HEWAD is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profitable charity organization established in 1994 to provide Women rights, Medical, Educational, Social and Humanitarian Assistance to needy people of Afghanistan.

Job Summary

• Conducting consultations in out-patient and in-patient departments.
• Conduct regular thorough examinations on newborns and young children to check and record their health and normal physical development.
• Examine sick children to determine their condition and ask intuitive questions to gather information about symptoms
• Reach an informed diagnosis based on scientific knowledge and individual medical history.
• Prescribe medications and give detailed instructions for administration.
• Prescribe and interpret appropriate lab tests to gain more information for possible infections or abnormalities
• Prepare and administer vaccines according to the MoPH standard vaccination plan.
• Examine and treat injuries and refer the little patients to physicians of other disciplines when necessary (e.g. surgeons, ophthalmologists, orthopedists etc.)
• Advise parents on children’s diet, exercise and disease preventive measures.
• Keep updated records of patients’ illnesses, surgeries or other medical episodes (allergic shocks, injuries etc.)
• Keep abreast of advancements in pediatrics and best practices by attending seminars and conferences.
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• Conduct daily ward rounds for support to MDs, observation, and review of patients.
• Having professionalism, medical ethics, and caring during communication with colleagues and patients.
• Providing training to residents, medical officers, and junior doctors.
• Conducting Continuous Medical Education (CMEs) programs.
• Take care of equipment assigned to in the Hospital including Computers, desks, chairs, statoscopes and ensure their proper usage.
• Respect all rules and regulations of the Hewad Organization.

The HEWAD Jobs in Kandahar, (Pediatrician) will have responsibilities that include:

• Work on departmental capacity building program as well as bring self-development.
• Regularly monitor patients' progress and provide documentation.
• Attend to emergency cases when necessary and be on 24 hrs call in case of need.
• Ensure complete daily documentation of patient case notes/files.
• Ensure complete discharge, referral and feedback procedures for patients.
• Counsel patients and relatives on health management.
• Maintain regular contacts and coordination with heads of other departments to ensure harmonization of patients' management.
• Review and develop appropriate policies and procedures for patients' health care to formulate best practice guidelines based on EPHS.
• Liaise with other consultants on handling specialized cases in provision of patients' health care.
• Prepare timely and accurate medical reports, audits and mortality reviews.
• Ensure medical records activities are effectively implemented.
• Ensure effective management of Medical wards and Medical OPD clinic.
• Observe and comply with environmental health, occupational safety and Infection Prevention measures and regulations.
• Observe any situation for preventing infections.
• Perform a complete physical examination of patients as per their needs.
• Advice, completion, and accurate interpretation of laboratory and radiology exams according to patient’s needs and relevant guidelines and forms.
• Conduct regular patient visits as needed and instructed by Supervisors.  
• Advise and manage the treatment of admitted patients as per diagnosis and patient’s needs.
• Ensure that the Unit Care procedures are applied to patients.
• Counseling, managing, and following up on critically ill patients according to patient health status.
• Assist in data collection according to data collection methods and tools.
• Participate actively in the training of new employees and trainees.
• Follow up on specific standards, protocols, procedures, rules in regulations during daily work.
• Provide preventive and primitive counseling in the Unit to the patients and clients
• Participate actively in the infection prevention of the Unit and hospital.
•  Perform other related tasks assigned by the supervisor.
• Reporting to relevant Supervisor.
• Any other duties assigned by Supervisors or HEWAD leadership.

Job Requirment

• Children Specialist
• Should Speak Pashto, Dari and English
• Minimum 1 Year of Experience

Submission Guideline

• Applicants meeting the above requirements are requested to apply for this vacancy, please use the following link; https://forms.gle/qgmVwoE2coz6MZgu5
• Kindly use Google Chrome Browser for smooth access. 
• Important Notes:
•  Supporting documents, e.g. diplomas, recommendation letters, identification card(s), etc., are not required at this stage, therefore not to be sent along with the application.

•  Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for further assessment.

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Country

Afghanistan

City

Nangarhar

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