Health Officer - Tripoli (x2)

Background:

S/he is a member of the field area team which includes the field medical advisor, the area pharmacist, the senior health officer, the health officers, the quality officers, and the program assistants per area. 

Health program provides both technical and financial support to local primary health care centers to enable provision of affordable, accessible, and quality healthcare services to refugee and vulnerable host population.

Job Purpose:

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 Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Conducts, together with the Senior HO, needs assessments and participatory assessments to identify gaps and improvements
• 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 equipment’s and supplies. 

Essential Experience: NGO experience is preferable

Essential Competency: 

1. Excellent communication skills
2. Able to take initiative within a defined framework
3. Able to work within a team
4. Flexible and creative
5. Strong commitment to work
6. Able to work under stress

Strong commitment to the organization and its values

General specifications for all positions:

• Experience in working closely with community members throughout a program cycle

• Experience in or understanding of program accountability principles
• Knowledge of, respect and empathy for the communities we are working with
• Commitment to championing community and partner points of view
• Strong understanding of the project cycle and of M&E systems
• Good interpersonal and influencing skills
• Non-discriminatory and readiness to involve men, women, girls and boys from diverse backgrounds, particularly the most marginalized segments of the community
• Very good listening and facilitation skills – capable of managing and facilitating group discussions with program participants, local officials, partners and all levels of staff
• Ability to mobilize people – to develop and maintain relationships with staff and communities to ensure their participation in International Medical Corps ways of working