The health advisor will ensure the quality of the project activities in terms of health: - Quality of medical care and prevention services delivered by CHWs and AMWs, - Quality of health education delivered by community actors and MdM outreach team. S/he will especially ensure the follow-up of the medical recommendations done by previous health advisers (done by Field Health Advisor in 2010 and HQ Health Advisor in July 2011). S/he will also focus on mainstreaming the MCH component in all the activities carried out by MdM France in Pyapon.
More specifically:
- Technical supervision
- S/he ensures the compliance of all activities to MdM France quality standards and guidelines, and to national and international guidelines, in close link with the field coordinator, the HQ Health Advisor and with the S2AP (technical support service) in Paris HQ.
- S/he reviews the training curriculums and methodologies of CHWs and AMWs, of field staff (field nurses, field midwives and community facilitators), and suggests improvements.
- S/he reviews the supervision methodologies and tools of the field staff (field nurses, field midwives and community facilitators), and suggests improvements.
- S/he reviews the relevance of health education messages and methodologies and proposes improvements.
- As the project develops, s/he supports the team to develop additional training curriculum (review of national guidelines, of international guidelines, and adaptation to the context), notably for auxiliary midwives (AMW).
- S/he is in charge of checking the quality of care and prevention services delivered by the CHWs and AMWs, and propose improvements, additional trainings if required.
- S/he supervises very closely the quality of the work performed by the health training officer, and helps identify training opportunities for him.
- Planning and coordination
- S/he takes part in the planning of the project, especially for the training component (of staff, of CHWs and AMWs).
- S/he takes part in the management team meetings in Phyarpon.
- S/he liaises closely with the monitoring officer and the project managers (field coordinator and project manager) to make sure that the monitoring system (data collection, ad hoc surveys) allows monitoring quality of health prevention and care services delivered. This monitoring should include proper analysis the data’s collected in close collaboration with the project team, ensuring a feed back to the outreach team and beneficiaries
- S/he might attend technical coordination meetings, in the delta or in Yangon.
- S/he contributes to strengthening relationship and collaboration with MoH.
- Surveys
- S/he conducts a detailed assessment of the main hospitals and Rural Health Centers in the Township to review the capacity of those facilities to provide EmOC services and the possibility given by national policies and protocols to implement EmOC services in the area.
- If requested, s/he conducts a survey on referral at the health facility level.
Education/ Work experience:
- Medical background is compulsory: midwife (desired), public health or doctor or nurse, with experience in primary health care in low resources settings / community health care / mother and child health.
- Experience in health promotion / health education in rural communities would be an asset.
- Ability to deliver in a short time
Qualities required: - Ability to live mostly on his/her own in a medium difficult environment (3.5 hours by road from Yangon, small town with no other international presence and no or very little leisure activities, long boat trips for supervision of activities).
CONTRACT: 4 months months Starting: ASAP
Type of contract: VOLUNTEER (French law) - Monthly allowance: 800 euros / months (+ perdiem)
To apply, please send your CV and cover letter via our website:
http://www.medecinsdumonde.org/postes/vacancies/puestos-abiertos/France
MdM reserves the right to close any vacancy before the end of the advertised deadline. Thank you for your understanding.
