Clinical Specialist Mentor (TB)

Position Overview
Clinical Specialists/Mentors will be based in each of the nahias/cities and will work in a team to
implement integrated whole team, on-site mentoring to improve the quality of care and strengthen
delivery of health services at selected Tertiary, Secondary, and Primary Health Facilities (Public
and
Private).

Responsibilities
• Advocate for mentorship and negotiate with hospital / facility management for buy-in to onsite
mentoring and quality improvement
• Provide technical support to implementation of TB interventions at the health facility and
community levels.
• Support the program on Urban DOTs.
• Support the program on MDR-TB
• Strengthen referral of TB
• Support active engagement of private sector.
• Support formation of facility quality improvement team and selection of onsite clinical
representative for mentorship program
• Facilitate initial assessment, analysis and action plan for improvement of service delivery
and data strengthening TB service delivery
• Develop detailed mentoring schedule for routine visits to each facility including: service
delivery improvement plan follows up, learning activities and data review
• Support preparation for learning sessions (e.g. training supplies, care of models,
commodities, learning tools)
• Facilitate monthly mentoring visits for quality improvement, learning and data strengthening
• Role model behavior and practices (e.g. respectful maternity care) and provision of clinical
care and services

Work closely with MNH and EPI clinical specialist to strengthen the quality of services in each
Nahia/Cluster
• Work with onsite clinical for mentorship program to plan for on-site practice

Coordinate mobile phone-based mentoring to service providers and support practice of skills
• Support facility team to discuss and analyses data and submit data every month
• Ensure adequate and organized record keeping of activities including mentoring plans,
implementation progress, mentoring visits
• Share records with relevant stakeholders and supervisors as needed
• Write and submit timely reports as required including key issues, achievements, successes,
challenges and lessons learned
• Coordinate with other relevant project activities e.g. community engagement, leadership and
governance
• Coordinate with clinical advisors for MNH and nutrition clinical interventions
• Provide regular feedback of the planned activities and issues as they arise (e.g. daily and weekly)
• Participate in routine progress review and data presentations identifying trends and adapting as
needed
• Any other task assigned by the supervisor

Required Qualifications and Experience:
• Graduate degree – Internal medicine specialist/MD with at least 5 years clinical experience in
a TB program.
• Previous experience with conducting competency-based trainings and providing supportive
supervision is advantageous

Abilities/Skills:
• Ability to work successfully in teams, across a diverse team in a complex environment with
multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
• Strong skills in facilitation, team building and coordination
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including strong writing, analytical and
communication skills in Dari, Pashtu and English (preferable)
• Experience working with Microsoft Office software applications (Excel, Word, Outlook Explorer,
Power Point) is advantageous

Graduate degree – Internal medicine specialist/MD with at least 5 years clinical experience in a TB
program.