to provide
  mentorships and ensure that health workers obtain necessary capacity
  building support to make them aware of their own responsibilities for
  segregation and storage of waste.
• Responsibilities under incident management
  and control
• Provides technical assistance to districts
  and health facilities to ensure that written emergency procedures are
  available, that they are in place at all times, and that personnel are
  aware of the action to be taken in the event of an emergency;
• Investigates and reviews any reported
  incidents concerning the handling of health-care waste.
• Continuously monitors parameters related
  to HCWM including;
• Waste generated each month,
  by waste category in each district.
• Treatment and disposal
  methods in each district.
• Financial aspects of
  health-care waste management:
• Direct costs of supplies and
  materials used for collection, transport, storage, treatment, disposal,
  decontamination, and cleaning;
• Training costs
• Costs of operation and
  maintenance of on-site treatment facilities (Incinerators, Placenta pits)
• Costs for contractor
  services.
• Public health aspects:
• Incidents resulting in
  injury, needle stick injuries, failures in the handling, separation,
  storage, transport, or disposal system, which have to be reported.

• The applicant for the USAID Project Health
  Care Waste Management Officer career opportunity should hold a Bachelor’s
  Degree in Microbiology or other relevant environmental health/engineering
  science field.
• Previous work experience with donor-funded
  programs.
• Excellent written and oral communication
  skills and interpersonal communications
• Ability to work with District Health
  Officers, health facility managers, District Environment Officers and
  Municipal waste management authorities
• Ability to work harmoniously as a member
  of a team
• Ability to lead effective trainings
• Proficient in spreadsheet and word
  processing and other software, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power
  Point.
• Fluency of both spoken and written English

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