Senior Medical Officer job at Q-Sourcing Limited
Vacancy Title: Senior Medical Officer
Type: FULL TIME
Industry: Health Care
Category: Healthcare
Jobs at: Q-Sourcing Limited
Deadline: Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Duty Station: Within Uganda, Kampala, East Africa
Summary:
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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About this job:
Q-Sourcing Limited, operating as Q-Sourcing Servtec, is a manpower management solutions firm in East Africa, covering Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and South Sudan. On behalf of our client EACOP, we seek a skilled and experienced Senior Medical Officer to work in Uganda.
Position in the Organization:
- N+1: EACOP Medical Support Manager (MSM), based in TZ
- N+2: EACOP Project Director (Construction Phase), then EACOP Human Resources Director UG during Operations phase
Job Dimensions:
- The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project is a major regional infrastructure project between Uganda and the Tanzania coast, opening a new value corridor. It involves significant CAPEX and OPEX over 25 years.
- The project entails multiple contracting packages, managed by an EPcm contractor for detailed engineering, procurement, construction management support, and commissioning, across approximately 25 construction sites.
Job Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement emergency operational plans in collaboration with HSE, including for natural disasters and mass casualty events.
- Assist the MSM with medical division operations and provide medical advisement for MEDEVAC needs.
- Review and correct contractors’ medical care protocols, including infection control and sterilization procedures.
- Coordinate medical teams to set up facilities according to EACOP standards.
- Ensure compliance with EACOP policies across human resources, HSE, and construction departments.
- Oversee the hiring process for new medical staff, ensuring they meet EACOP standards.
- Standardize medical equipment supply chains and maintenance in collaboration with procurement teams.
- Explore and implement new medical treatments and technologies, such as telemedicine.
- Provide training programs on relevant topics to contractors and subcontractors’ medical staff.
- Organize regular training sessions and emergency drills on-site.
- Maintain a safe environment for employees and staff.
- Coordinate (24/7) medical advice and MEDEVAC requests.
- Conduct regular field surveys and clinic inspections.
- Serve as a full-time physician for the company, specializing in occupational health and emergency care.
Context and Environment:
- EACOP must address multiple technical, environmental, and social challenges, operating under different regulatory regimes in Uganda and Tanzania.
- The project mobilizes a large, multicultural workforce with varied risk awareness and health and safety culture.
- The project will be developed according to IFC standards and Equator 4 Principles to secure financing, amidst complex stakeholder dynamics and environmental risks like malaria and transport hazards.
- Remote locations necessitate effective MEDEVAC and emergency response.
Accountabilities:
- Manage medical aspects of the EACOP project, ensuring proper setup of medical facilities and MEDEVAC arrangements.
- Oversee a medical team, ensuring compliance with safety, quality, reliability, and availability standards.
- Integrate national and local content during field operations.
Qualifications and Required Experience:
- Education: Master’s in Medicine, BSc. Medicine, Emergency or Intensive Care Medicine, Tropical Diseases.
- Experience: Minimum 10 years in emergency medical care/response.
- Technical Competencies: Expertise in managing vital failures, experience in isolated environments, knowledge of tropical pathology, familiarity with Africa.
- Behavioral Competencies: Leadership skills, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, proficiency in IT tools, fluent in English, some Kiswahili beneficial.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 120
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Job Application Procedure:
All candidates who meet the criteria outlined above are encouraged to apply under the job vacancy “QSSU- EACOP-SMO-SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER”. The deadline for applications is 5:00 pm on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
