Background
The Haitian Center for the Strengthening of the Health System (CHARESS) is a non-governmental organization that aims to help strengthen the health system in Haiti with a particular emphasis on the prevention and care of HIV / AIDS and tuberculosis.
CHARESS is charged with building clinical training capacity and supporting extension of high-quality health care services in Haiti. The Clinical Mentor will provide bedside teaching to medical interns, medical residents, staff physicians and nurses within Hôpital de l’Université d’Etat d’Haiti (HUEH), Hôpital Universitaire la Paix (HUP), Maternité Isaïe Jeanty (MIJ or Chancerelles) and other facilities.

Job Summary
The Clinical Mentor will assist the CHARESS team to organize and conduct case conferences, grand rounds, clinical courses, and other training activities. He/she will provide technical assistance to Programme National de Lutte contre le SIDA(PNLS) and Programme National de Lutte contre la Tuberculose(PNLT) to revise their training Curriculum and guidelines of Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. Also, he/she will provide technical assistance to improve systems-level issues impacting quality of patient care and assist in other quality improvement efforts.

1. Provide bedside clinical mentoring at all facilities (TB/VIH) (40%)
• Demonstrate competent, sensitive care of patients in accordance with national and international treatment guidelines and best practices in patient communication.
• Demonstrate collaboration with a multidisciplinary care team (with nursing, psychologist, lab, pharmacy, social work, and community outreach personnel) to plan and deliver effective care for patients enrolled at all the facilities assigned to him/ her.
• Provide bedside teaching to medical interns, medical residents, staff physicians and nurses in outpatient and inpatient settings at all facilities assigned to him/ her.
• Apply clinical mentoring evaluation tools to observe and give feedback to trainees to improve their skills.
• Provide technical assistance at Programme national de Lutte contre le SIDA(PNLS) team in the sites visits

2. Organize and conduct HIV and infectious diseases clinical training activities (30%)
• Identify relevant topics for clinical training sessions and locate teaching resources relevant to the topic.
• Develop and facilitate engaging, interactive sessions on HIV and TB care and treatment as well as concomitants pathologies (morbidity and mortality case conferences, grand rounds, and other training sessions) for house staff, fellows, residents and interns.
• Assist the CHARESS, PNLS and PNLT team to develop, edit, and disseminate clinical curriculum projects, including training curriculum, video-based projects, job aides, and other innovative clinical training tools.
• As needed, review HIV and TB clinical training content for accuracy and consistency with Haitian guidelines and international standards.
• Provide technical assistance to build in each department a mentees team

3. Organize and conduct quality of care improvement activities (15 %)
• Assist in the development of guidelines and protocols for HIV, TB and concomitant care at the facilities.
• Conduct quarterly reviews of systems required to support quality HIV care, documenting problems, action plans, CHARESS technical assistance, and status of the problems over time.
• Assist the CHARESS and the facilities teams to identify quality of care indicators and to track this over time.
• Assist the facilities teams to apply “Plan, Do, Study, Act” cycles for quality improvement.
• Collaborate with hospital leadership and staff to monitor the VCT, PMTCT, palliative care, and ART services at the facilities and make recommendations on improving integration to optimize continuity of care.
• Use the electronic medical record to track individual and hospital population care, and to analyze data on quality of care issues.

4. Organize and conduct iSanté and OpenELIS training activities (10%)
• Assist the SI team to implement iSanté and OpenElis
• Conduct training sessions for care providers on the use of iSanté and OpenELIS
• Utilize the iSanté dashboard to provide in depth technical assistance to the providers based on the sites data

5. Other (5%)
• Provide progress reports and updates, as requested.
• Represent CHARESS in meetings with external partners, at conferences, or other events, as requested.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Required – Minimum Education (MD, Internal Medecine)
• Physician with license to practice in Haiti
• Fluent in French and Creole

Required – Minimum Work Experience (number of years and type of experience)
• At least 5 years of experience as a licensed medical professional in the Haitian healthcare system.
• At least 3 years of experience in providing care and treatment to HIV patients, including provision of antiretroviral therapy.
• Strong grasp of HIV, TB and related clinical issues, knowledge of infection control and awareness of current medical literature and national treatment guidelines.
• Demonstrated sensitivity to the socio-cultural, economic and medical needs of patients.
• Strong knowledge of health care systems and organization of services to assure continuity of care.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
• Skilled in Writing reports, data analysis and interpretation
• Proven leadership, communication, team building and sophisticated problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated sens of responsibility and able to work within a team
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and work effectively with partners, staff, colleagues with a high level of tact, diplomacy and confidentiality
• Training or teaching experience and/or experience providing technical assistance to clinics or organizations
• Knowledge of English is an asset

Desired – Education, Work Experience
• Specialty training in infectious disease.
• Formal training in public health (epidemiology, program planning, evaluation).
• Experience in delivery of training using participatory training methodologies.
• Experience in training of trainers (TOT).
• Experience in training program planning, monitoring and evaluation.
• Curriculum development skills, with an emphasis on interactive, participatory learning methodologies.
• Knowledge of quality improvement processes.
• Computer skills including MS Word (at least intermediate-level), PowerPoint (at least intermediate-level), Adobe Acrobat, and Outlook or other internet software. Ability to conduct searches for information on the world-wide-web.

Since Haiti is a resource-challenged setting, and most of the facilities are large and complex, the Clinical Mentor must have the ability to cope with rapid change of direction based upon lack of resources, hospital leadership changes, or other challenges. This requires the ability to use sophisticated problem-solving skills and to successfully interface and communicate at a range of levels to highly placed officials within the health care system in Haiti.

This position will be based at Haiti in different health facilities. The Clinical Mentor will be expected to attend regular meetings at the CHARESS office and participate in occasional travel outside of Haiti for professional development purposes.

Interested applicants may submit their CV, cove letter, references (2), copies of academic credentials

Only retained candidates will be contacted for interviews