NTP Physician

Clinical:

1. Provide diagnostic services and clinical care for all the patients arriving at the NTP center including diagnosis, treatment, and follow up on cases.
2. Provide technical guidance to other health staff working at the NTP center.
3. Abide by the guidelines and prescribing/treatment practices of the National Tuberculosis Program (NTP).
4. Ensure proper infection control measures are being implemented within the NTP center the physician is operating at.
5. Attend trainings and meetings organized for NTP physicians.
6. Participate actively in writing a national reference for TB management.

Managerial:

7. Supervise staff attendance at the NTP centers daily
8. Supervise the referral of patients to the sanatorium if needed
9. Fill medical records in a complete and comprehensive manner
10. Track medication consumption rates at the NTP center as well as informing NTP coordinator about needs related to equipment and/or medical consumables
11. Report directly to the NTP coordinator and meet with the NTP coordinator and IOM health unit staff as needed
12. Participate in assessments/surveys of the beneficiaries’ health needs and needs of the supported tuberculosis centers
13. Report on drugs and diagnostics and consumables stock levels to the central unit quarterly.
14. Perform such other duties as may be assigned