Description

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Job title:

Primary Health Care Clinical Manager

Work Location:

Kono , Sierra Leone

Department:

Primary Health Care, Clinical

Requisition Number

4418

Reports to:

Director of Primary Care

Line Management

Yes

Organization Profile

Partners In Health (PIH) is an international health organization relentlessly committed to improving the health of the poor and marginalized. PIH partners with local governments to build local capacity and works closely with impoverished communities to deliver high-quality health care, address the root causes of illness, train providers, advance research, and advocate for global policy change. Our delivered services in the field are based in our partnership with the Governments and Ministries of Health and the support to education, training and mentorship to Health care workers and students is one of our pillars for the Health care system strengthening.

PIH currently has implementation programs in Haiti, Rwanda, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Sierra Leone and Navajo Nation. Through our partnership with Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we support a wide range of programs in dozens of other countries around the world.

Our Work In Sierra Leone:

Partners In Health (PIH) began supporting the government of Sierra Leone in response to the Ebola epidemic in October 2014. Recognizing the large need for continued investments in the health system after Ebola, PIH is committed to long-term health system strengthening in support of the Ministry of Health (MOH), guided by the same principles as our emergency response and our work around the world: public sector accompaniment, integrated and comprehensive services, social justice, nimbleness and flexibility, partnership, community ownership, and evidence-based interventions. In the aftermath of the epidemic, PIH is committed to supporting the delivery of comprehensive health services in Sierra Leone, from the community level to the health centre and to referral hospitals.

Position Overview

The Primary Health Care (PHC) Clinical Manager plays a vital role as the focal point of our primary health care program in Kono, and supports our overall PHC programs as required. The PIH PHC Clinical manager will coordinate and manage all PHC clinical programs in Kono. He / She will Provide day to day managerial and administrative tasks within the PIH PHC programs in Kono. The candidate will be expected to work with all relevant clinical and other department teams within PIH, and also work with other external partners, government counterparts, stakeholders and community leaders to ensure that our activities are in line with the government requirements and that these activities are complimentary (and not duplicate) to the activities of other government partners/stakeholders. Additionally, the candidate will document and report on Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), trainings, mentorships and supervisions performed both at facility and community level, as required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Technical and operational support for program implementation

• Work closely and under the Director of Primary Care to rollout and manage the PIH PHC clinical programs across all the PHU sites in the Kono district, in alignment with the PIH PHC strategy in Sierra Leone.
• Support the development of high-quality technical documents, e.g., SOPs and guidelines that codify existing PIH systems and processes for replication, such as in clinical algorithms, referral, triage, monitoring and evaluation, quality improvement, and management of clinical operations ensuring alignment with the SL Essential Health Services Package (EHSP).
• Under the guidance of the PIH Director of Primary Care, support programs and facility need assessments in collaboration with relevant stakeholders including the DHMT, to develop contextualized innovations to improve the quality of health services.
• Provide technical guidance and operational support to PIH Operations team, DHMT, and facility stakeholders on the best practices to achieving strides towards UHC in the district.
• Provide close supportive supervision to all clinical and allied staff at all of the PIH-supported PHUs in Kono district, while actively collaborating with the district health management team (DHMT) stakeholders.
• Collaborate and assist the PIH PHU mentorship program in Kono to develop training curriculums and oversees logistics for trainings and program implementation.
• Develop and implement annual work plan and activity plan that is align with the overall PHC Operational plan for PIHSL.
• Provide and support the development of a good and robust data systems, and promote data collection systems to ensure timely data use by the PHC leadership.
• Work closely with the PIH-supported facility in-charges and key stakeholders to ensure the provision as much as possible of the full services as provided in the SL Essential Health Service Package (EHSP).
• Work close with the PIH Snr Program Specialist to ensure an active PHC SharePoint where all important resources including SOPs, work plans, program concept notes, meeting minutes etc. are safely store for future reference.
• Ensure regular and scheduled presence at all the PIH-supported PHUs including Wellbody, Sewafe, Kombayendeh, Gandorhun, and Kayima CHCs to ensure the best practices systems built in those facilities are upheld, and for the provision of day-to-day supportive supervision and performance reviews of the PHC clinical team.
• Work closely with community stakeholders and members to raise awareness of Partners In Health activities and programs in their communities.
• Coordinate closely with other community health stakeholders and organizations on potential joint efforts aiming to avoid duplication and to