Leadership and Management

• As Medical Manager, he/she oversees operations.
• Ensures delivery of quality clinical services in an efficient and effective manner.
• Provides technical support to the Prevention and Treatment program and ensures linkages from outreach activities to treatment and care facilities through well-established processes of patient linkages and service integration.
• Attends key technical partners’ meetings and provides feedback to top management.
• Ensures that CMEs are conducted in all sites and participates in the facilitation of CME sessions.
• Leads the development of work plans for the sites.
• He/she participates in staff needs assessment, interviewing, and induction of newly hired staff.
• He/she participates in setting performance targets and staff appraisal, disciplining, and addressing complaints of employees under his/her supervision.
• Supports the operations of the programs in the region to ensure efficient service delivery in each site/program area.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Ensures standard quality of clinical services is delivered at all supported  sites in the region. He/she will lead quality assurance initiatives in Tanzania.
• Provides periodic comprehensive support supervision reports, adhering to the     tools provided.
• Promotes the implementation of standard operating procedures for all activities relating to good clinical practice and ensures functional QI teams are in existence at site levels.
• Supervises and implements quality management activities and quality benchmarks monitoring, facilitation of quality assurance, and quality improvement sessions.
• Strengthens and ensures HIV/TB, PMTCT, SMC, and SRH services are delivered in an integrated service delivery model.
• Ensures optimal operations of the laboratory services, including the functioning of sample referral networks at level.
• Provides on-site technical support and mentoring to the field staff.
• Ensures effective patient flow in all sites, especially those with a high volume of patients, and coordinates time motion surveys to monitor performance.
• Oversees the timely collection, compilation, and reporting of routine and specific data to guide decision-making at the site, regional, and country program levels.
• Identifies early warning resistance indicators and intervention strategies.
• Remains updated on current trends and standards in clinical management of HIV/AIDS and related illnesses.
• Participates in the elaboration/monitoring of annual targets and ensures that they are achieved in all regional sites.
• Is the point of contact person for the management of difficult cases
• Spends a minimum of 3 days per week providing direct patient care.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Provides direct supervision and mentorship to doctors, nurses, laboratory technologists, and pharmacy technicians working in the different facilities in the region to ensure continuous growth and learning.
• Ensures timely compilation and submission of monthly drug inventory reports in coordination with the Program Pharmacist.
• Works with the program pharmacist to ensure that pharmacy operations are in accordance with good pharmacy practices.
• Identifies and promotes operational research at site/region/country level and builds capacity among the staff in case presentations and elaboration of scientific papers.

Participation in Meetings/Committees:

• Management Meetings
• Technical Partnership and stakeholders’ meetings
• General Staff Meeting
• Medical Staff Meeting
• Meetings with lower health units meeting
• CME activities
• Other meetings as assigned.

Qualifications:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be a Medical Doctor (MBChB or Equivalent) from a recognizable institution. Post graduate qualification in Health systems management or public health or infectious diseases is required.
• Minimum of 7 years medical/health service experience preferred with a sound knowledge of basic medical disciplines to allow for accurate diagnosis and appropriate management of clinical problems.
• A minimum of 3 years or more of recent experience with HIV/AIDS treatment; two years minimum of administration and program management experience with knowledge of clinical protocols and procedures in the management of HIV-related diseases.
• Experience in planning and budgeting required.
• Experience in quality management and assurance practices desired.