Clinical Supervisors at Grassroots Life Saving Outreach (LESGO)

Grassroots Lifesaving Outreach (LESGO) is an impartial, neutral and independent Non-Governmental Organization whose mission exclusively established to promote life in underserved communities through empowering communities to know and protect lives including their environment towards ensuring safe habitation through participatory methodology. Established in Grassroots Lifesaving Outreach was established in 2010 but was incorporated in the year 2011 with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). LESGO exists to partner with government and relevant agencies to promote and strengthen humanitarian law and a universal principle that seeks to honor the dignity of mankind with support and believe that Life is worth living and living well.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Clinical Supervisor

Location: Adamawa
Employment Type: Full Time
Job Field: Programs
Reports Directly To: Deputy Health Manager.

Job Overview / Summary

• The Clinical Supervisor directs and manages an effective clinical service delivery team using applicable principles of Social Work and/or Counseling which include - patient psychosocial assessment, group and individual psychotherapy, family intervention, patient/family education and treatment planning.
• Setting goals for performance and deadlines in ways that comply with project goal. Organizing workflow and ensuring field staff understand their duties or delegated tasks.
• Monitoring field staff productivity and providing constructive feedback and coaching. He/She reports to Deputy Health Manager.

Job Responsibilities

• Coordinates and supervises activities of all field staff
• Oversee development and review of work plans.
• Counsel, motivate, and discipline field staff, and referring advanced issues to Deputy Health Manager
• Conduct performance reviews and clearance of field staff for monthly stipends, forwards names of cleared staff to Deputy Health Manager.
• Ensure field staff comply with licensure requirements and humanitarian principles.
• Ensure compliance, accuracy, and quality of clinical documentation and other required documentations.
• Perform consultation on need basis especially when on the field
• Collates all field reports from Health Facilities, Mobile Teams, and Community Volunteers.
• Ensure all collated field reports goes through Deputy Health Manager’s approval and forwards all approved results to M&E Officer.
• Represent LESGO in coordination meeting at project location as and when due
• Any other tasks as assigned

Job Specification
Education:

• Minimum of Degree in Nursing, Community or Public Health, or a related field from an accredited academic institution

Work Experience:

• At least 2 years of experience in Clinical Management and staff supervision, Health Experience in running Primary Care Program especially with NGO/INGO.
• Relevant professional work experience in public health or life-saving health, SRH and protection/GBV activities including familiarity with the Emergency/ humanitarian context with at least two years in a supervisory role will be an added advantage

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• Excellent organizational, communication and time management skills.
• Ability to organize tasks simultaneously, prioritize work and ensure tasks are completed by deadline.
• Honest, reliable and trustworthy.
• Willing to adhere to and implement the LESGO’s core values.
• Good inter-personal and conflict resolution skills, able to work under pressure and manage personal stress
• Fluent in English, Hausa and local language of the location is an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
19th December, 2022.