Job: Mobile Clinic Lab Technician

Location: Myawaddy, Myanmar 
Deadline: Monday, 07 October 2013 

Description

TERMS OF REFERENCE

I. POSITION INFORMATION

Position title: Mobile Clinic Laboratory Technician

Duty station: Myawaddy Township, Kayin State, Myanmar

Organizational unit: Programme Unit Reporting directly to: Mobile Clinic Team Leader

II. ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT AND SCOPE

Within the context of promoting safer migration, IOM's Eastern Myanmar Health Programme comprises several projects that extend the reach of government health systems to locations which host internal migrants and are also transit, source, and return communities for international migrants. IOM's programme involves close partnership with government counterparts and builds capacity of partners and migrant hosting communities for health promotion, diagnostics, referral, treatment, and for extension of service delivery to vulnerable groups. The comprehensive package addresses key health challenges faced by migrants, including maternal and child health, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and in some locations primary care. The overall objective of the project is to assist migrants and mobility-affected communities of the Kayin State in developing their own mechanisms to reduce their health vulnerabilities, in particular with regards to malaria, and to set-up and manage networks to facilitate their access to diagnosis, treatment and/or care and support. In the absence of local NGO, INGO and other stakeholders, IOM will set-up mobile malaria clinics, mechanisms to improve malaria prevention, case detection and treatment. Under the direct supervision of the IOM Mobile Clinic Team Leader, with technical support from IOM Laboratory Manager, the mobile clinic laboratory technician will be responsible for the client-centred implementation mobile activities related to the prevention, treatment/care and support.

III. RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES 1) Malaria diagnosis, treatment and care

• Properly register all patients in patient register book.
• Perform finger prick, smear the blood slides systematically, and stain with Giemsa per guidelines.
• Read the stained blood slides under microscopy for malaria parasites.
• Properly record all the test results in patient register book.
• Identify any emergence of outbreaks or disease resistance and report to supervisors.
• Clean the laboratory room and lab equipment accordingly

2) Assisting the mobile clinic staffs

• Assist the mobile clinic team leader in organizing the work-schedule for the IOM mobile clinic staff based on a duty roster and according to the needs of the programme
• Replacing the responsible laboratory technician/microscopists in their specific tasks in their absence.

3) Monitoring of the laboratory material stock in IOM mobile units

• Prepare monthly stock requests, record commodity and drug consumption daily on the stock cards, immediately inform supervisors of any commodity at least six months prior to expiry and ensure proper storage.

4) Malaria microscopy training

• Assisting the laboratory manager in training/retraining of malaria microscopy in collaboration with National Malaria Control Programme.

5) Reporting of mobile clinic data

• Assisting the mobile clinic team leader in compiling mobile clinic quantitative data from IOM mobile units collected monthly.

6) Adapting or implementing new laboratory activities according to the evolution of the project by

• Matching up the laboratory staff with the laboratory objectives and workload
• Adapting or implementing new laboratory activities according to the development of the programmes, and making recommendations for improvements
• Improving the quality of diagnosis of the laboratory by implementing useful tests for the doctors according to the objectives of the action plan

7) Representative of the laboratory subject of IOM to the other partners

• To represent the laboratory team in external meetings on request
• To share knowledge and experience with other IOM projects/other agencies in Myanmar </>ul8) Public relations and communication
• Ensure that the mobile clinic laboratory activities are capturing human interest stories, photographs, and other promotional material highlighting effective partnerships, technical competence, compassion, and 'IOM in action'.

9) Perform any other duties that may be assigned by supervisor.

IV. COMPETENCIES The incumbent is expected to demonstrate the following technical and behavioural competencies Behavioural Accountability

• Accepts and gives constructive criticism
• Follows all relevant procedures, processes, and policies
• Meets deadline, cost, and quality requirements for outputs
• Monitors own work to correct errors
• Takes responsibility for meeting commitments and for any shortcomings Client Orientation
• Identifies the immediate and peripheral clients of own work Continuous Learning
• Contributes to colleagues' learning
• Demonstrates interest in improving relevant skills Communication
• Actively shares relevant information
• Writes clearly and effectively, adapting wording and style to the intended
• audience
• Listens effectively and communicates clearly, adapting delivery to the
• audience

Performance Management

• Provides constructive feedback to colleagues

Professionalism

• Masters subject matter related to responsibilities
• Identifies issues, opportunities, and risks central to responsibilities
• Incorporates gender-related needs, perspectives, and concerns, and promotes equal gender participation
• Persistent, calm, and polite in the face of challenges and stress
• Treats all colleagues with respect and dignity
• Works effectively with people from different cultures by adapting to relevant cultural contexts
• Knowledgeable about and promotes IOM core mandate and migration solutions

Teamwork

• Actively contributes to an effective, collegial, and agreeable team environment
• Contributes to, and follows team objectives
• Gives credit where credit is due
• Seeks input and feedback from others
• Actively supports and implements final group decisions

Technical

• Demonstrates the programme values of caring, competence, innovating, partnering, and working for positive change.
• Computer literate in data entry, analysis of laboratory data is an advantage
• Willingness and availability to travel in the area and ability to work under difficult conditions
• Team work oriented, proactive and demonstrated capacity to work independently
• Good interpersonal communication skills including ability to liaise with government staff, provide health education, and establish links with local and migrant community in non-judgemental way.
• Strong organizational skills and able to pay attention to detail in following guidelines, managing stock, and filling out forms.

• Ability to work in group works and discussions, motivate and develop others in a participatory manner.

V. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Myanmar national and laboratory technician (Grade II)
• Direct experience on microscopic training on malaria
• One or two years working experience with non-governmental or community-based organization preferable.

VI. LANGUAGES Required

• Good knowledge of spoken and written English. Advantageous
• Able to speak local languages would be considered an advantage.

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