Overview
The Migration Health Officer will be responsible for the development, implementation, and management of the Migration health program, focusing on Health assessment and Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration.
Key Responsibilities
- Organize and supervise the migration health assessment process, including medical examinations, imaging, laboratory testing, vaccinations, TB management, treatment and referrals, pre-departure procedures, and documentation.
- Maintain the infrastructure and equipment of Health Assessment Program (HAP) premises.
- Coordinate access to health care for returned migrants, migrants on transit, and those stranded.
- Coordinate a plan for the returnee’s continuity of care post-arrival.
- Coordinate migrants travel requirements with IOM Resettlement Movement Management (RMM).
- Ensure that human resources and country MHD organizational structure are sufficient and adequate for planned health assessments.
- Ensure that regulatory government authorities are informed about IOM’s health activities.
- Contribute to and maintain efficient, client-centered procedures and high integrity at all stages of the HAP process.
- Contribute to and maintain a system of quality improvement for each service area.
- Undertake quality control activities on a regular basis.
- Coordinate additional public health interventions and AVRR in the HAP context.
- Supervise health- and non-health staff as well as external consultants.
- Establish the MHD staff development strategy.
- Liaise with external service providers to negotiate agreements.
- Maintain confidentiality and security of migration health data.
- Organize systematic collection, processing, and analyses of migration health data.
- Oversee the financial aspects of the health programmes.
- Provide oversight and coordinate the procurement of medical equipment, vaccines, medications, and other medical supplies.
- Organize and supervise activities of the migration health assessment center and the Migrant reception center.
- Facilitate the integration of health assessment activities into the overall migration related programming of the Country Office.
- Advise IOM colleagues on the link between the Health Assessment Programme with other core MHD programme areas.
- Perform such other duties as may be assigned.
Required Experience
- Five years of relevant professional experience of which at least three years managerial responsibilities; or, University degree in Medicine with a minimum of seven years of relevant professional experience of which at least three years managerial responsibilities.
- Professional continuous clinical experience, preferably in a multidisciplinary hospital setting or at IOM/similar international clinic context.
- Experience in Migration Health Assessments.
- Demonstrated progressive experience in health programme management.
- Experience in project development, management and report writing.
- Proven abilities to establish partnerships with government institutions, health institutions and other partners.
- Knowledge of public health.
- Demonstrable knowledge of patient safety and infection prevention and control.
- Experience in migration health emergency response is an asset.
Qualifications
- Mater’s degree in Medicine from an accredited academic institution with preferred specializations: internal medicine and its subspecialties, paediatrics, anaesthesiology, emergency medicine, family medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology plus Master’s Degree in Community or Public Health, Medical Specialization in Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine or other related fields from an accredited academic institution.
- University degree in Medicine from an accredited academic institution with preferred specializations: internal medicine and its subspecialties, paediatrics, anaesthesiology, emergency medicine, family medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology.
