Consultant - Case Management for Health Emergencies at World Health Organization

Purpose of consultancy

To provide technical expertise to the clinical management and operations team to implement and perform different activities.

Deliverables

Deliverable 1: Provide technical expertise to the development of disease specific operational and optimized support care guidance.
Disease specific guidance will include:

• Clinical and nursing standards of care.
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Facility Checklists.
• Medical supply checklists.
• Tools to monitor consumption of required medicines, supplies and equipment.
• Data management including case report forms (CRF) and patient level documentation tools.
• Disease specific care pathways and algorithms.

Deliverable 2: Provide technical expertise in the development of clinical and nursing quality improvement indicators:

• Contribute to scoping review on quality of relevant clinical management assessment tools and quality improvement in outbreak response.
• Contribute to Delphi process to decide on items and domains of the assessment.
• Contribute to Delphi results synthesis.
• Coordinate publication and dissemination of final indicators. 

Deliverable 3: Provide technical expertise in the development, coordination, and implementation of expanded access protocols (monitored emergency use of unregistered interventions) in emergency contexts, responsibilities will include:

• Protocol development.
• CRF development data management.
• Communication with WHO Ethics Review Committee.
• Coordination with regional and countries implementing expanded access protocols.
• Deliver and coordinate site training for data management, data sharing and reporting.
• Communication with Data Management Committee.
• Coordination on logistics and supply requirements for the protocol implementation with headquarters teams, regions and countries.

Deliverable 4: Develop and disseminate disease specific training and material development for health workers:

• Contribute to the training material development.
• Coordinate the editorial and design processes of the training material in line with WHO style guide and publication standards.
• Participate in training delivery and /or dissemination planning. 

Deliverable 5: Provide clinical and coordination expertise to active health emergencies:

• Flexibility for response deployment as required.
• Support Partner coordination.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

• An advanced university degree in public health, research, or related field combined with a university degree in nursing, health science or related field.

Experience

Essential:

• Over 10 years of relevant experience in senior nursing or coordination management roles in disease outbreak settings inclusive but not exclusively VHF, Arboviruses, COVID-19 and Cholera.
• 10 years of experience in complex humanitarian emergencies.
• Research experience (clinical research and or clinical trials).
• Experience in development of materials and trainings for health workers.
• Demonstrated experience with developing and implementing quality improvement processes in healthcare settings. 
• Medical data management experience in emergency settings.
• Medical supply planning experience.

Desirable:

• Previous experience with WHO.

Skills/Knowledge:

Essential:

• Clinical presenter skills.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary and cross-cutting environment.
• Excellent organizational skills combined with the ability to multi-task and produce accurate results under pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, diplomacy, tact and discretion, sound judgment and initiative.
• Ability to work under pressure and to clearly articulate and present concepts and procedures to a broad range of audiences

Closing Date: Mar 17 2023