Medical Advisor Job PharmAccess

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• We are looking for a colleague who will provide operational excellence, a business mind-set and will help develop new ways of value addition to our patient-centric programs and solutions. Self-motivation, problem solving, team oriented and a positive work attitude should be your core capabilities, in return we offer a position in an organization that works at the forefront of healthcare innovation.

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Key Responsibilities

Clinical guidance

• Responsible for delivering clear, documented content, medical analysis and advice, specifically to product/program development, decision making and implementation.
• Provide deep knowledge of active/planned programs, experiments or pilots on products, or solutions that the organisation may pursue.
• Contribute medical context into marketing and commercial strategies aimed at developing market driven solutions for sustainability of targeted programs, services or products
• Translate complex medical information, guideline and regulatory provisions into understandable content and context for various programs, products or audiences.

Medical research and Innovations:

• Serve as a medical counterpart to external researchers evaluating PharmAccess’ interventions in Kenya, as local research coordinator, in collaboration with PharmAccess Research & Learning Amsterdam
• Contribute to setting up, and implementing medical interventions as part of PharmAccess patient care journeys in Kenya
• Provide technical support to the Kenya PharmAccess epidemic preparedness strategy, including (private sector) IDSR monitoring, predictive modeling in line with the new Kenyan National Health Security agenda
• Secure (third-party research on) PharmAccess interventions to be in line with national ethical standards (clearance) and NACOSTI compliance
• Co-analyze and critically assess quality of clinical data, perform interim analyses, in collaboration with Amsterdam PharmAccess R&L team
• Secure medical correctness of PharmAccess’ projects information dissemination and communications in Kenya
• Identify and follow up on funding opportunities for clinical research in collaboration with PharmAccess R&L Team Amsterdam

Program Development: 

• Responsible for ensuring PharmAccess programs and research work meet standards required by medical and regulatory agencies. 
• Coordinate programs and provide clinical documented content and advice as needed to ensure programs achieve set goals
• Responsible for design and review of medical Key Performance Indicators linking to our different programs
• Work closely together with our Kisumu site/UHC teams, identify supply side gaps, develop measurable health outcomes, and provide advice on the benefit package.
• Support the development of medical content for M-TIBA packages (MomCare, Safe Mama-Tech, Insurance packages and any other new or existing value-based [VBHC] initiatives).
• Contribute to development of clear, cross-cutting measurable health outcomes and identify new opportunities for improvement or addition to digital packages that benefit the clients.
• Provide input to the medical content of SafeCare in alignment with SafeCare’s strategic direction, and in agreement with the SafeCare leadership to further strengthen the SafeCare monitoring.
• Ensure that standards are in tandem with local context, policy and regulatory provisions
• Provide regular training to PST and SafeCare team in conjunction with experts
• Conduct a final evaluation to determine project outcomes, key learnings and implications
• Support the advocacy and dissemination of program learnings to integrate into practice and policy for the benefit of healthcare consumers 

Key stakeholder engagement 

• Build and retain relations with the relevant parties including Key Opinion Leaders and academic centres within the public and private sector and attain influential understanding and input in decision making
• Deliver scientific presentations and capacity building to healthcare professionals (HCPs) and related partners in line with program and patient activity requirements.
• Convene and Co-ordinate advisory boards, Technical Working Groups and expert panel meetings and roundtables
• Liaison contact between PharmAccess Kenya and PAI Amsterdam medical team.
• Represent the organisation and its senior management whenever required to medico-scientific forums and events.
• Act as the principal delegate to the government on matters affecting medical, clinical and service policy and regulatory provisions

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum MD (MBChB) qualification holder
• A post-graduate training in medicine or related health services/specialisations will be an added advantage.

Required Skills & Experiences

• At least five years’ post-qualification experience in medical practice or similar roles, with exposure to working in a competitive environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Holder of a valid KMPDCU certification and practice License having fulfilled all requirements.
• Experience working with programs will be a considered advantage.

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