Medical Doctor for Mobile Health Team (MHT)

Position Title: Medical Doctor for Mobile Health Team (MHT)

Activation Date: 06 April, 2025 Announced Date: 27 March, 2025 Expire Date: 19 April, 2025

• Job Location: Badakhshan Farah
• Nationality: Afghan
• Category: Health Care
• Employment Type: Full Time
• Salary: As per the project budget
• Vacancy Number: ODSSA/TBRW11/VA#2
• No. Of Jobs: 2
• City: Fayzabad & Farah City with travels to Districts.
• Organization: Organization for Development and Sustainable Services in Afghanistan (ODSSA)
• Years of Experience: At least 3 years of proven experience in health sector
• Contract Duration: 12 Months (with the possibility of extension)
• Gender: Male/Female
• Education: Bachelor/Master of medical sciences
• Close date: 2025-04-19
  
  

About Organization for Development and Sustainable Services in Afghanistan (ODSSA):

in 2017, is a non-governmental, non-profit non-political organization registered with the Ministry of Economy (MoEc) and the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) of Afghanistan.

We envision a peaceful, developed, and prosperous Afghanistan and the people in the country enjoy the basic rights. ODSSA is committed to supporting vulnerable women, men, and children, particularly in the health sector.

This project, "Promoting Integrated Service Delivery for TB and Other Respiratory Diseases by Addressing Access Barriers at Primary Healthcare Settings with Contextualized Interventions," will be implemented in 17 HFs in 7 districts of Farah and 32 HFs in 17 districts of Badakhshan provinces through Mobile Health Teams (MHT).

Job Description

Job Summary:

The Medical Doctor (MD) is responsible for the reporting of project patients and mobile health team (MHT) of TB REACH Wave 11 to Project Manager (PM) and Project Provincial Officer (PPO) in the respective province.

With travels to Badakhshan Districts (Argo, Arghanjowa, Baharak, Darwaz-e-Bala, Fayzabad, Jurm, Keran-o-Menjan, Keshm, Kohestan, Raghestan, Shighnan, Shahr-e-Buzorg, Shohada, Wordooj, Yaftal Sofla, Yamgan (Geerwan), Zebak).

Farah Districts (Anaar Darah, Farah, Khak-e-Safid, Laash-o-Jaween, Por Chaman, Posht-e-Road, Sheeb Koh).

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support the MHT in the field
• Conduct screening and comprehensive assessment of all patients for presumptive TB and other respiratory diseases and flag patients for chest X-ray testing
• Identify the patients for GeneXpert testing and spirometry tests
• Refer the confirmed all form TB cases for treatment to the nearest treatment Health Facility (HF)
• Refer all patients with serious respiratory diseases to the secondary and tertiary HF
• Provide support to PPO and central team (ODSSA) during supervisory visits.
• Provide the monthly and quarterly comprehensive reports
• Ensure that all the necessary medical equipment, items and documents took in place in vehicle
• Any other task assigned by supervisor
  
  

Job Requirements

Education

• Bachelor/Master of medical sciences
  
  

Experience

• At least 3 years of proven experience in health sector
  
  

Skills

• Demonstrate technical expertise in TB and respiratory diseases
• Fluent in local languages Pashto, Dari and English skills in speaking, writing and reading
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills
• Be familiar with the culture of the people in the target province to ensure effective communication and engagement
• Excellent leadership skills
  
  

Submission Guideline

Interested qualified candidates can submit their CV with a cover letter explaining their motivation in applying for the job and highlighting their relevant skills and experience to (odssa.hr@gmail.com) no later than April 11, 2025.

Please mention your vacancy number and province in the subject.

Submission Email

odssa.hr@gmail.com