Health Officer - Akkar

Summary and Background: The health officer (HO) will be in charge of supervising a set of supported primary health care centers providing health services to beneficiaries. The HO will oversee all PHC components implemented according to the agreed standards in addition to coordinating with the surrounding community.   Main Tasks: Closely coordinate with the PHC clinics and mobile medical teams to monitor their performance in implementing IMC activities Conduct daily visits to supported facilities, for supervision, monitoring, data collection, and feedback. Coordinate with the clinic focal point to ensure implementation of services including reproductive health, child health care and nutrition in addition to refering patients for specialized services. Closely work with the Medical Consultant to provide feedback on patients and support with diagnostic tests Follow up on the implementation and management of the chronic care program for control of chronic diseases. Conduct outreach medical follow up or home visits as needed. Work closely with the Program Assistant to ensure all proper documents are available for payments at the clinics and mobile medical units. Coordinate with the pharmacist in the area to ensure adequate supply of pharmaceutical donations to the designated health facilities Coordinate with the area manager to ensure appropriate provision of medical donations including equipments and supplies. Collect weekly data for the weekly sitrep Ensure proper implementation of the health information system in the clinics to collect monthly data. Provide all monthly data for reporting. Coordinate with the M&E Officer to collect all requested data and analysis. Report back on a daily basis to the Senior Health Officer on all activities in the field Perform any other duties as required