Clinical Officer In Charge
Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
Date Posted | October 24, 2021 |
Category |
Health Care / Medical
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Job Type |
Full-time
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Currency | KES |
Description
The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organization.
Job Details
The Clinical Officer In Charge of the Health Posts/Clinics will be responsible for the overall coordination of health activities and supervision of the Clinical Officers and the staff in the Health posts and hospital. He /she will closely work and support the Health Manager in ensuring the routine services and management of the clinics are effectively provided at the health posts/clinics in the program. He/She will work closely with the Pharmacist, MCH nurses, Lab Technologist, PITC Nurse, Community Health Officers, Nutritionists and others in ensuring quality health services are provided to the beneficiaries. He/she will also provide support in the hospital as needed, doing ward rounds and ensuring coverage both day and night.
Key Responsibilities:
Program Management
- Overall, in charge of all the general clinical officers in all Health posts and in the hospital.
- Ensure effective supervision of Health post /clinic staff (National and refugee staff)
- Ensure complete and accurate inventory of drugs and medical supplies located at the clinics and monitor/supervise their usage.
- Work with the clinic in -charges to provide supplies needs and make trimester orders.
- Conduct Monthly IPC assessment of Health Posts
- Responsible for ensuring routine HIS health facility data is accurate, consistent and timely submitted to the HIS department.
- Conduct support supervision visits on a monthly basis in each clinic and share the report with action points/recommendations with the Health Manager, FC and TCs.
Human Resource
- Set Performance Objectives for personnel reporting to him/ her and monitor their performance, i.e. the clinical officers as well as conduct Performance evaluation periodically.
- Attend the monthly clinical services staff meeting and share updates
- Plan and manage staff leave and R&R plans ensuring adequate coverage
- Review the JDs for the incentive staffs working in the clinics.
- Hold monthly meetings with the clinic staffs and share the minutes with the Health Manager and Field Coordinator.
Program Activities
- Clinical assessment and prescription of treatment for all patients in the clinic that He/She will be assigned to.
- Refer chronic cases to the various special clinics
- Properly cover weekends, arrange a rotation schedule with fellow clinical officers
- Conducts ward rounds in absence of the Medical Officer
- Properly document medical treatment on patients’ files
- Maintain an accurate and updated records keeping system in the health unit
- Carry out minor surgical procedures
- Attend to emergencies in ward in the absence of Medical Officer
- Attend and participate in the daily morning hospital handover meetings.
- Actively participate and regularly present in weekly continues medical education (CME) at the hospital.
- Handle disciplinary issues for the clinical staff with support from Health Manager and HR
- Training of staff on job and theory sessions.
Reporting and Coordination
- Ensure all patient records are properly documented in the patient files with all aspects of management being captured
- Ensure the weekly HIS reports are compiled and submitted on time.
- Conduct mortality audits for all deaths occurring in the pediatric and stabilization wards together with other staff working in the units and share the reports with the Health Manager on a monthly basis.
- Take lead in quality improvement at the health facilities and be part of (Quality Improvement Committee (QIC)
- Ensure accurate inventory records are maintained at the facilities.
Key Result Areas
- Ensure smooth running of the health post, providing supervision, support and guidance to all staff working at the Clinic.
- Ensure quality of care is maintained in management of patients
- Ensure that universal precautions and infection prevention guidelines are adhered to in the health facilities.
Requirements
Qualifications
- Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery
- Registered with clinical officer’s council
- Minimum 3 years working experience working in refugee health/ hardship setting.
- Strong leadership skills and integrity.
- Experience in management of health staff in health facilities.
Required Experience & Competencies:
- Good clinical skills – history taking, physical examination, ordering appropriate laboratory investigations and make appropriate diagnosis.
- Proven leadership integrity, communication, interpersonal, decision making skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills (English and Swahili).
- Experience in management of health staff in health facilities.
- Computer literacy in the use of MS Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook is desired
- Ability to work and deliver results with minimum supervision
- Demonstrated ability to work as a team player.
- Experience of working in hardship area.