General Medical Officer at Research for Development (RD Rwanda): (Deadline 12 January2022)

General Medical Officer at Research for Development (RD Rwanda): (Deadline 12 January2022)

Opportunities

Project profile

Project Title: Bienfait Project

Location of the project: Karongi District, Western Province

Closing date: January 12, 2022

Background

Research for Development (RD Rwanda) is a non-profit organization (NGO) created in 2017. It is located in Kigali City, Gasabo District, Remera Sector; Nyarutarama Cell, Po Box: 6174 Kigali-Rwanda.

RD Rwanda is engaged in a range of projects and activities in the field of research on disease control and prevention, education; health programs, economic development initiatives, women empowerment, and support for children and adolescents with disabilities.

It is against this background that RD Rwanda has received a fund from 1000 Hügel e.V., Germany to implement the project called “Bienfait Project” which aims to support health care for children and adolescents with disabilities through mobile teams so that they can access diagnosis, treatment, and assistive devices despite their immobility and lack of infrastructure in Karongi District. RD Rwanda wishes to recruit self-motivated and qualified people of high integrity to fill the following position:

2. General Medical Officer (1)

Report to: Project Coordinator

Roles and responsibilities 

• Travel to remote villages of Karongi District and examine the children with disabilities;
• Conduct examinations on children and adolescents to determine their condition and ask intuitive questions to gather information about symptoms;
• Reach an informed diagnosis based on scientific knowledge and individual medical
• Prescribe medications and give detailed instructions for administration;
• Prescribe and interpret lab tests to gain more information for possible infections and abnormalities;
• Examine and treat children and adolescents with disabilities and refer them to  physicians of other disciplines when necessary;
• Advise parents on children’ s diet, exercise, and disease preventive measures;
• Keep updated records of patients’ illnesses.

Basic Requirements

• A degree in General Medicine;
• Proven knowledge as a medical doctor;
• A license and certification to practice medicine;
• Patient and caring and able to foster long term trust relationship with the children and their parents;
• In-depth knowledge of children epidemiology and infectious diseases;
• Exquisite knowledge of diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitation principles and techniques;
• Up to date knowledge of drugs/medications appropriate for children and adolescents with disabilities and their side-effects;
• Having worked in clinical/genetic consultation for children with disability;
• Active listener, patient and calm;
• Outstanding diagnostic and problem-solving abilities;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Having published at least a research paper will be an added value.

How to apply?

All interested and qualified candidates who fulfil the requirements set here-in should submit an updated résumé, degrees, certificates and a Copy of National Identity accompanied with a cover letter addressed to the Director of Administration and Finance of RD Rwanda in one document to the email address: rdrwanda@gmail.com not later than January 12, 2022 at 5:00 pm Kigali time. For further information, please contact Paul Harorimana, Project Administrator, on his mobile phone: 0788457933.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for exam/interview.

Pascal UWIMANA

Director of Administration and Finance

Done in Kigali on January 5, 2022