Country: Angola
Closing date: 30 Jun 2016
This position is located in Cabinda, Angola and reports to the Program Director. The Angola Sickle Cell Initiative (ASCI) is a collaborative public-private partnership for a comprehensive sickle cell disease initiative for the provision of screening, diagnosis, care, treatment, monitoring and evaluation, research, capacity building, community mobilization, and health professional training in Angola. The ASCI formed in 2011 as a partnership between the Angola Ministry of Health, Chevron Corporation, and Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital. Chevron has committed to support the program until 2020 with the ultimate goal being the full handover of the program to the Ministry of Health. Currently, ASCI’s main activities include newborn screening for sickle cell disease in selected maternities in Luanda and Cabinda provinces, research, outpatient and inpatient management of children with sickle cell disease in Hospital Pediátrico David Bernardino in Luanda and Hospital provincial de Cabinda and Dispensario in Cabinda city, and education and training of Angolan medical students and health professionals.
The primary responsibility of the Global Health Corps assigned in Cabinda is to support the development and operation of the Angola Sickle Cell Initiative in Cabinda in liaison with Texas Children Cancer and Hematology Centers in Houston, Texas and to collaboratively work with the local health care professionals and authorities in Angola toward the development and operation of a successful program.
•Screening support supply of maternities
•Support sample collection from maternities
•Support data tracking for sample collected from maternities including test results
•Support inventory and delivery of supplies to laboratory and maternities to ensure proper operation of the screening activities
•Ensure quality control of laboratory procedures and results
•Supervise expansion of screening activities to other sites in collaboration with Houston home office
•Identify gaps in program operation and solve problems in training and education
•Train public healthcare workers on Sickle Cell screening, care and treatment
•Conduct public awareness programs
•Inpatient consultations at Dispensario
•Care and Treatment Support tracking number of outpatients and inpatient consultations
•Support inventory of medications and supplies to ensure proper operation of the clinic and report to Houston team
•Oversee newborn clinic including development of charting system, scheduling appointments with computer software, streamlining clinic process, working with clinical staff to improve clinic, developing educational materials for clinic staff and training clinic staff on charting/documentation/growth parameters, developing collaborative clinic coordination between American/Angolan staff
•Identify gaps in program operation and solve problems in collaboration with local co-workers
•Liaison In conjunction with Country Program Director, liaise with Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers in Houston for program strategic planning, ongoing program operation and development
•In conjunction with Country Program Director, liaise with Chevron for ongoing program operation and development
•In conjunction with Country Program Director liaise with HR management company to report any HR issue
•Liaise with IT support technician to trouble-shoot IT issues
•Liaise with Laboratory support technician to trouble-shooting laboratory equipment
Requirements:
• Proficiency in Portuguese
• Board eligible or board certified pediatrician
• Must have M.D. plus residency
• Must be proficient in general pediatric and/or adult medical care
How to apply:
Please follow this link: https://chk.tbe.taleo.net/chk01/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=BCM&cws=1&rid=8219.
Contact Patricia English (pxenglis@texaschildrens.org) with any questions.