Job Title: Clinical Officer (5)
Employer: Marie Stopes Uganda (MSU)
Duty Station: Kampala , Soroti, Lira, Masaka, Kabale
Application Deadline: 29th November 2013
Duration of Contract: 2 years
Key Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive client counselling on reproductive health and other health matters.
- Take necessary steps to ensure that all centre clients are treated with sensitivity, respect, and consideration.
- If complaints are raised, be able to effectively manage and resolve them.
- Promptly refer complaints that persist or of serious magnitude to the centre manager for management.
- Ensure that client confidentiality is maintained.
- Carefully monitor medical stock supplies required and utilised at the centre for maximum efficiency.
- Take steps to ensure that medical supplies are adequate, but not excessive.
- Take responsibility to ensure that costs are contained within the approved annual budget.
- Strive for income from services to meet or exceed set targets.
- Based on client history, examination, laboratory test reports and findings and above all client needs, prescribe appropriate drugs.
- Perform appropriate procedures that including Intravenous Therapy, Tubal Ligation, Vasectomy, Norplant, IUD insertion, Pap smear, MVA procedure and VCT.
- Ensure responsible follow up and treatment of complications.
- Follow the Ugandan Clinical Guidelines for appropriate management of most conditions and illnesses.
- Refer complicated conditions to a hospital for further management.
- Ensure that the highest standards of reproductive health and general clinical services (including HIV/AIDS services) are achieved, as laid down in the Marie Stopes Partnership Manual.
- In collaboration with the centre manager, ensure that the centre complies with MSI policies and protocols for vocal local, infection prevention and emergency preparedness (including resuscitation).
Qualifications
- Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Community Health
- 2 years active service in a Clinical setting
- Valid Medical Practising Licence
- Computer Literacy (MS Packages)
How to Apply:
To apply: Please send a CV and Cover letter by email to jobs.applications@mariestopes.or.ug / jobs@mariestopes.or.ug or post to the Senior Manager, People and Development, Plot 1020, Kisugu-Muyenga, P.O Box 10431, Kampala-Uganda quoting the position title