UNDP UN Medical Officer Jobs in Ghana
Position Purpose
The UN Clinic Doctor plans, organizes, manages and supervises and coordinates the management of healthcare services in the duty station and provides primary care, and occupational health and safety support to UN personnel. He/she provides medical services to the personnel of 15 UN agencies in Ghana.
Duties and Responsibilities
Clinic Management
Oversees the delivery of high-quality clinical and occupational health services in the UN workplace, including employment clearances, travel medicine services and travel clearances.
Oversees the provision of workplace clinical services including first aid and emergency care, access to UN programmes such as PEP kits, and effective referral to local healthcare services.
Oversees clinical practice in relation to in-person occupational health clinical reviews and examinations.
Develops and oversees the delivery of occupational health and safety programs including workplace and home ergonomics programs and workplace safety and health risk assessments.
Oversees and provides specialist guidance on workplace (reasonable) accommodation requests with a medical component in line with UN policies.
Oversees the delivery of effective workplace or general health promotion programs.
Develops, exercises, and provides a local emergency response / mass casualty capability integrated with local security plans.
Advises the UN Resident Coordinator as well as other UN Clinic Doctor Management forums (UNCT, SMT, OMT) on other aspects of health including public health matters relevant to the duty station, through liaison with WHO Ghana and/or local authorities.
Ensures quality in services provided by the UN Clinic including the implementation of quality control mechanisms and procedures, the use of published UN clinical guidelines, and adherence to patient safety and adverse event reporting requirements.
Medical Administration
Oversees the provision of recommendations or determinations related to medical entitlements.
Oversees the completion of sick leave, including where required liaison with individual staff members and their healthcare providers to ensure effective sick leave management.
Oversees the development and implementation of return-to-work programs.
Monitors sick leave usage in conjunction with human resources staff and prepares and finalizes disability summaries and reports for the Medical Director and UNJSPF
Oversees medical evacuation and repatriation services where required.
Oversees the provision of advisory services to the NY HQ based office of the Advisory Board Compensation Claims (ABCC).
Undertakes mediation and informal dispute resolution related to medical entitlements, and where required represents the medical service in formal dispute resolution bodies such as medical boards or the UN Dispute Tribunal.
Supervisory
Manages the work and results of all staff working in the medical service (UN Clinic), including where appropriate occupational safety staff or remote staff supervised by the medical service.
Ensures medical confidentiality and release of medical records/information is in accordance with UN policies and requirements.
Manages access to the EarthMed medical record system.
Undertakes the planning and preparation of budgets and prepares reports on budget performance and results.
Ensures the development, generation and reporting of relevant key performance indicators documenting health support performance including responses to audit requests on health performance.
Ensures timely recruiting and training of all new staff, and effective performance management.
Ensures effective continuous professional development of staff and their career management.
Ensures compliance of UN healthcare facilities with UN Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety (HQPS) standards
Ensures appropriate training programs are implemented to maintain and develop the medical capabilities (e.g., HQPS standards, Root Cause Analyses trainings etc.).
Manages the interface between the medical unit and staff counsellors, UN Clinic Doctor management of the UN in Ghana, all specialized agencies, military physicians, physicians and representatives of laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, medical associations, and societies.
Supervises and coordinates medical services in the UN in Ghana. This includes management of medical support activities in the Mission, as outlined in the Medical Support Manual, for example, preparation and implementation of mass casualty plans, medical evacuation plans and procedures, and relationship with any external healthcare providers.
Establishes and implements appropriate training programs in order to maintain and develop medical capabilities (e.g. health education, HIV/AIDS prevention, first aid and CPR).
Advisory, liaison and representation
Undertakes regular coordination with the Office of the Director, DHMOSH UNHQ, contributes to the development of UN healthcare policy, and ensures alignment of policy and practice in UN health care services.
Represents the medical service at events and meetings with other UN entities and in national and international fora.
Oversees workplace health and medical service communication products, and liaison/outreach with external actors.
Briefs and advises UN Clinic Doctor management on all healthcare matters relevant to the workplace, including health policies, business continuity, enterprise risk management, and representation at crisis response and related bodies.
Represents the medical service on health and medical entitlements matters before the UN judicial system and UN investigative bodies.
Ensures effective occupational health representation at the local occupational health and safety committee.
Acts as Advisor for the UN in Ghana on medical matters.
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Medical Doctor (MD) Masters Degree Or Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), including residency/internship in one of the medical specialties, preferably in general practice.
Further certification in internal medicine or occupational health, tropical or travel medicines is desirable.
Experience:
A minimum of five (5) years (with Medical Doctor Masters Degree) or seven (7) years (with bachelors degree) of progressively responsible clinical experience in one of the areas of medicine.
Valid certification in Advanced TraumaLife support (ATLS), Advanced cardiac Life support (ACLS) OR Prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS) is required
At least two years of managerial experience in the medical field including budgeting, supervisory responsibilities and resource management are desirable.
Experience in an International Organizations with field deployments desirable.
Experience in travel medicine related to Occupational Health is desirable.
Experience with team and/or project management is desirable.
Language:
Fluency in Oral & written English is required
Working Knowledge of another UN official language is desirable
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; UNDP UN Medical Officer Jobs in Ghana
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