Field Officer Job
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
Attractive
Job Deadline: 12 May 2023
Number of Jobs: 01
Hiring Entity: International Rescue Committee
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| International Rescue Committee |
Location: In Uganda
Job Details:
The Field Officer will be involved in getting post-discharge patient outcomes both physical and phone follow-up at 2, 4 and 6 months.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Develop follow-up schedules for patients enrolled in the study in collaboration with the Study Coordinator.
• Conduct phone and physical follow-ups for study Participants to get outcomes.
• Conducting verbal autopsies in all cases of study subject death.
• Proper management of the assigned equipment including motorcycle in line with WALIMU and IRC fleet management procedures.
• Ensuring the safety of all study equipment when in the field.
• Ensuring confidentiality and respect during all subject interviews in the field.
• Upholding high level of professional conduct.
• Checking the data in a mobile phone or tablet for completeness.
• Generating REDCap reports.
• Adhere to standard operating procedures where applicable.
• Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
• Certificate or Diploma in any health-related field.
• Able and willing to ride a motorcycle and move to remote places.
• Have a valid driving license clearly indicating Class A.
• Mobile device familiarity, REDCap Microsoft Word and Excel, email, and general internet use.
• Good counseling skills.
• Well-developed troubleshooting capacity and clarity of thought.
• Have high energy, clear goal orientation and strong work ethics.
• Strong organization skills with the ability to prioritize workloads and work within tight deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment and to multi-task.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written).
Competencies:
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally.
• Well-developed troubleshooting capacity and clarity of thought.
• Have high energy, clear goal orientation and strong work ethics.
• Strong organization skills with the ability to prioritize workloads and work within tight deadlines.
• Excellent customer support and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment and to multi-task.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written).
• Able to work in a multi-cultural environment and with multi-disciplinary teams
Application procedure
Interested applicants click here to apply
Posting Date: 2023-04-28
