Job Title: Community Health Educators (Several Fresher Job Opportunities)
Organisation: Baobab Circle Limited
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Baobab Circle Ltd is a multi-award-winning Health-Tech company registered in the UK with subsidiaries and operations across 7 African nations. Initially a provider of personalised chronic disease management plans, the company has responded to the paradigm shift led by COVID-19 by providing telemedicine solutions and live consultations across the spectrum of Primary Care.
Job Summary: We are therefore seeking youthful Community Health Educators (CHES) to join our team and support our diabetes and hypertensive patients within their communities (support groups) in, but not limited to, the geographic areas of Kampala (Nateete, Nakawa, Kasubi) and Wakiso (Maganjo, Kawanda).
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assisting patients develop a culture of self-monitoring and self-management.
- Educating patients about chronic disease management through person-to-person coaching.
- Successfully onboarding 10 new patients to Afya Pap daily.
- Educate the patients on how to use Afya Pap and other technology platforms.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant should have tertiary education with experience in healthcare
- Good command of both spoken and written English and Luganda
- Basic computer knowledge coupled with passion for healthcare and technology.
- Good people, communication, and negotiation skills.
- Highly collaborative and strong attention to detail
- Ability to train patients.
- Entrepreneurial and ability to work remotely with minimum supervision
Desirable
- More than one year experience as a peer educator or community health volunteer
- A community worker/social worker or a member of a support group
- Knowledge and understanding of community health programmes
- Self driven and highly motivated to deliver results as an individual or in a team setup
- Confidence in talking to people both in groups and one to one basis
- Willingness to work on the weekend in order to meet targets and organising and participating in health camps
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested applicants should send an updated CV with a 100-word personal statement summarizing your motivation to become a CHE via email to [email protected] with the subject heading ” Community Health Educator ”
Deadline: 10th December 2023
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