Level 3:  the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

Reports To: Project Coordinator

Dimensions: Save the Children works in various regions within Somalia with current staff establishment of approximately 450 staff and an annual budget of more than 100M USD

Number of direct reports: None

• Responsible for the daily consultation of medical cases from the RAS community at the designated outpatient clinic(s) located at the hospital(s)
• Take detailed history, investigate, make diagnosis and prescribe appropriate medciations to RAS patients while ensuring rational drug use
• Provide proper counseling and health education to patients about their conditions
• Clear document any medical event such as drug reaction and conduct pharmacovigilance to filter counterfeit products in circulation
• Conduct triaging of patients and attend to critical ones first
• Arrange specific days to review chronic patients (epileptic, diabetic, hypertensive etc), provide refill or change medciation for continuum of care
• Determine the patinets who require specialist review based on merit such as emergency life threatening conditions, advance complication of a disease e.t.c
• Notify immediate supervisor on cases with medical emergency, those requiring specialist review and cases referred outside Puntland
• Adhere to the standard protocols and guidelines in patient management
• Review cases referred from peripheral clinics and link complicated medical/surgical cases to the respective specialist
• Conduct ward rounds for inptaient cases from the RAS community and update their file
• Gather patient complaint, provide feedback and link them to the appropriate services
• Take accurate notes as a legal record, for use of other healthcare professionals and to facilitae reporting
• Establish and maintain a database for patinets suffering from chronic conditions
• Ensure that approparate medical records are available and in use.
• Support in drafting weekly report for donor update
• Coordinate ambulance request and ensure emergency cases are referred on time especially during the night
• Ensure the patinets receive prescribed medication and report instances of drug stock-outs at the hospital
• Undertake comtinous professional development and be abreast with current medical technology and research findings
• Support coordination of medical camps and make necessary follow-up of cases after the event

Accountability:

·       holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values

·       holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

·       sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same

·       widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others

Collaboration:

·       builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters

·       values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength

·       approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

·       develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

·       willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

·       honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

Essential

·       Bachelors Degree in Medicine and Surgery

·       Two (2) years experience in primary health care activities

·       Experience in humanitarian response expecially for refugee population

·       Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills

·       Understanding righst-based approaches and participatory concepts and practical experience in humanitarian settings

·       Sensitive to issues affecting children and committed to Save the Children’s Child Safe Guarding policy

• Fluency in Arabic, Amharic or Oromo language is an added advantage
• Good understanding of refugee health programming
• Experience with international NGOs in humanitarian response

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties with respect to their level of skills and experience

This extends not only to children with whom SCI and its partners work directly, but also includes children whom staff are responsible for.  SCI believes that the situation of children must be improved through the promotion of their rights supported and demonstrated by all members of staff. Save the Children International’s Code of Conduct sets out the standards which all staff members must adhere to.