Overview
International consultant in peri- & neonatal care - Neonatologist to plan and carry out an assessment of the quality of neonatal and obstetric care in Abkhazia, Georgia.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical expertise for neonatal components of the assessment, including tool adaptation, conducting evaluations, contributing to reports, developing protocols and training materials, and participating in workshops.
- Provide technical participation in stakeholder workshops, supporting neonatal-related topics and clarifications.
- Complete assigned modules of the assessment tool at various facilities, focusing on referral pathways, intensive care units, discharge handover, and clinical care protocols.
- Support the development of the draft assessment report and draft neonatal clinical protocols and training materials.
- Co-facilitate protocol development workshops with peri-neonatal health personnel.
- Finalize neonatal components of the clinical protocols.
- Provide technical inputs to the final assessment report and validation.
- Support the preparation of the final presentation, ensuring accuracy of neonatal findings.
Required Experience
- A minimum of ten years of clinical experience in the field of neonatology is required.
- Experience in implementing assessments of neonatal and obstetric care quality using the WHO tool is required.
- Proven experience in developing or adapting clinical care protocols in peri- and neonatal care is required.
- Proven experience in providing training in the relevant fields is required.
- Relevant experience working with UNICEF and WHO is required.
- Experience working in sensitive or protracted settings is considered an advantage.
Qualifications
- A medical degree, at least Master’s degree in Neonatology is required.
- An advanced academic degree is considered an asset.
