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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) 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
• Coordinate mobile phone-based mentoring to service providers and support practice of skills
• Share records with relevant stakeholders and supervisors as needed
• 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

Newborn health;

• Facilitate initial assessment, analysis and action plan for improvement of service delivery and data strengthening in newborn 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 on newborn care (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
• Strengthen community-based referral system for newborn health problems, including prematurity, NN sepsis, NN Jaundice.
• Support the team on community awareness and SBC common newborn care and care for problems.
• Ensure the availability of and Support the facility based IMNCI, FBNC, and Early Childhood Development/Care for Child Development.
• Work for mentorship program to plan for on-site practice
• Provide regular feedback of the planned activities and issues as they may arise (e.g. daily and weekly)

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 Employer!