Job offer: Mentors (2)

Company Profile

Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with the John Hopkins University.  For 50 years and over and in over 155 countries, Jhpiego has worked to prevent the needless deaths of women and their families. Jhpiego works with health experts, governments and community leaders to provide high-quality health care for their people. Jhpiego develops strategies to help countries care for themselves by training competent health care workers, strengthening health systems and improving delivery of care. Jhpiego designs innovative, effective and low-cost health care solutions to ensure a level of care for women and their families. These practical, evidence-based interventions are breaking down barriers to high-quality health care for the world’s most vulnerable populations.

Project OverviewJhpiego in collaboration with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seeks to use a collaborative approach to implement a project aimed at improving and sustaining the capacity of secondary level hospitals and their referral hospitals, in the Eastern Region to care for maternal and newborn complications at birth, and small and vulnerable newborns.  The Project requires the services of Mentors to lead onsite activity implementation. 

Department: LDSC-MaNuCARE

Position Reports to: Program Manager

Location: Eastern and Greater Accra Regions

Job SummaryThe Mentor will assist the LDSC Project team, Ghana Health Service high volume facilities and other key stakeholders to provide technical and clinical support for maternal and newborn care activities being implemented at regional and district hospitals. The role includes providing technical guidance for program implementation, assisting with developing workplans, engaging facility leadership in planning and implementation, and partnering with relevant health sector actors to ensure quality and efficient delivery of activities.  Duties and Responsibilities

Provide technical assistance to capacity development activities within the designated facilities

Provide clinical mentorship for maternity and NICU staff on essential knowledge and skills for maternal and newborn survival including Essential Care for Labour and Birth, Bleeding after birth Complete, Pre-Eclampsia/Eclampsia and helping babies survive modules.

Assist with the design implementation, monitoring and assessment of activities. 

Develop project and activity reports and contribute to external programmatic reports and knowledge products as required. 

Work closely with LDSC program team members to ensure quality implementation of programs 

Conduct training and technical site assessments of health facilities in collaboration with partners 

Work with GHS and other implementing partners to implement on the job trainings, maintain services, and on-site mentoring and supportive supervision 

Perform other duties as necessary or as assigned 

Education Required: Bachelor’s Degree