Staff Pediatrician

## **Job Description**

**Job Title:** Staff Pediatrician

**Reports to:** Senior Pediatrician

**Location:** Kigutu, Burundi

### **About Village Health Works (VHW)**

Village Health Works is a 501(c) (3) social justice organization founded on the belief that health equity is not a commodity, but a right. VHW’s mission is to provide high-quality, compassionate healthcare and education to the most vulnerable populations, based on critical thinking, in a dignified environment. Rooted in the communities it serves, VHW employs a holistic model that integrates clinical services with education, food security, economic development, environmental protection, music, and the arts. With an 85,000 sq. ft. teaching hospital, a comprehensive health system, and the Kigutu International Academy, VHW addresses the root causes of poverty and promotes long term, sustainable change.

### **VHW Core Values**

- **Dignity:** Every member of VHW’s team must value the inherent dignity in each individual.
- **Excellence:** We aspire to excellence in all we do and hold ourselves to the highest standards.
- **Compassion and Justice:** These are the heart of our mission and guide all of our actions.
- **Boldness and Perseverance:** We are courageous in addressing challenges and persistent in pursuing our goals.
- **Accountability:** We are accountable to each other, our community, and those we serve.

### **Position Overview**

The Staff Physician in Pediatrics has responsibilities that span clinical, educational and care delivery domains. The ideal candidate is an outstanding clinician who is committed to delivering evidence based, resource appropriate care to our pediatric patients while taking the opportunity to share knowledge, skills and techniques with those around her/him and promoting a clinical culture of service excellence, teamwork and patient safety.

### **Duties and Responsibilities**

#### **Clinical Care 40%**

- Apply medical knowledge and skills to the diagnosis and treatment of patients in the outpatient and inpatient environments
- Ensures that clinical plans are effectively and clearly communicated to the care team and patient
- Ensures daily clinical documentation of care for all patients under department care and review for quality
- Ensures the documentation of patient consent when needed

#### **Specialty Care - Pediatrics 40%**

- Ensure integrated newborn and pediatric care through emergency, outpatient, and inpatient department services
- Oversee all admissions to the newborn care unit, special baby unit
- Treat cases of malnutrition in line with MOH and WHO protocols and universal precautions
- Ensure that all pediatric patients on the inpatient service are evaluated and treated promptly
- Attend pediatric patients in the outpatient department including acute care, well child checks, and specialty care i.e., malnutrition, mental health, epilepsy, Type 1 diabetes, developmental challenges

#### **Clinical Quality and Patient Safety 10%**

- Support the integration of clinical evidence-based practices and “best practices”
- Attend and participate in regular morbidity and mortality review for medical services
- Ensure quality of care by giving ongoing training to the multidisciplinary medical/paramedical team and providing technical advice
- Propose modifications to current pediatric care management, implementing them once approved by the Head of Department
- Keep patients and families informed of the treatment to be followed, checking that they haveunderstood
- Ensure that professional autonomy and confidentiality are respected, and demonstrate a good attitude and bedside manner towards patients and their caregivers

#### **Administration 5%**

- In close collaboration with the Head of Department, supervises the day to day clinical/ward activities and workflow
- Manages and supervises generalist physicians
- Together with Head of Department periodically reviews the Clinical Standard Operating Procedures, Manuals, Protocols, and Processes
- Supervises the safe and efficient delivery of care in all patient areas
- Participates in recruitment and interviewing of medical staff, as necessary

#### **Professional Development/ Education and Training 5%**

- Provide ongoing bedside educational experiences for the core clinical team.
- Provide appropriate skills training to staff for surgical and non-surgical procedures.
- Engage with medical education for rotating students and trainees.

#### **Education and Qualification**

- License to practice medicine as a pediatrician in the country of origin/study
- Specialization training in Pediatrics with a minimum of 2 years professional experience
- Recent clinical experience (at least six months within the last 24 months)
- Demonstrated experience in clinical training of staff
- Experience in resource poor settings
- Critical Care and Neonatology experience preferred
- Fluency in French and Kirundi is required; professional level of English is required for this position