Responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities:
- Provides clinical support, including the design and
implementation of appropriate health screening and follow-up programs for
high-risk occupational groups.
- Perform day to day clinical duties and provide clinical care
for emergencies, injuries, and illnesses in the workplace.
- Perform pre-placement and periodic medical examinations and
provide medical administrative support on sick leave, medical clearances,
and medical evacuation coordination.
- Provide health promotion services including health talks on
infectious and non-infectious diseases, healthy living, and lifestyle
modification.
- Provide health education on areas relating to mental health
and wellbeing in the workplace.
- Provide travel health advice including supervision of the
travel health clinic, administering vaccines, malaria prophylaxis and
health briefings.
- Deploy for mobile health outreach in remote deep field
locations as may be determined by operational need.
Occupational safety responsibilities:
- Participates in the development and implementation of
strategies and plans that promote occupational safety and health best
practices.
- Supports the development, review and update of the OSH risk
management, standard operating procedures, and guidance materials.
- Undertakes workplace risk assessments.
- Ensures root cause analysis for significant incidents, reports
and preventative actions are completed in a timely manner.
- Collates information on performance, analyses trend,
identifies areas where improvements can be made, proposes, and implements
necessary corrective actions.
- Promotes and raises awareness on safety behaviour at all
levels of the organisation.
- Coordinates safety trainings and exercises to ensure that
operational readiness and competencies are maintained to standards.
- Undertakes and provides support to UN complex Gigiri based
office ergonomics program, health, and wellness programs.
- Supports the monitoring of compliance with occupational safety
standards.
- Coordinates implementation of hazard and risk control
programs.
- Organizes and conducts safety inspections, audits and
fact-finding activities as needed.
- Participates in the UN Occupational Health and Safety advisory
committees both locally and regionally. Perform other related duties as
required.
Competencies
Education
- An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent)
in medicine, including residency/ internship in one of the medical
specialties or related fields is required. A first-level university degree
in the specified fields of studies with two additional years of relevant
work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Job – Specific Qualification
- Registration with the relevant professional bodies with a
valid license to practice medicine from the authority in the country of
origin is required. Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety or
equivalent is required.
- Acceptable equivalents include certificates in occupational
safety, occupational hygiene, industrial hygiene, environmental hygiene,
environmental engineering, or environmental safety.
- Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs
in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is
desirable.
Work Experience
- A minimum of five (5) years of continuously progressive work
experience and responsible medical practice in an occupational or
workplace setting is required.
- At least two (2) years work experience in occupational safety
including assessment, incident investigation and reporting is required.
- At least two (2) years’ experience handling healthcare
emergencies in an Accident and Emergency Unit, Intensive Care Unit or
Pre-hospital setting is desirable.
- Experience in implementing and maintaining Occupational Safety
and Health (OSH) Risk registers or OSH Incident reporting systems is
desirable.
- At least two (2) years international work experience serving
in different countries is desirable.
- Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or
related area is desirable.
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