Pediatrician Specialist – Roving between Rural Tripoli & Rural Sabha – Libyanjobs

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Address Nowfleen , Tripoli

Action Against Hunger is a humanitarian association founded in 1979, the organization operates in 47 countries in the fields of nutrition, health, food security and livelihoods, water, hygiene and sanitation, mental health and healthcare. In Libya, AAH is mainly implementing projects in the fields of water, healthcare and livelihoods. In order to implement its current projects, AAH is looking for profiles in lines with the following requirement and job description:

Overall Objective

Improve access to primary health cares for children less than 5 years and infant in the supported structures by Action Against Hunger in Libya. Provided technical support to implement qualitative continuum of cares between primary and secondary level. Support capacity building regarding pediatric and neonatology for health workers within AAH’s area of intervention. 1) Improve infant and pediatric cares management at PHC level, and support the implementation of integrated pathway to secondary level of cares 2) Insure on-job, mentoring and coaching of the health workers, at PHC level, insuring sustainable access to qualitative health care within AAH’s intervention area.

Objective 1

The Medical management all along the continuum of care is strengthened

Responsibilities and Tasks

The Health Program Roving Specialist – Pediatric is responsible for:

At PHC level, in collaboration with the Health worker’s team in the HF supported by AAH

Improve qualitative clinical examination for infant and children and diagnostic according to national protocols and international recommandations, with a focus on PNC and IMCI;
Insure that children at risks and with medical complications are timely identified;
Collaborate to prescribe needed medical examinations, according to protocols -respecting the national and international recommendations;
Collaborate to prescribe and supervise medical treatment, including emergency medical treatment before transfers if needed, and according to protocol;
Refer to adequate services whenever needed;
Insure adequate pathway follow up, liaise with adequate medical team and services at secondary level;
Insure adequate record of all treatment, exam and follow-up prescriptions on each children’s individual follow-up sheet;
Monitor the progress of hospitalized children (and there mothers);
Monitor programme quality by using APR indicators qualitative and quantitative internal reports;
Participate to the analyze of the quality of the programme and propose relevant improvement
Identify challenges and innovative approaches in the field of pediatric cares ongoing in the country;

o Support, when needed, Health and Nutrition Assessment and analysis of prevailing context of health and nutrition in the target area;

Support , when needed, ongoing research project initiated by AAH.

Objective 2

Insure capacity building of the health’s workers involved in primary health cares thoward infant and children less than 5 years within AAH’s intervention areas

Responsibilities and Tasks

The Health Program Roving Specialist – Pediatric is responsible for:

o Support the implementation of programmes through coordination with partners and authorities

o Engage mentoring and on-job training with the health workers from the HF supported by AAH;

o Work in close collaboration with the other Health program Roving Specialist

o Organise and lead weekly follow up meetings with the supported HF’s teams;

o Collabra with partners by the ongoing provision of useful information and regular meetings

o Evaluate the technical performance and skills of the health workers supported

o Identifying the training needs among the team members

o Support training implementation for health workers supported, facility the training sessions in coordination

Additional responsibilities

· This job description is not intended to be all inclusive and the employee will also perform other related tasks as required and is responsible for reporting and communication of progress and achievement of the specific assigned task;

· The employee should be flexible and adaptable with regards to the implementation of the daily work/activities;

· The employee is expected to conduct all duties in a professional manner following AAH Libya mission staff regulations and charter including the promotion of gender equality

INTERNAL & EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIP

Internal

· Health and Nutrition Advisor: Technical supervision, exchange of information, technical support, validation of information, and work plan.

· Country Director-Technical Unit: line management, exchange of information and collaboration;

· Nutrition and Health Team: exchange of information, coordination.

· Country Director, WASH HoD, Finance HOD, Log HOD: exchange of information and collaboration.

External

· NGOs and INGOs particularly those with whom we have partnerships;

· Health facility team/Community leaders: exchange of information, coordination

REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES

The Health Program Roving Specialist –Pediatric should participate to:

Technical Monthly Report to be submitted on monthly basis ( in collaboration with the PM) on his field of expertise;
Activity Progress Reports to be submitted on monthly basis ( in collaboration with the PM) on his field of expertise;
Donor-related reports as per requirement;
Adhoc Assessments and Surveys as per requirement;
Work plans and task lists submitted on monthly basis;

POSITION REQUIREMENTS
QUALIFICATIONS
Certified Medical doctor, specialized in pediatric
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL	· Minimum of 5 to 7 years of previous experience working in pediatric, · Proven management and coordination skills; · Good diplomatic and negotiation skills; · Proven experience on leading active and motivating trainings, develop a good group dynamic, and facilitate the learning through adapted teaching techniques · Fluent in English (professional English); · Fluent in Arabic; · Excellent verbal and written skills; · Ability and willingness to travel regularly to the field sites; · Working experience in Libya is compulsory · Handling office and computer tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.) in his daily work
PREFERRED	· Experience on Sexual and/or Reproductive Health preventive program is an asset; · Experience in insecure context; · Experience in conflict-related displacements and crisis contexts; · Understanding of Social Behavior Change and nutrition sensitive programming;