Position: Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialist (Obs&Gyn)

Reports to:

• Director of Clinical Services at Kirehe District Hospital.
• MNCAH director at PIH/IMB for programmatic and research activities

Primary Location: Kirehe District Hospital 

Job overview:

The Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialist will serve to provide specialty clinical teaching, support hospital leadership to implement clinical services, provide Women’s health technical advice to the IMB MCH program Director and clinical mentoring to clinical staff, and help maintain high quality clinical services at all levels of the district health system in accordance with Ministry of Health norms in the area of Maternal health.

Key responsibilities and /Expected deliverables:

• Capacity Building in nursing and physician care delivery at PIH supported hospitals
• Build the systems that ensure clinical care is of reasonable standard via:
• Real time capacity/skills building on rounds especially for students who come to Kirehe DH for their practicals
• Real time instruction of providers to improve protocol and standards based adherence
• Creation of centralized documents and resources that pertain to facility based Ob & Gyn practice in Rwanda
• Initiation of continuous professional development activities for general practitioner.
• Support creation and implementation of quality improvement projects in partnership with MCH mentors.
• Ensure that equipment and drug lists respond to the needs of Obstetric emergency, Maternity ward, in – patients and out-patients services.
• Supporting MNCAH mentors to implement B-EmONC and C-EmONC trainings and other relevant trainings at hospital/HC level.
• Providing technical support to the MCH director:

Provide technical advice on IMB MCH programs activities, including but not limited to grant writing, program design and implementation, quality improvement, training, mentorship, pharmacy and supply chain, monitoring and evaluation, operational research, and fund-raising, with a specific focus on Maternal Health.

• Providing on-going technical advice, protocol/training support to any other program with pediatric needs such as Oncology.
• Identify and work with research on any potential research projects in the pediatric domain

Reporting:

• In addition to reporting to the Director of MNCAH, all hospital-based and clinical activities will be dually reported to the Hospital Administration (Hospital DG or designate, including clinical director, Nursing Chief of Staff, Line Managers).
• Programmatic and research activities will be conducted under the supervision and collaboration of the MNCAH Director.

Qualifications:

• Masters of Science in Obstetrics and Gynecology with least 5 years of experience working in hospital setting
• Experience with facilitation, training and mentorship will be and added value
• Strong communication skills; ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and partners
• Proficiency in English and Kinyarwanda
• Ability to work and live in rural settings.
• Ability to live PIH/IMB values: Ubumuntu-Compassion, Ubupfura-Integrity, Ubunyangamugayo-Honesty, Ubwubahane-Mutual respect, Ubumwe-Solidarity, Agaciro-Dignity, Kugira ishyaka-Determination
• At Partners In Health, we are committed to ensuring that those who benefit from our work- including our patients, families and community members – as well as our staff are treated with dignity and respect and protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment. By this, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures