Medical Officer (Emergency Flood Response)

Jhpiego Bangladesh

Jhpiego Bangladesh

 

Jhpiego Bangladesh

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Summary

  • Vacancy: —
  • Location: Sunamganj
  • Experience: At least 3 years
  • Published: 25 Sep 2024

 

Requirements

Education

MBBS with valid BMDC registration.

Experience

  • At least 3 years

Additional Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years of work experience in a hospital or outdoor practice, preferably in rural areas, focusing on primary health care, maternal and child health, reproductive health and communicable diseases.
  • Current knowledge in the field of maternal newborn health including antenatal care, family planning, postnatal and and newborn care.
  • Excellent computer skills with all Microsoft Office programs (MS Word, Power Point, Excel)
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of diverse teams
  • Ability to manage a varied workload, work under pressure, priorities and meet deadlines
  • Working experiences in community engagement, particularly on gender integrations.
  • Skill in primary health care, maternal and child health, reproductive health and communicable diseases.
  • Prior experience in development of SBCC materials
  • Experience working with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOH&FW) and Local Governments
  • Demonstrated in-depth understanding of Bangladesh healthcare system, particularly the public health system
  • Strong skills in word processing and Excel spreadsheets;
  • Solid written, presentation, communication and organizational skills in both English and Bangla
  • Demonstrated self-management (i.e. motivation, dealing with pressure, adaptability)
  • Excellent influencing, advocacy, public relations, communication, and Networking skills.
  • Excellent organization, and coordination skills
  • Recording, reporting & presentation skills

Responsibilities & Context

Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1973 at Baltimore, Maryland, USA with the mission to create and deliver transformative health care solutions that save lives. In partnership with national governments, health experts and local communities, Jhpiego builds health providers’ skills and develops systems that save lives now and guarantee healthier futures for women and their families. Since inception, Jhpiego worked to save lives and improve health has reached people in more than 150 countries worldwide. Currently, it runs active programs in more than 35 countries across the globe.

NOTE: Due to the high volume of applications received, we will only contact applicants who are being considered. We will shortlist on rolling basis. Thank you for your understanding.

Type of Contract: Short Term

Job Purpose: This incumbent will address the immediate health needs of the post-flood affected population with communicable and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), provide counseling and referral sources for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) including mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) counseling through the deployment of one Mobile Medical Teams (MMTs).

Main duties & responsibilities:

  • Provide high-quality SRH and Primary Health care services as per standards and protocol.
  • Provide comprehensive healthcare services for maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health.
  • Address both communicable and non-communicable diseases.
  • Deliver sexual and reproductive health services.
  • Maintain stock register for medicines and logistics daily.
  • Manage prevalent health conditions effectively.
  • Assist technical staff of the camp.
  • Assist supervisor to facilitate monthly coordination meetings at district level along with all the staff and review performance against set targets.
  • Lead technical staff at district level camp to ensure quality service according to quality assessment checklist.
  • Ensure standard infection prevention procedure and safe waste disposal system in the facility.
  • Oversee and conduct the technical sessions and provide necessary input.
  • Provide hands-on training for the technical staff as and when necessary.
  • providing psychological consultations on regular basis
  • Manage any obstetric and neonatal emergencies
  • Provide other MH services like ANC, PNC, PPFP
  • Assist in the distribution of SBCC materials to enhance community awareness.
  • Medical Officer will assist in improving GOB surveillance activities
  • Submit monthly report to Team Lead as per required timeline.
  • Carry out any other tasks assigned by the team lead.

Safeguarding Responsibilities:

  • Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the program’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
  • Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
  • Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so once the technology completed, doing quality assessment by verifying generated contents

Compensation & Other Benefits

As per company policy

Employment Status

Contractual

Job Location

Sunamganj

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