This senior specialist role provides public health expertise and technical leadership for strengthening First Referral Units (FRUs) through Regional Resource Training Centres (RRTCs) at government medical colleges. The position involves extensive field visits to identify best practices and gaps, co-design solutions, and demonstrate learnings, while also supporting health facility assessment and improvement in emergency obstetric and newborn care functions.
Responsibilities
Provide technical inputs in the FRU strengthening program through RRTCs and prepare divisional and consolidated state-level action plans
Plan and organize facility readiness assessments in the FRUs through divisional coordinators and support analysis for signal functions, infrastructure, HR, and procurement based on GoI's MNH Tool Kit recommendations
Lead engagement with Deans and Heads of Departments (HoDs) at medical colleges/RRTCs to formalize partnerships and ensure smooth implementation of training and mentoring activities at identified FRUs
Alongside the State Government and RRTCs, facilitate the planning and scheduling of divisional trainings of FRUs and District Hospitals (DH) by medical college faculty
Facilitate divisional workshops and trainings, including clinical skills practice sessions for doctors from FRUs and DHs on maternal and newborn complications management
Engage with clinicians and clinical mentors to catalyze finalization of training resources packages, clinical mentoring frameworks and tools, and clinical competency assessment tools
Develop a calendar of clinical mentoring activities onsite and virtually across divisions and ensure implementation as planned
Conduct supportive supervision during onsite visits and virtual mentoring sessions to ensure quality assurance, capture emerging learnings, identify areas of mentorship, and inform program improvement
Conduct extensive field visits to support the implementation of RRTC activities for FRU strengthening and monitor its implementation
Facilitate quarterly review meetings with RRTC faculty to review progress, address implementation challenges, and translate emerging learnings into program improvements
Work closely with the supervisor/programmatic linkage on setting program priorities and directions, and responding to requests for technical support from Health Department officials and local counterparts
Collaborate within MPIH, government, and partners to identify Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) system challenges, co-design and adapt evidence-based solutions, and demonstrate scalable solutions for health facility and systems strengthening
Regularly coordinate with the State National Health Mission (NHM) to translate learnings from clinical mentorship activities into state-level action through regular meetings
Strengthen coordination between divisional coordinators and divisional government stakeholders to translate FRU assessment and mentoring findings into actionable improvements
Millions of jobs, with real people getting hired every day
200,000+
New jobs added daily
7,000,000+
Verified job listings
1,000,000+
Tailored applications submitted
Strengthen collaboration with medical college faculty, clinical experts, and government stakeholders to advance FRU strengthening initiatives through RRTCs
Meet regularly with State Health department staff for smooth project management and respond in a timely manner to requests for meetings, reports, and other requests
Undertake joint field visits with government counterparts to support identification and documentation of good practices, clinical and systems level bottlenecks, and translate facility level learnings into evidence for state and program decision making
Oversee the quality of implementation of RRTC interventions; mentor and strengthen the capacity of divisional coordinators through periodic re-orientations, reviews, supportive supervision, and field visits
Facilitate and strengthen coordination between divisional coordinators and RRTC faculty, including engagement with medical college leadership and divisional government stakeholders
Oversee division-wise preparation and sharing of FRU assessment findings, mentoring updates, and field visit reports, ensuring technical accuracy and public health rigor
Ensure data-driven program planning through divisional coordinators, including effective planning and implementation of onsite and virtual clinical mentoring for FRU doctors
Collaborate with the Monitoring and Evaluation (ME) team to review program data and facility performance indicators, ensure the technical rigor of dashboards, and identify gaps requiring targeted clinical mentoring
Collaborate with ME on designing research, assessments/evaluation, and learning initiatives to generate actionable evidence for program improvement from health facilities
Important Details
Location: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
About the Company
MPIH is involved in public health interventions, with a focus on health equity and gender-responsive care.
