Medical Officer job at Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

General Summary

The Medical Officer under the USAID LPHS-TB Activity will ensure delivery of quality TB care and treatment services to clients by providing technical and leadership support to health facility teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead mentorship and training efforts to build capacity of facility teams to deliver high quality TB care services.
• Provide leadership to facility based technical team members to ensure timely delivery on key project tasks.
• Provide clinical care to TB patients attending IDI-Supported health facilities in line with standard care and treatment guidelines.
• Coordinate appropriate referral and management of complex patients through liaison with senior care specialists and tertiary treatment centres.
• Lead performance monitoring initiatives and routine data use activities at IDI-supported health facilities to guide implementation of project activities.
• Support the health workers to identify, implement and document continuous quality improvement activities along client care and treatment cascades.
• Coordinate and support facility efforts in follow up of clients to improve linkage, retention among clients in TB care.
• Support health facilities to compile and submit accurate reports according to project, donor and Ministry timelines.
• Any other responsibilities as may be agreed with the supervisor.

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
• Additional training in TB care and opportunistic infections will be an added advantage.

Person Specification

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
• Full and active registration with the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council.
• Additional training in TB care and opportunistic infections will be an added advantage.
• A minimum of two years of TB Clinical experience
• Demonstrable understanding of current National TB trends and priorities.
• Strong managerial skills to operate independently with limited direct supervision of day-to-day activities and to lead results-driven project teams and work groups.
• Strong oral and written communication skills are required to develop and maintain effective, sustainable working relationships with national and international working partners and to accomplish reporting requirements.
• Detailed knowledge of USAID administrative policies and regulations
• Demonstrated experience in onsite training, mentorship and QI coaching approaches
• Demonstrable capacity in building and maintaining productive working relationships with a wide network of partners and stakeholders
• Demonstrated organizational and supervisory skills and abilities, sound judgement, and high ethical standards; flexible and ability to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines.
• Fluency in English and local languages commonly used in Kampala.

• Lead mentorship and training efforts to build capacity of facility teams to deliver high quality TB care services.
• Provide leadership to facility based technical team members to ensure timely delivery on key project tasks.
• Provide clinical care to TB patients attending IDI-Supported health facilities in line with standard care and treatment guidelines.
• Coordinate appropriate referral and management of complex patients through liaison with senior care specialists and tertiary treatment centres.
• Lead performance monitoring initiatives and routine data use activities at IDI-supported health facilities to guide implementation of project activities.
• Support the health workers to identify, implement and document continuous quality improvement activities along client care and treatment cascades.
• Coordinate and support facility efforts in follow up of clients to improve linkage, retention among clients in TB care.
• Support health facilities to compile and submit accurate reports according to project, donor and Ministry timelines.
• Any other responsibilities as may be agreed with the supervisor.

• Strong managerial skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Detailed knowledge of USAID administrative policies and regulations
• Demonstrated experience in onsite training, mentorship and QI coaching approaches
• Demonstrable capacity in building and maintaining productive working relationships with a wide network of partners and stakeholders
• Demonstrated organizational and supervisory skills and abilities
• Sound judgement
• High ethical standards
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines
• Fluency in English and local languages commonly used in Kampala

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
• Full and active registration with the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council.
• Additional training in TB care and opportunistic infections will be an added advantage.
• A minimum of two years of TB Clinical experience
• Demonstrable understanding of current National TB trends and priorities.