Medical Officer

Summary of the Position:

Under the overall responsibility and control of Team Leader the Medical Officer will carrying out his/her duty. His/her main responsibility is to check and diagnosis eye related problems of patients who will come to Eye Care Center and Eye camp. S/he will also provide technical support to the field level staff who identify the primary eye related patients.

Description of Responsibilities:

Planning

• Support the Eye Care Project team and prepare annual work plan and monthly action plan.

• To support the management in decision making

Implementation

• Clinical Tasks: Consult Eye patients, perform minor eye operations and supervise Ophthalmic Health Assistant, Refractionist, OT Assistant and other relevant staff members.

• Screening cataract and other eye diseases in center and community level.

• Provide support in activities for Eye Care Project in the relevant geographical areas;

• To support identify training need and ensure training to concern staff;

• Supervise and provide technical support to OHAs;

• Supervise and provide support for proper recording of patients and updating information to ensure improved case detection and treatment success;

• Participate in the community level eye camp for assessing and providing definitive treatment and guidelines to manage the condition.

• Coordinate and provide in referral of Eye operation cases;

• Facilitated monthly and quarterly staff meeting to review progress and develop action for further improvement of the program.

• Attend the project related meetings to get inform on project activities strategies, policies and goals and seek input and direction;

• Prepare action –taking report monthly base on previous findings.

Monitoring, Supervision and Coordination:

• Maintain regular coordination with Govt. Health Officials;

• Ensure contact tracing activities and supervise the work of the supervisory staffs directly through regular field visit providing technical support.

• Support Manager (Hospital Management) in maintaining overall coordination with staff and program participants.

• Manage staff through coaching and mentoring and take initiative to develop their capacity through need assessment, on the job training and organize training

• Support Manager (Hospital Management) to evaluate staff performance through appraisal annually and provide feedback for further development

Reporting And Dissemination:

• Ensure timely, accurate and complete reporting as per the requirement

• Ensure any other report as and when necessary

Others

• Medical Officer will also be responsible to perform other functions (not listed above) as may be required and assigned to him/her by the management of RDRS.