Job at Com.sol is an Italian NGO Clinical Officer

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Clinical Officer – Dar es Salaam

Com.sol is an Italian NGO founded in 2007 based in Rome (Italy).

It operates to promote networks of solidarity between North-South citizens and communities. Com.sol is active in

Tanzania since 2009, it focuses on actions in the fields of disability, education, agriculture and employability.

The interventions are planned to support vulnerable groups, especially children and people with disabilities, by promoting a Community based Rehabilitation (CBR) approach that implies activities of medical rehabilitation, economic empowerment, educational and social inclusion inside the communities to which the targeted people belong.

The interventions are developed to be replicated also in the surrounding areas, in collaboration with public and private local, Italian and international stakeholders, ensuring as much as possible sustainability.

In December 2016 Com.sol was awarded a grant from the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation for the implementation of a project entitled “ALL INCLUSIVE: A multi-sectoral initiative fostering the inclusion of people with disabilities within the Dar es Salaam community – 10922/CEFA/TZA”.

The ALL INCLUSIVE project is meant to improve the livelihoods of people with disabilities (PwDs) in Dar es Salaam through a holistic action based on a Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) approach that combines medical rehabilitation, economic empowerment, social and educational inclusion.

Rehabilitation of PWDs, especially children, is one of the main goals of the proposed project, as demonstrated by the Action’s Expected Result 1 “To increase the Tanzanian health system’s effectiveness in addressing the challenges set by disability.”. In order to achieve such result, the proposed project foresees the construction of a Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Centre in Kawe District and the implementation of various services/activities that will be targeting PwDs, communities, health workers and local authorities mainly of Kinondoni Municipality.

JOB PROFILE

Position: Clinical officer and General supervisor of rehabilitation services

Country: Tanzania

Duty station: Dar es Salaam

Duration: 12 months (renewable)

Starting date: May/June 2017

Reporting to: CBR Centre’s General manager and Vice-coordinator

Salary: to be defined according to qualifications and working experience

General competences:

The Clinical officer will develop, coordinate and supervise the activities of the Health and Social rehabilitation Departments. He/she will have to ensure their timely implementation in accordance with the CBR Centre’s daily/weekly/monthly plans and deadlines.

As the general supervisor of rehabilitation services, main task consists to ensure the implementation of high quality treatments to the patients. Main duty is to harmonize the activities of the CBR centre’s Departments, taking always into consideration interventions’ cost effectiveness and making a constant quality assessment. The cooperation with the supervisors of specific activities is considered essential for the correct implementation of the activities.

The Clinical Officer has to perform activities pertaining to the Community Based Rehabilitation centre with special emphasis on the following targeted areas:

GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION

· Plan daily outpatients and outreach activities in coordination with management, staff and secretary;

· Supervise the daily activities’ development, punctually reporting including internal and external arising factors;

· Collecting and compiling weekly and monthly reports about the CBR Centre’s activities;

· Periodical quality assessment of CBR Centre’s Health and Social departments;

· Contribute to upgrade the management, organization, implementation of the activities by the use of new strategies and tools;

· Collect inputs to constantly improve the quality of the services provided;

· Synchronization of secretary’s work with the rehabilitation’s services;

· Supervision of hygiene of the settings and hygiene rules of personnel;

· Any other task assigned from management in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness for the CBR Centre.

OUTPATIENT’S SERVICE MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION

· Plan daily outpatients’ activities and related services, in collaboration with the staff and secretary;

· Supervise and synchronize Social and Health departments’ staff during the provision of the outpatients’ services;

· Conduct medical examination and treatments to patients at the CBR centre;

· Developing and reviewing Individual rehabilitation plan (IRP) in collaboration with therapists and Community rehabilitation workers, according to the evaluations and objectives established by the team;

· Updating registers (IRP, home visit files, school inclusion files, social inclusion files, children presence files, psychological counseling files etc) in collaboration with the staff;

· Any other task assigned from management in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness for the CBR Centre

OUTREACH’S SERVICE MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION

· Plan the weekly Outreach schedule, in collaboration with the staff and secretary;

· Supervise home visits’ activities and staff involved in the outreach program;

· Conduct medical examination and treatments to patients in the territory;

· Synchronize Social and Health departments’ staff during the provision of outreach services;

· Any other task assigned from management in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness for the CBR Centre.

TRAININGS AND REPORTING

· Disseminating information about disability to the communities and Raising awareness activities at the Centre and/or in the territory;

· Plan and organize trainings’ sessions for the staff, caregivers, families and other stakeholders involved in the Rehabilitation Centre’s program;

· Collect inputs to constantly improve the quality of the trainings provided;

· Any other task assigned from management in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness for the CBR Centre

OTHER TASKS

· Taking care of the centre’s spaces and equipments available for the daily activities;

· Collaborate with all the partners involved in the CBR centre, staff, local authorities, other stakeholders …;

· Participate, when requested, to project’s coordination meetings organized by the leading agency and partners;

· Any other activities assigned from the management, in order to increase efficiency and effectiveness of the CBR centre;

Skills and abilities required

 Diploma Clinical Officer

 At least two years’ work experience in a similar sector

 Ability to work in dynamic, multicultural environment by considering cultural and religious awareness and tolerance

 Flexibility as situation demand

 Self-discipline and punctuality at the working place

 Good interpersonal skills and teamwork

 Hygiene at the workplace

 Experience/knowledge about CBR approach

 Fluency in written and spoken English

 Good computer skills

 Good capacity to produce reports

Added values

· Experience in a Community based Rehabilitation Centre

People with disabilities are strongly encouraged to submit their candidacies
People coming from Residence area of Kawe District, Kinondoni Municipality

Application Instructions
To apply are required CV, cover letter and certificates to be send to P.O Box 60498 Kawe Road, Dar es Salaam or by email to tanzania@solidalinelmondo.org

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