The USAID funded Urban Health Initiative (UHI) Program’s goal is to improve health outcomes of people living in urban areas, particularly focusing on the health of women and children and other vulnerable populations. Interventions aim to increase demand, access and quality of health services. Lead by Jhpiego and implemented by a dynamic consortium of organizations, UHI is implemented in five cities in Afghanistan – Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Jalalabad and Kandahar.
Position Overview
Clinical Specialists/Mentors will be based in cities and will work with a team to implement integrated,
on-site mentoring for healthcare providers to improve the quality of care and strengthen delivery of
health services at selected Tertiary, Secondary and Primary Health Facilities (Public and Private).
Responsibilities
Child health;
• Advocate for mentorship and discuss with hospital /facility management for buy-in to onsite
mentoring and quality improvement
• Support the facility quality improvement team and selection of onsite clinical representative/focal
point for mentorship program
• Facilitate initial assessment, analysis and action plan for improvement of service delivery and data
strengthening in child health service delivery
• Develop detailed mentoring schedule for routine visits to selected health facility including: service
delivery improvement plan follows up, learning activities and data review
• Support preparation for learning sessions (e.g. training materials, care of models, supplies, learning
tools)
• Facilitate monthly mentoring visits for quality improvement, learning sessions and data
strengthening
• Role model behavior and practices (e.g. respectful care) and provision of clinical care and services
when required
• Support the hospitals treatment centers in IMNCI in OPD, triage, ORT corner, emergency care
(ETAT), Facility Based New Born Care (FBNC) and Early Childhood Development/Care for Child
Development.
• Strengthen community-based referral system for child health problems, including malnutrition,
diarrhea, pneumonia, measles etc).
• Support the team on community awareness and SBC common child health problems, including
malnutrition.
• Work with onsite clinical for mentorship program to plan for on-site practice
Write and submit timely reports as required including key issues, achievements, successes,
challenges and lessons learned
• Participate in routine progress review and data presentations identifying trends and adapting as
needed
• Any other task assigned by the supervisor
Required Qualifications and Experience:
• Graduate degree – child health/pediatrics specialist with at least 5 years’ clinical
experience in child health, focused on under five child health and newborn care.
• Previous experience with conducting competency-based trainings and providing supportive
supervision is advantageous
Abilities/Skills:
• Ability to work successfully in teams, across a diverse team in a complex environment with
multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
• Strong skills in facilitation, team building and coordination
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including strong writing, analytical and
communication skills in local languages and English (preferable)
• Experience working with Microsoft Office software applications (Excel, Word, Outlook Explorer,
Power Point) is advantageous
Submission Guideline: Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package including: paid vacation, holidays, sick leave, meal allowance, transportation allowance, medical allowance, pension (13th month) salary and more. Please send your CV to Recruitment-AF@jhpiego.org. For further information about Jhpiego, please visit our website at www.jhpiego.org. Note: Please mention the job title and vacancy number of the position on your email subject line otherwise your application may not be considered. The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation. Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Recruitment-AF@jhpiego.org
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