Program Description:     The USAID funded Urban Health Initiative (UHI) Program’s goal is to improve health outcomes of people living in urban areas, particularly focusing on the health of women and children and other vulnerable populations. Interventions aim to increase demand, access and quality of health services. Lead by Jhpiego and implemented by a dynamic consortium of organizations, UHI is implemented in five cities in Afghanistan – Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Jalalabad and Kandahar.

Responsibilities:

• Advocate for mentorship and negotiate with hospital / facility management for buy-in to onsite
mentoring and quality improvement
• Provide technical support to implementation of TB interventions at the health facility and
community levels.
• Support the program on Urban DOTs.
• Support the program on MDR-TB
• Strengthen referral of TB
• Support active engagement of private sector.
• Support formation of facility quality improvement team and selection of onsite clinical
representative for mentorship program
• Facilitate initial assessment, analysis and action plan for improvement of service delivery and data
strengthening TB service delivery
• Develop detailed mentoring schedule for routine visits to each facility including: service delivery
improvement plan follows up, learning activities and data review
• Support preparation for learning sessions (e.g. training supplies, care of models, commodities,
learning tools)
• Facilitate monthly mentoring visits for quality improvement, learning and data strengthening
• Role model behavior and practices (e.g. respectful maternity care) and provision of clinical care and
services
• Work closely with MNH and EPI clinical specialist to strengthen the quality of services in each
Nahia/Cluster
• Work with onsite clinical for mentorship program to plan for on-site practice
Position Vacancy / Job Description
• Coordinate mobile phone-based mentoring to service providers and support practice of skills
• Support facility team to discuss and analyses data and submit data every month
• Ensure adequate and organized record keeping of activities including mentoring plans,
implementation progress, mentoring visits
• Share records with relevant stakeholders and supervisors as needed
• Write and submit timely reports as required including key issues, achievements, successes,
challenges and lessons learned
• Coordinate with other relevant project activities e.g. community engagement, leadership and
governance
• Coordinate with clinical advisors for MNH and nutrition clinical interventions
• Provide regular feedback of the planned activities and issues as they arise (e.g. daily and weekly)
• Participate in routine progress review and data presentations identifying trends and adapting as
needed
• Any other task assigned by the supervisor
 

Graduate degree – Internal medicine specialist with at least 5 years’ clinical experience in TB
program.
• Previous experience with conducting competency-based trainings and providing supportive
supervision is advantageous

In order to apply for this position, please click below link and apply through our online recruitment platform called iCIMS:-

https://jobs-jhpiego.icims.com/jobs/6503/clinical-specialist-mentor-tb/job?mode=view

 1Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.

Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume, and references.

For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org

Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

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Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins University affiliate, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, other legally protected characteristics or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Jhpiego promotes Affirmative Action for minorities, women, individuals who are disabled, and veterans.

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