Organizational Profile:
Partners In Health (PIH), co-founded by Dr. Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl and headquartered in Boston, MA, is an internationally recognized non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. Through its service delivery, training, advocacy and research, PIH works globally to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need. PIH has sites in Haiti and the Dominican Republic as well as Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi, Peru, Guatemala, Mexico, Russia, Kazakhstan, Boston, and Navajo Nation, where we work tirelessly to lessen the joint burden of disease and poverty.
This is an exciting time for PIH as the organization has recently gone through a period of significant growth. PIH has played a vital role in the response and reconstruction of Haiti following the 2010 earthquake, and these efforts are resulting in both a broadened scope of work and heightened visibility for the organization. As the work continues to expand, PIH seeks individuals committed to the mission and values of the organization (see PIH values) to join the team.
Project Profile:
In the town of Mirebalais, located at the intersection of two roads 30 miles north of Port-au-Prince, Partners In Health/Zanmi Lasante (PIH/ZL) is in the midst of the biggest reconstruction project launched in Haiti since the January 2010 earthquake: a 312-bed teaching hospital. A national referral and teaching center, l’Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM) was developed and designed in response to a direct request from the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) in accordance with the national plan to decentralize access to care and medical education. When the hospital opens in early 2013 the medical campus, encompassing eleven buildings, will offer a new standard of care and provide high-quality education for the next generation of Haitian medical students, resident physicians, nurses and other clinical staff.
Fonctions
Overall Responsibilities:
The HUM Clinical Program Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating partnerships that support the clinical work of Partners In Health/Zanmi Lasante with a focus on Mirebalais Hospital, and key programs including but not limited to rehabilitative medicine, pain management, oncology, neurology, and NCDs. This position will also facilitate and expand collaboration and communication between the Medical Director and the Nursing leadership team. This requires a strong program management background, experience with ensuring efficient use of resources, familiarity with data collection and data management, and an interest in clinical quality and implementation of new systems.
The HUM Clinical Program Coordinator position also includes analytical and financial duties and involves interaction with international staff and domestic and international partners. The ideal candidate for this position will have related work experience in the field of global health, experience living and working in low resource settings, the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks, producing high quality outcomes, should be comfortable working with, collaborating, and coordinating culturally diverse colleagues, basic familiarity with budgeting and financial management, and possess a strong interest in global health. This is a full-time position based in rural Haiti.
Specific Responsibilities:
• Work collaboratively with the HUM Medical Director, HUM Chief Nursing Officer and Zanmi Lasante teams involved in clinical program management at HUM to keep abreast of ongoing needs, ensure efficient use of resources, and liaise with various teams to ensure timely follow through of tasks at hand.
• Aid in development and management of various budgets supporting clinical work at HUM, including financial reporting for key projects with specific dedicated funding sources requiring strict deliverables.
• Develop clinical project reports and document project progress for reporting, communications, and advocacy purposes, including but not limited to data analysis and synthesis, in collaboration with the HUM HIS team.
• Liaise with the PIH/ZL monitoring and evaluation teams on ongoing standardization of data collection tools, reporting forms, and quality improvement initiatives for clincial program needs.
• Correspond with a variety of partners, fielding information requests and preparing reports in a timely fashion.
• Provide administrative and logistical support to PIH/ZL colleagues involved with operational research related to clinical quality.
• Correspond with PIH communications, advocacy, development and finance teams on clinical program needs and activities, in conjunction with the HUM Medical Director and Chief Nursing Officer.
• Coordinate, manage, participate and ensure follow up for weekly clinical team meetings, as well as other meetings as needed.
• Coordinate and support travel, administrative, and other logistics tasks for the clinical programs as needed, especially with regards to hosting and support of partners and visitors.
• Liaise with additional Zanmi Lasante teams as needed. For example, with women’s health related-oncology cases, work closely with the women’s health program coordination of Zanmi Lasante to ensure collaborative processes are in place for prevention and treatment.
• Work closely with Zanmi Lasante and PIH pharmacy teams to ensure that the proper formulary medications for clinical programs are available at HUM for essential medications
Qualifications Requises
• Bachelor’s degree required. MPH preferred.
• Strong program coordination experience, with experience in low-resource settings.
• Formal experience in public health services, teaching, program management, and/or research is preferable.
• Strong experience in development and management of budgets and preparation of reports desired.
• Experience coordinating culturally diverse staff on long term goals and day-to-day activities.
• Ability to prioritize and take initiative on multiple and complicated tasks.
• Ability to navigate through and problem solve within complex systems.
• Ability to work as an effective team member, an ability to take initiative and work independently.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills required.
• Demonstrated maturity and judgment, and ability to assess priorities.
• Sense of humor, patience, a positive attitude and flexibility a must.
• Passionate about community building and sustainability
• Spoken Haitian Creole and/or French proficiency required. Written Haitian Creole and/or French skills preferred. English proficiency required. Written English skills strongly preferred.
Conditions de travail
Job Title: HUM Clinical Program Coordinator
Reports to: HUM Medical Director
Location: Mirebalais
