MSF WACA in Kano is Looking for experienced Health Professionals to apply for the health mentor position.
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MSF is looking for a Senior (OPD) Clinical Mentor who will ensure the facilitation, mentoring and implementation of the MSF Academy learning activities in the selected MSF projects in the country according to MSF’s protocols, standards and procedures to ensure the delivery of quality medical care for patients and their communities and to improve the health condition of the population.
The clinical mentor directly prepares, organizes anddelivers learning activities in the clinical areas and trains the learners inthe MSF projects as part of a continuing education process. The OPD -Clinical Mentorwill guide less experienced OPD healthcare trainers – in preparing anddelivering learning activities. The OPD Clinical Mentor will support the OPD healthcaretrainers in their professional development plans along with the Pedagogical MSFAcademy team.
The OPD Clinical Mentor will also improve and adapt trainingcontent, to deliver and evaluate it, as well as to assess the acquisition ofskills by the learners. The OPD clinical mentor is the project link between theAcademy and operations and will therefore update the operations on
Academy activities, progress, and ensure learning time.
Responsibility
- Implements on the long term clinical mentoring activities and tools, monitors MSF Academy activities, in the projects, according to MSF protocols, standards and procedures (can involve various sections)
- Participates in the Training of clinical Facilitators (TOF) and Training of clinical Mentors (TOM) as part of their induction
- Facilitates the training of facilitators (TOF) and training of clinical mentors (TOM) for healthcare trainers and learning companions
- Provides active clinical mentorship: facilitates mentoring sessions and side-by-side teaching to the learners based on the training objectives, the specific trainee needs and the material provided by MSF Academy, with largest percentage of time in the ward, coaching and training at the bedside
- Supports the healthcare trainers in their new mentorship and facilitation roles, by completing personal learning journals and maintaining professional practice and continuing professional development
- Monitors closely the progress of the learners and provides feedback to the PMR and MSF Academy referent.
- Performs assessment of learners using competency gap assessment (CGA)
- Supports healthcare trainers on the planning and implementation of the learning activities and specifically in the continuous development of their clinical skills.
- Find solutions to any difficulties or challenges encountered, based on his/her expertise, in collaboration with project staff, and if necessary with the support of the global MSF Academy HQ team, keep the MSF Academy team well informed of learning activities and any difficulties or challenges encountered; Document lessons learned on the activities.
- Plans learning sessions, support the project in allocating learning time and updates and share the activities chronogram.
- Regularly visits the different OPDs and attends relevant meetings to collaborate with projects in implementing best practices taught in the curriculum.
- Represents the Academy and leads discussions to update the project(s) on MSF Academy Activities, advocates for the MSF Academy, briefs NAM, MTL, PC and Log/admin on how the MSF Academy works in their specific project, creates links with the operations in the field, anticipate and identify issues and find solutions together
- Keeps the database up to date, ensures proper storage of confidential learning documents and reports according to MSF Academy team instructions.
- Carries out supply management on the project (orders, follow-up of the stock, storage conditions, inventories, consumption, etc.) for the training activities.
Job qualifications
Bachelor`s Degree, ND, Experienced candidates – Medical Doctor, Nurse, Midwife, CHEW, Public Health Officer or relevant field
How to apply
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