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Family Health Services (FHS), formerly known as PSI Malawi, has partnered with the government of Malawi through the Ministry of Health (MoH) since 1994 in safeguarding the health of Malawians by using private sector approaches to reconfigure healthcare delivery – (i) through directly delivering innovative social and behaviour change communications, social marketing, and social franchising across a wide range of health areas including Reproductive Health, HIV, Malaria and water-borne disease prevention ii) by playing a market facilitation role, approaching market challenges and opportunities with a system-wide lens that unlocks a self-sustaining market with multiple players that can prioritize, adapt and ultimately thrive without external assistance and funds.

While a local organisation with deep roots in Malawi, Family Health Services is globally connected; mainly through affiliation to Population Service International (PSI), a Washington DC-based non-governmental and non-profit making organization that boasts a global network of members across over 50 countries through which FHS continues to leverage capacities, learnings, and best practice to enhance activities in Malawi. To accomplish its mission, FHS is inviting applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following vacant positions.

Assistant Surgeon

Job Summary.

Working as a member of a surgeon led team providing rotational VMMC services in fixed, outreach and mobile sites, the assistant surgeon will provide safe medical male circumcision services.

Duties and responsibilities

• A VMMC surgeon, provides quality and safe medical male circumcision services to clients in the fixed, outreach and mobile sites using dorsal slit method and where possible device technique.
• Screen VMMC clients and ensure that they are eligible for surgery.
• Provide STI screening and treatment services for clients attending male circumcision services presenting with STI.
• Document and manage circumcision related adverse events as per the national standards.
• Conduct day 2 (48hrs) and day 7 follow up review of all circumcised clients. Ensure active follow up is done for all clients missing follow up visits.
• Assist the team lead in managing and keeping clear records of facilities based commodities and drug stock cards, and equipment inventory while ensuring timely restocking and regular stock taking.
• Work with the team lead to ensure timely and proper documentation of client files and registers according to M&E protocol. This includes electronic entry of clients’ data in program data base.
• Participates in team level monthly planning and quality improvement team (QIT) meetings including taking of minutes for reference.
• Participate in CMEs, regular data auditing and documentation of best practices.
• Work with the team lead to ensure team work, compliance to quality standards, and work-ethics are maintained in the team.
• Participate in the development of monthly team operations work plan and schedules.
• Conduct immediate post-op review before discharging the client.
• Work with team lead to prepare and share monthly reports using MOH and project reporting tools.
• Adhere to the weekly facilities coverage schedule to ensure VMMC services are provided on rotational basis at the outreach, mobile and fixed sites.
• Work with the team lead to liaise with project demand creation team to ensure consistency in client’s flow and complementary efforts in tracking clients that missed follow up visits.
• Participate in all team specific QA and QI activities including facilities-based CMEs where possible.
• Keeps client’s information in strict confidence.
• Any other duty assigned by the supervisor

REQUIRED/RECRUITMENT QUALIFICATIONS

• Certificate in Clinical Medicine

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Registered with Medical Council of Malawi.
• Those trained and certified as VMMC Surgeon will have an added advantage.
• 2 years’ experience providing continuous medical circumcision services

PERSONAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Excellent computer skills
• Understanding of HIV/AIDS programming in Malawi Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Skills to analyze, interpret and assist to solve difficult problems arising from the team and organization’s cultural diversity
• Be self-starter, effective team player and demonstrated verifiable result-oriented track record

OTHER KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Adhoc meetings with MOH and stakeholder

Mode of Application

Qualified candidates with the specified qualifications and experience should submit their electronic application letters and updated CVs with names and contact details of three traceable referees, through jobs@fhs.org.mw. indicating the job title for the position you are applying for in the email subject line. All applications must be submitted by 6th September 2024 to The Head of Human Resources, Family Health Services, Box 30132, Lilongwe.

Family Health Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, ger identity, or expression, pregnancy, or related medical conditions.

Family Health Services maintains zero tolerance for child abuse, sexual abuse, or exploitative acts or threats by our employees, consultants, volunteers, contractors, or anyone associated with the delivery of our programs and services and takes seriously all complaints of misconduct brought to our attention.

Disclaimer!

Family Health Service has become aware of scams involving false job offers. Please be advised: Family Health Services will never ask for a fee during any stage of the recruitment process. All active jobs are advertised directly in the newspapers or on vetted career websites. Official FHS emails will always arrive from a@fhs.org email address.

Please report any suspicious communications to safeguarding@hs.org.mw If you are suspicious of anything, please report through email to safeguarding@fhs.org.mw or reportsqm@tip-offs.com; or write a letter to Tip-Offs anonymous, P.O. Box 1726, Blantyre; or call/send SMS using Airtel/TNM/Access to 847