Family Health Services (FHS)
TEMPORARY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Family Health Services (FHS), formerly known as PSI Malawi, has partnered with the government of Malawi through the Ministry of Health (MoH) since 1994 in safeguarding the health of Malawians by using private sector approaches to reconfigure healthcare delivery – (i) through directly delivering innovative social and behavior change communications, social marketing and social franchising across a wide range of health areas including Reproductive Health, HIV, Malaria and water-borne disease prevention (ii) by playing a market facilitation role, approaching market challenges and opportunities with a system-wide lens that unlocks a self-sustaining market with multiple players that can prioritize, adapt and ultimately thrive without external assistance and funds.
While a local organisation with deep roots in Malawi, Family Health Services is globally connected; mainly through affiliation to Population Service International (PSI), a Washington DC based non-governmental and non-profit making organization that boasts a global network of members across over 50 countries through which FHS continues to leverage capacities, learnings, and best practice to enhance activities in Malawi.
FHS is seeking for Locum Surgeons
TITLE: Temporary/ Locum VMMC Surgeons
DEPARTMENT: HIV Department
REPORTS TO: SD Coordinator
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provides quality and safe medical male circumcision services to clients in the fixed, outreach and mobile sites using Dorsal slit method and or approved device.
- Screen VMMC clients and ensure that they are fit for surgery.
- Provides STI screening and treatment services for clients attending male circumcision services presenting with STI.
- Documents and manages circumcision related adverse events as per the national standards and promptly notify the supervisor and facility in-charge.
- Conducts day 2 (48hrs) and day 7 follow up review of all circumcised clients. Ensure active follow up is done for all clients missing follow up visits.
- Mentors and facilitates inclusion of trained facility healthcare workers in site specific VMMC service provision to promote integration, skills and sustainability.
- Manages and keeps clear records of facilities based commodities and drugs stock cards, and equipment inventory while ensuring timely re-stocking and regular stock taking. Ensure commodities supply chain for outreach and mobile activities are maintained.
- Ensures that VMMC tools, guidelines, protocols and checklists are available at the site for use and reference by the team.
- Ensures timely and proper documentation of client files and registers according to M&E protocol. This includes electronic entry of clients’ data in program data base.
- Maps outreach and mobile sites before the outreach activities are conducted
- Leads team level monthly planning and quality improvement team (QIT) meetings and keep minutes for reference.
- Ensures teamwork, compliance to quality standards, and work-ethics are maintained in the team
- Ensures that monthly team operations work plan and schedules are developed and adhered to while ensuring liaison with demand creation team to ensure joint plan that guarantee availability of clients to circumcise.
- Submits daily team performance (MCs data) and monthly operations reports to the supervisor/program team. Upload data daily to DHIS2.
- Liaises with project demand creation team to ensure consistency in clients flow and complementary efforts in tracking clients that missed follow up visits.
- Ensures that the team participates in all team specific QA and QI activities including facilities-based CMEs as planned.
- Keeps information about clients in strict confidence.
Any other duty assigned by the supervisor.
QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENT
- At least Diploma in Clinical Medicine or Nursing (Registered Nurse)
- Registered by relevant national registration council
- Trained and certified as VMMC provider.
- 3 years’ experience providing continuous medical circumcision services
PERSONAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Excellent computer skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Skills to analyze, interpret and assist to solve difficult problems arising from the team and organization’s cultural diversity
- Team player and demonstrated verifiable result-oriented track record
SEND YOUR APPLICATIONS TO: procurementbids@fhs.org.mw not later than 5th July 2024 @ 13:30 noon.
Family Health Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender identity, or expression, pregnancy or related medical conditions. Family Health Services maintains zero tolerance for child abuse, sexual abuse, or exploitative acts or threats by our employees, consultants, volunteers, contractors, or anyone associated with the delivery of our programs and services, and takes seriously all complaints of misconduct brought to our attention.
Disclaimer!
Family Health Service has become aware of scams involving false job offers. Please be advised: Family Health Services will never ask for a fee during any stage of the recruitment process. All active jobs are advertised directly in the newspapers or vetted career websites. Official FHS emails will always arrive from a @fhs.org.mw email address.
Please report any suspicious communications to safeguarding@fhs.org.mw