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Technical Advisor, Newborn Care , Department Of Paediatrics
Closing: May 3, 2024
This position has expiredPublished: Apr 19, 2024 (15 days ago)
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Academic Qualifications
The following are required for pre-qualification:
- Degree in Medicine (MBChB) or Registered Pediatric Clinical Medicine with a postgraduate degree in public health/global health/health care management; OR Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing with postgraduate training in neonatal nursing or other related MCH disciplines.
- Valid KMPC, Clinical Officers or Nursing Council registration
- Certification in the Newborn ETAT+ provider course and/or EmONC an added advantage
- Computer literacy with proficiency in Microsoft applications
Competencies
- A minimum of seven years’ continuous work experience in a pediatric or newborn ward
- Previous work experience in a national or international position involving collaborative programs and multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience working with government agencies, government officials at sub-national and national levels, and development partners or civil society
- Demonstrated knowledge of contemporary issues around newborn and child health in Kenya and beyond
- Experience working within the devolved Kenyan health system.
- Good understanding of health system building blocks and Kenya’s health system
- Team leader with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Good planning, coordination and coordination skills
- Ability to produce high quality reports and policy briefs
- Ability to travel frequently within the country
Responsibilities
Academic Qualifications
The following are required for pre-qualification:
- Degree in Medicine (MBChB) or Registered Pediatric Clinical Medicine with a postgraduate degree in public health/global health/health care management; OR Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing with postgraduate training in neonatal nursing or other related MCH disciplines.
- Valid KMPC, Clinical Officers or Nursing Council registration
- Certification in the Newborn ETAT+ provider course and/or EmONC an added advantage
- Computer literacy with proficiency in Microsoft applications
Competencies
- A minimum of seven years’ continuous work experience in a pediatric or newborn ward
- Previous work experience in a national or international position involving collaborative programs and multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience working with government agencies, government officials at sub-national and national levels, and development partners or civil society
- Demonstrated knowledge of contemporary issues around newborn and child health in Kenya and beyond
- Experience working within the devolved Kenyan health system.
- Good understanding of health system building blocks and Kenya’s health system
- Team leader with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Good planning, coordination and coordination skills
- Ability to produce high quality reports and policy briefs
- Ability to travel frequently within the country
The Technical Advisor will have dual reporting to NEST360 Country Lead and Country Director who will be the immediate supervisors. He/she will have indirect reporting to the Head MOH Division of Newborn and Child Health.
Specific roles and responsibilities will be as follows:
- Support the MoH newborn section in developing newborn care policies, strategies and guidelines.
- Assist in implementation of small and sick newborns and pediatric quality of care standards through mentorship to county and facility teams.
- Provide technical support to county governments to facilitate implementation of newborn care packages and interventions.
- Participate in the development and implementation of small and sick newborn care quality improvement training materials.
- Support advocacy for newborn and child health at national and county levels to increase visibility and facilitate scale up to new counties.
- Provide a link between NEST360 and the Division of Newborn and Child Health
- Work with consortium members wherever applicable to further MOH mission for small and sick newborns.
- Support strengthening of monitoring and evaluation for newborn and child health indicators.
- Provide linkage between MOH, KPA and other implementing partners to strengthen collaboration.
- Maintain detailed and up to date records of NEST360 program implementation activities in the country and share learnings to inform programming and scaling.
- Engage with county and hospital health management teams to promote their buy in of the project and document learnings from engagements.
- Maintain effective communication with implementing hospitals and skills labs at all times.
- Support the integration of neonatal inpatient data (NID), newborn essential equipment list, quality improvement, and education materials into routine government systems.
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