Multi-Drugs Resistant TB Physician Assistant

Position Title: Multi- Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Physician Assistant

Reports to: TB/HIV Lead

Department: Clinical Department

Work Location: Maryland

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview:

The TB/MDR-TB Physician Assistant is responsible for organizing, managing, implementing, and delivering high-quality, compassionate, and equitable health care to patients with drug-sensitive TB and MDR-TB in Maryland County. This position will be filled by a PA who has strong clinical and managerial skills. This clinician will assist in overseeing the daily operations of the MDR-TB inpatient ward at JJ Dossen Hospital as well as MDR-TB and drug-sensitive TB outpatients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Attend daily ward rounds on the MDR-TB Ward at JJ Dossen Hospital
• Provide clinical care at the drug-sensitive TB and MDR-TB outpatient clinic at JJ Dossen
• Provide mentorship for clinicians who provide inpatient and outpatient care for MDR-TB patients.
• Plan discharge with PIH Social Protection Officer and Community Health Program to ensure that arrangements are made with patient family members for smooth transition of welcoming of patient home
• Work closely with JJ Dossen and Pleebo Health Center’s TB focal point person to ensure all TB suspects are tested with GeneXpert and started on appropriate treatment
• Assist in the scheduling of follow up outpatient visits (clinic or home visits) with patients who have MDR-TB in Maryland County
• Ensure good pharmacovigilance is observed/followed by encouraging providers to fill out Serious Adverse Events form
• Work in collaboration with county TB/HIV focal points to discuss and manage co-infected cases
• Work with Community Health Program and CHWs to ensure every MDR-TB and drug-sensitive TB patient has been offered a CHW and social assistance package
• Ensure MDR-TB patients who have defaulted or loss to follow are re-enrolled into clinical care
• Assist the JJD laboratory with optimizing the use of GeneXpert
• Assist in the planning and operations of the sputum transport network for MDR-TB specimens in Maryland County
• Ensure good practice for infection control
• Notify PIH Infrastructure mechanical and medical engineer when medical and laboratory equipment are broken

Qualifications:

• Physician Assistant or equivalent degree required.
• Minimum of 2 years of previous work experience in low-resource setting
• Personnel management and teaching experience is recommended
• Ability to mentor and manage individuals with diverse educational and cultural backgrounds
• Strong written and spoken English skills and ability to communicate clearly with a variety of stakeholders
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, work under pressure, and meet deadlines
• Work experience in resource-limited settings and/or rural areas
• Ability to live in Liberia full-time required

Organizational Profile:

Partners In Health (PIH) is an international health organization relentlessly committed to improving the health of the poor and marginalized. PIH partners with local governments to build local capacity and works closely with impoverished communities to deliver high-quality health care, address the root causes of illness, train providers, advance research, and advocate for global policy change. Our delivered services in the field are based in our partnership with the Governments and Ministries of Health and the support to education, training and mentorship to Health care workers and students is one of our pillars for the Health Care system strengthening.

PIH currently has implementation programs in Haiti, Rwanda, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Sierra Leone and Navajo Nation. Through our partnership with Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we support a wide range of programs in dozens of other countries around the world.

Partners In Health (PIH) is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee. It is the policy of PIH not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex and gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. PIH works in and with a number of governments in and outside the U.S., and to the extent applicable, this statement is intended to incorporate the prohibition of any unlawful discrimination covered by applicable laws in such countries, states and municipalities.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

At Partners In Health, we are committed to ensuring that those who benefit from our work- including our patients, families and community members –as well as our staff are treated with dignity and respect and protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Partner In Health’s PSEAH policy. Partners In Health will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Social Justice

We are a global health and social justice organization that responds to the moral imperative to provide high-quality health care globally to those who need it most. We strive to ease suffering by placing patients at the center of all care, bringing the benefits of modern medicine to all.