Medical Support Manager

Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Contract duration: 1 year with possibility of extension
Open to: Locals and expats
Recruitment Partner: Airswift
Recruiter: Vitória Hungaro

Keywords: Oil and gas, Medical Programmes, General Medical Assessment, Medical Training, Tanzania, Dar es Salaam.

Our Company
We are currently recruiting for a Medical Support Manager to be placedin Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on a 1-year contract, with possibility of extension.

Responsibilities

• Development and update Health and Hygiene Management System (Health Plan, Malaria).
• Pandemic/epidemic management (Covid, Ebola), Risk assessments, emergency preparedness documents incl. pandemics/epidemics, mass casualty events...) according to best international practice and standards to control exposure to health hazards (in collaboration with Human Resources, HSE, Construction, etc.).
• Development, implementation and coordination of a medical support system in accordance with international best practice and standards - including managing the medical contractor(s) appointed to deliver these services: Site medical facilities, equipment and procedures, personnel: sick bays, intensive care equipment, qualified nurses and medics, ambulances, standard protocols and good practices; Medical support: network of hospitals, clinics and specialized practitioners, assistance companies; Medical evacuation: primary, secondary and international.
• Coordinate (24/7) requests from the offices, sites' medics and remote sites for medical advice and Medevac in close collaboration with the Medical Operations Manager
• Recruitment, training and mentoring of medical staff.
• Oversight of 'Fitness to Work' program for all employees and contractors to ensure it meets company requirements.
• Development of health awareness and prevention campaigns (malaria, HIV,) and appropriate communication for improvement of health culture.
• Maintain up to date on research on new medical treatments and technologies to determine their feasibility and value on remote sites (e.g. telemedicine).
• Manage the budget to ensure that costs are controlled while providing high quality care to employees.
• Develop a medical organization and structure to support activities within both Uganda and Tanzania according to International Best Practice and standards.
• Manage medical contracts.
• Provide oversight of contractor's medical facilities on site, medical personnel on site and medical evacuation.
• Development and update of Medical/Health procedures.
• Recruitment of Ug and Tz practitioner and nurses for future assignment on site, and organization and supervision of additional training (including abroad).

Skills / Qualifications

• Master's in medicine BSc. Medicine, emergency or intensive care medicine, tropical diseases.
• Minimum 15 years of professional experience in Emergency medical care and evacuation/response in oil and gas projects.
• Expertise in the management of intra- or extra-hospital vital failures.
• Experience in an isolated and operational environment.
• Knowledge of tropical pathology and good knowledge of Africa.
• Broad experience in clinical medicine and remote site care.
• Knowledge of international best practices and standards for emergency medical care / response.
• Previous experience in international oil & gas industry appreciated.
• Training in Advanced Cardiac, trauma life support and emergency response management.
• Ability to effectively lead a team; work in a multi-cultural business setting.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills essential.
• Current use of IT tools (Word, Excel, SAP, Outlook, etc.)
• Fluent in English - speaking, writing; some Kiswahili highly beneficial.

The next step
We have an exceptional team in place, and we are pleased to be able to appoint a further person to our growing business. We are aware that you may not 'tick all the boxes', but if you believe you can genuinely offer some valuable skills and experience to our business, please in the first instance contact our recruitment partner Airswift.