Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, May 19, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Providing overall expert technical guidance and inputs behind the project’s strategies, and work plan activities, to developing specifications for equipment and infrastructure needs of the select hospitals to capacitate them to use liquid medical oxygen (LOX), identify technical assistance needs of the select hospitals to install and maintain LOX equipment and infrastructure, Identify the need and details of the LOX system sustainability plan for target hospitals and support the costing of each item and activity as part of the costed workplan. Implement tasks in accordance with the workplan and in consultation with facilities medical officer in charge, Local biomedical engineers, MoH officials, and key stakeholders such as CHAI and any existing oxygen task force at national and subnational level.

Main Function/Responsibilities
• Support procurement process and appropriate installation/ setting of the entire LOX system, equipment, and associated accessories, including cryogenic tanks, vaporizers, and other related equipment and accessories that support medical oxygen use in selected facilities.
• Support increase use of medical oxygen from the LOX system and other sources, related infrastructure in identified health facilities needs improvement. This activity will install piping networks in prioritized wards to deliver medical oxygen to outlets at patients’ beds
• Develop guiding tools to support capacity strengthening for both BMEs responsible for running and maintaining LOX systems, and health care workers (HCWs) working in critical care services at all selected facilities
• Support the MoH to negotiate with local manufacturers to agree on an affordable price for LOX that health facilities will sustainably continue to procure after project support ends
• Mentorship and Training of Healthcare workers and biomedical engineers on proper use of Medical Oxygen to all selected facilities using standardized training materials in LOX. Follow-up after training/mentorship will be conducted to better support the on-the-job skills transfer to facilities.
• Adopt a training package from the existing MoH training packages, especially for BMEs, to include the LOX system operations and routine maintenance
• Establish a mechanism that will support the sustainability of LOX systems after USAID support ends.
• Support facilities to develop LOX sustainability plans in collaboration with the MoH, and key stakeholders.
• Work closely with the facilities Medical Officer in charge and zonal Biomedical engineers to document and submit quarterly project success stories.
• Contribute to all USAID reporting deliverables which include but are not limited to, quarterly reports, annual reports, and work plans.
• Represent the project in relevant technical working groups with Government, stakeholders and implementing partners.
• Maintain excellent Government, stakeholder, creative agencies, and partner relations.
• Perform other related duties as requested by the immediate supervisor.

Minimum Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical engineering with 7-9 yrs related experience; OR Master’s degree related to health technology products with 5-7 years’ experience.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in the regulation of health technological products with a focus on medical oxygen.
• Extensive experience with medical oxygen systems, particularly in liquid medical oxygen equipment and infrastructure.
• Considerable experience in the development of standard technical specifications, manuals for medical devices, quality testing references, assessment of technical files prior to listing and performance of quality audits for medical devices manufacturers.
• Knowledge of health and development programs in Tanzania including familiarity with relevant national guidelines, standards, and protocols.
• Familiarity with Tanzania's public health sector at regional, district, and council levels and experience working with these teams.
• Experience in technical capacity building especially conducting trainings to Health Care workers
• Ability to manage tight deadlines and deliver high volumes of work with minimal supervision.
• High degree of proficiency in written and spoken English communication.
• Well-developed computer skills.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
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