Sector: Health
Location: Kenya
Employee Type: Consultant
Employee Category: Not Applicable
Term of Reference for Cardiologist Consultant
Introduction: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) provides health services in Hagadera and Kambioos, at Dadaab Refugee Camp since January 2009.
It operates 1 camp hospital and 4 health posts in the community within Hagadera which is a part of the main DADAAB refugee camp complex that hosts a total population of 247,931 beneficiaries.
In its programming the IRC has 5 main programs which include Health, Nutrition, Protection, HIV/AIDS and a Gender Based Violence program that are all headed by a manager who in turn report to the Field Coordinator.
The IRC plans to have a consultant pediatric cardiologist to help in diagnosis and management of cardiac conditions within the Dadaab camp population.
This is a single consultancy planned to ke place in sept 2017.
Objective of the consultancy
- To screen patients with suspected cardiac conditions, both pediatrics and some adult
- To perform Echocardiography of the pre-screened patients both paediatrics and some adult
- To develop plan of management for the cardiac patients both medically and surgically
- To report on the consultancy
Expected outcome
The patients awaiting cardiologist will be reviewed.
Their diagnosis confirmed through use of echocardiogram, proper plan of management drawn up for them and a report of the findings compiled to help with further management.
The report will include recommendation of further management; medically or surgically.
Tasks to be performed
In liaison with the Health Manager, the cardiologist consultant will be required to:
- Review patients already in the cardiologist waiting list.
- Perform echocardiogram to confirm some the cardiac conditions.
- Develop plan of management for the reviewed patients
- Prepare and submit a report of the patient reviewed with recommendations for patients both surgically and medically to the health manager.
IRC role
- IRC in conjunction with other health implementing partners will provide the list of the patients to be reviewed.
- IRC with other health implementing partners will organize the transport and movement around the Dadaab camp complex.
- IRC will provide transport for the consultant cardiologist from Nairobi and back after the consultancy.
- IRC will provide accommodation to the consultant cardiologist
Consultancy Venue
- IRC Hagadera hospital
- KRCS hospital in IFO2
- IRK Hospital in IFO
- MSF hospital in dagahley
Duration of consultancy: The consultancy is expected to last for 4 days from 11th to 15th September, 2017.
Terms of payment and Utility:
- The IRC will pay the consultation fee for the cardiologist consultant at ksh.100,000 per day.
- The IRC will facilitate transport of the consultant to and from Nairobi.
- The IRC will provide accommodation for the consultant at IRC compound.
- The consultant will pay for his/her meals at IRC Hagadera cafeteria.
- Payments will be made after submission of the training report to the Health Manager.
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