Health Jobs – Medical Officer at Maries Stopes Uganda

Job Title: Medical Officer
Reports to: Quality Assurance Manager
Organisation: Marie Stopes Uganda (MSU)
About MSU:
Marie Stopes Uganda (MSU) is a marketing-focused, results-oriented social business that uses modem management and marketing techniques to provide family planning and reproductive healthcare across every district of Uganda. We aim to contribute 15 points to Uganda’s contraceptive prevalence rate by 2015, saving and improving many thousands of Ugandan lives. MSU has 25% of the market share in modem contraceptives and, In 2010/2011, safely delivered 50,000 babies and contributed 4 points to Uganda’s contraceptive prevalence rate. MSU has enjoyed 20% year on year growth since 2007. MSU is part of a global net work, Marie Stopes International (MSI), and subscribes to MSI goal and mission, to prevent unwanted births and to ensure individual’s rights to Children by Choice not Chance.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
1.                  Client Care:
·         Provide comprehensive client counselling on reproductive health and other health matters.
·         Take necessary steps to ensure that all centre/base 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 Quality Assurance manager for management.
·         Ensure client confidentiality is maintained.
2.                 Budgetary Control:
·         In partnership with the Centre/base Manager, Operations Team
·         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
·         Takes responsibility to ensure that costs are contained within the approved annual budget.
3.                 Technical Excellence
·         Based on client history, examination, lab test reports and findings and above all client needs, prescribe appropriate drugs
·         Perform appropriate procedures (including Intravenous Therapy, Tubal Ligation, Vasectomy, Norplant, IUD insertion, Pap smear, MVA procedure andVCT).
·         Ensure responsible follow up and treatment of complications.
·         Follow the Ugandan Clinical Guidelines for appropriate management of mo st conditions and illnesses.
·         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 Quality Assurance manager, ensure that the centre/ Outreach complies with MSI policies and protocols for vocal local, infection prevention and emergency preparedness (including resuscitation).
4.                  Promotional and External Relations Activities
·         Community Outreach
·         Conduct outreach activities including VSC, CHW network development, and other duties as directed by the Project Coordinator.
·         Promotion:
·         External relations:
·         Represent MSU in meetings held with the DDHS, as well as representing MSU on district training and workshops.
·         Maintain good working relationship with district authorities in conjunction with the Project Coordinator.
·         Provide Feedback to the Team leader or Support Office (when required) on outcomes of such meetings.
5.                  Team Development
·         Ensure that team members are updated on new drugs and technological and SRH developments.
·         Participate in district training where appropriate and inform support office of additional skills gained or required by team members.
·         Develop and implement work plan activities in consultation and collaboration with the Quality Assurance manager and the Project Coordinator.
·         Support the Quality Assurance manager in ensuring that all team members contribute creatively, meaningfully and actively to the development and implementation of the work plans.
·         Assist with the development of effective client referral network to the centres through training and feedback on performance of MSU CHWs.
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
·         MBcHB. from a recognized University
·         One-year post M.D supervised internship or the first year of residency training in an accredited institution.
·         A permanent, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in Uganda
·         Should have experience in Clinical Practice
How to Apply
Please send a CV and Cover letter by email to jobs@mariestopes.or.ug or by post to;
The Senior Manager,
People and Development, Plot 1020, Kisugu-Muyenga,
P.O. Box 10431, Kampala-Uganda,
Quote the position title. Marie Stopes Uganda is an equal opportunities employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce.
Marie Stopes Uganda is thankful to all applicants for their interest but only candidates who meet all requisite criteria and are short listed will be contacted.
The core responsibility of this position is to use your: initiative, energy, persistence, results orientation, drive, integrity, enthusiasm and commitment to personal development to further MSU’s vision to become a sustainable nationwide provider of high quality, integrated reproductive health/family planning services.
Marie Stopes Uganda seeks to fill the vacant position below and applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced candidates
Deadline: 23rd November, 2012
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