Title:
Obstetrics
and Gynecology Specialist
Obstetrics
and Gynecology Specialist
Reports
to: Deputy
Chief Medical Officer – Primary Health Care,
to: Deputy
Chief Medical Officer – Primary Health Care,
Primary
Location: Kayonza
District
Location: Kayonza
District
Area
of Work: Cross
site.
of Work: Cross
site.
Job
overview:
overview:
The
Head of Obs&Gyn will provide specialty
Head of Obs&Gyn will provide specialty
clinical teaching, support hospital
leadership to implement clinical services, provide Women’s health technical
advice to the Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima _PIH/IMB Maternal Child
Health_ MCH program Director and clinical mentoring to clinical staff, and help
maintain high quality clinical services at all levels of the district health
system in accordance with Ministry of Health norms in the area of Maternal
health.
Key
responsibilities and /Expected deliverables:
responsibilities and /Expected deliverables:
- Capacity
Building in nursing and physician care delivery at PIH/IMB supported
hospitals
a.
Build the systems that ensure clinical care is of reasonable standard via:
Build the systems that ensure clinical care is of reasonable standard via:
- Real
time capacity/skills building on rounds - Real
time instruction of providers to improve protocol and standards based
adherence - Creation
of centralized documents and resources that pertain to facility based Ob
& Gyn practice in Rwanda - Initiation
of continuous professional development activities for general practioners.
b.
Support creation and implementation of quality improvement projects in
partnership with MCH mentors.
Support creation and implementation of quality improvement projects in
partnership with MCH mentors.
c.
Ensure that equipment and drug lists respond to the needs of Obstetric
emergency, Maternity ward, in – patients and out-patients services.
Ensure that equipment and drug lists respond to the needs of Obstetric
emergency, Maternity ward, in – patients and out-patients services.
- Supporting
MCH mentors to implement B-emonc and C-emonc trainings at hospital/HC
level. - Providing
technical support to the MCH director:
Provide
technical advice on IMB MCH programs activities, including but not limited to
grant writing, program design and implementation, quality improvement,
technical advice on IMB MCH programs activities, including but not limited to
grant writing, program design and implementation, quality improvement,
training,
mentorship, pharmacy and supply chain, monitoring and evaluation, operational
research, and fund-raising, with a specific focus on Maternal Health.
mentorship, pharmacy and supply chain, monitoring and evaluation, operational
research, and fund-raising, with a specific focus on Maternal Health.
- Providing
on-going technical advice, protocol/training support to any other program
with ob/gyn needs such as Oncology. - Identify
and work with MCH Director on any potential research projects in the
women’s health domain
Reporting:
- In
addition to reporting to the Dep CMO, all hospital-based and clinical
activities will be dually reported to the Hospital Administration (Medical
Director or designate, including Medical Chief of Staff, Nursing Chief of
Staff, Line Managers). - Programmatic
and research activities will be conducted under the supervision and
collaboration of the MCH Director.
Requirements:
- Medical
doctor with Obstetrics and Gynecology specialty training with at least 3
years post-graduate experience in global health (Provision of care and
service quality improvement in resource limited settings). - Technical
expertise in obstetrics, gynecology, Sexual reproductive health, Family
planning, nutrition, quality improvement sciences, teaching/training, and
operational research - Significant
knowledge and understanding of the field of global health and women’s
health globally. - Exceptional
written and oral communication skills with experience in working in
diverse professional contexts - Proven
commitment to social justice and ability to live and work in a rural
setting - Fluency
in English is required; French and Kinyarwanda are preferred
How
to apply:
to apply:
Applications
should be submitted not later than 11 August 2017.
should be submitted not later than 11 August 2017.
If
you believe that
you are the right candidate for the above position, please follow the link http://www.pih.org/pages/employment
and submit CV and application letter.
you believe that
you are the right candidate for the above position, please follow the link http://www.pih.org/pages/employment
and submit CV and application letter.
