MEDICAL OFFICER – Botswana-Baylor Clinical Centre

VACANCY 

BACKGROUND:

The Botswana-Baylor Children’s Clinical Centre of Excellence (COE) is a public private partnership between Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital and the Government of Botswana. Botswana-Baylor Children’s Clinical Centre of Excellence (Botswana-Baylor COE) has two main operational arms being Paediatric Infectious Disease Clinic (PIDC) that serves HIV-infected children, adolescents, young adults and their families and Paediatric Haematology and Oncology (PHO) that provides treatment and care for patients with paediatric cancer and haematological disorders.

ROLE DEFINITION:

The post is primarily clinical with exposure to training, research and outreach services. In carrying out these responsibilities, the incumbent will also serve as a key contact and liaison officer for day to day programming, administrative, management, development, coordination and collaboration with other clinicians and partners.

CORE ACTIVITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provision of clinical services to all children attending the Trust and outreach sites

• Supervision of clinical medical students and other subordinate staff

• Participate in and research the Trust’s educational activities

• Provision of in-service and pre-service teaching and training

• Provision of inpatient consultation services to Trust and Government clinical students in outreach hours

• Participate in quality improvement activities and time activities in the Trust

• Any other duties as may be described by supervisor

• Orient medical trainees including pediatricians, medical students, interns, and others on all aspects of the PHO service

• Present case summaries and educational reviews at educational meetings including when applicable, Tumour Board, Journal Club, Grand Rounds and others

Responsibility D: Participate in the conduct of research as per standard operating procedures (SOPs) and IRB-approved protocols

• Liaise with research assistants, coordinators, and nurses in conducting research related to PHO and according to SOPs

• Perform research procedures as may be indicated in research SOPs

• Ensure ethical conduct of research allocated in PHO areas, and report any suspicion of unethical research activity to the Paediatric Haematology Oncologist as part of the research project or not

• Interpret and present research results as may be required by the Executive Director

Responsibility E: Participate in quality improvement activities and initiatives in PHO

• Identify QI needs in the PHO program

• Initiate, design and conduct QI plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles

• Present QI findings and recommendations to the PHO multidisciplinary team

MINIMUM POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• The Job holder should have: A medical Degree e.g MB ChB and a license to practice medicine in Botswana as a Medical Practitioner

• Experience: Successful completion of medical internship

• Level IV English (Fluent both written and Spoken), be in good health professional standing

• Proficiency in the country’s primary local language