Description

Job Title: State Mobile Clinic Project Coordinator (YDMMIS)

Reports To: Director - Clinical Services Unit

Overall Job function:

The project coordinator will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating mobile truck clinical support and operations, community referrals, personnel's, reporting, including compliance with donor regulations/procedures and local policy and laws. The incumbent will provide direct supervision to service delivery staff in the state mobile team. He/she will provide direct support for implementing mobile health services within the scope of a PHC including, Maternal and child health (MCH), screening and treatment of adult and adolescent acute and chronic diseases. He/she will also support the establishment of effective referral linkages with other health facilities for continuation of services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide direct technical assistance, as directed by the Director, Clinical services, to supported health care facilities/communities. Such assistance might include training of staff, facilitation of community linkages, development or improvement of referral systems
• Coordinate all medical intervention activities in the field office as follows:
  • Health education: awareness campaign on breast cancer; kidney diseases, malaria prevention, HIV, STI, sickle cell anemia disorder and healthy living.
  • General medical checkup and treatment for women, children, male adults and adolescents within the scope of a PHC setting: Screening for BP, blood sugar, STI/HIV. Breast exam, treatment for malaria and diarrhea disease. Counseling for family planning and folic acid and iron supplement for pregnant women.
  • Referral of cases for further management to PHC, GH and MTN designated centres
• Lead community activities
• Participate in advocacy visits to community gate keepers
• Represent the organization before state MOH/local government health departments and other partners
• Ensure availability of commodities and drugs in a timely manner, make request where necessary and report monthly consumption data.
• Write and submit programme and financial report on a monthly and quarterly basis respectively
• Review and report on staff updates.
• Facilitate exchange of information across project coordinators to provide a resource for entire programme
• Ensure program activities are operating effectively within organization/donor policy
• Oversees the process of capturing lessons learnt and best practices
• Builds capacity of personnel's in the team to better implement their role in technical planning, management and evaluation of service delivery.
• Provides supervision and oversees the activities of other programme staff/volunteers
• Carries out other duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications & Competencies:

• Medical Degree (MD or a senior nurse preferred) with at least 5 years post qualification experience;
• Clinical experience in Maternal and child health (MCH) and management of adult and adolescent acute and chronic diseases
• Experience in developing country health care programs preferably in a leadership position; Experience in programme management;
• Experience in clinical training; Strong supervisory and management skills;
• Ability to work independently with good problem-solving skills and ability to foresee problems and initiate appropriate action;
• Good understanding of the programme deliverables;
• Computer literate. Experience in clinical management of HIV/AIDS is an added advantage.

Applicants must be an indigene of the state or a non-indigene resident and fluent in the local language.