Job Detail

International Medical Corps (IMC) is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief programs. IMC is carrying out medical relief services in several provinces of Afghanistan.

Job Purpose: To Support all health facilities

Main Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Support all health facility staff for improvement of skills and work progress.
• Provide expert opinion on technical and management issues as the need arises.
• Carry out those tasks, which are necessary for operational and skillful interventions.
• Supervise and provide on the job training on technical issues to all health facilities staff
• Develop or updating guidelines, norms, standards and curricula.
• Review HFs report before submitting to Kabul or regional office
• Will do HFs and project managed staff appraisal as per IMC HR
• Developed job descriptions and check lists and other technical documents based on the program need.
• Will provide support and participate health surveys, rapid assessment subject o instruction.  
• Plan seminars on various health topics e.g. HIS, TOT, management, supervision and monitoring etc.
• Ability and willingness to travel to Nuristan, Kabul and Nangarhar subject to project need 
• Participate in task force working meeting and workshop at regional and provincial level
• Follow established departmental policies, procedures and objectives; continuous quality improvement initiative; safety, environmental, and infection prevention standards.
• Identify and report immediately any problems which interfere in the delivery of services or in achieving the program objectives to office.
• Ensure planning, implementation, supervision/monitoring and coordination of health activities granted by donor.
•  Monitor and supervise the progress of training, EPI, IEC, community health development and pharmacy.
• The project health officer will follow IMC standard security and staff safety policies and procedures strictly
• Will update Kabul and regional security department immediate after incident and before any anticipated incident 
• Will work closely with field office security department for staff travel to field and coming to office
• The project health officer will be responsible for overseen pharmaceutical supplies consumption, report, stock cards and request
• The health officer will participate PHCC, PMDC and other ad hoc meeting in the province and regional health cluster meeting. The meeting main points will be shared with Kabul office
• The health officer will present IMC project progress in each community level, provincial level and regional level meeting in appropriate manner

The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily inclusive in size. You may be required to travel to other parts of the country if required.
Organizational Responsibilities: 

Policy Adherence

• Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles and respect international humanitarian law.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.

Compliance & Ethics:

• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity

Safeguarding

• It is all staff’s shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk; and any form of trafficking in persons. 

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