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Join us to be part of a diverse community of medical & public health professionals, community workers, and health educators who provide primary level out-patient care, engage in health education and community outreach in Bengaluru while collaborating with the public health system.

The ideal candidate is someone who resonates with our purpose, has an intent to work with underserved communities and is willing to engage full time with us. Proficiency in Kannada and knowledge of Hindi will be a distinct advantage.

 

 
Roles Responsibilities Requirements

Programme Officer(s) and Manager(s) – Health Grants

  • Build the portfolio of civil society partners working in community health with focus on comprehensive primary care.
  • Develop grant proposals for multiyear grants, conduct thorough due diligence, and ensuring timely disbursals.
  • Facilitate sharing of partner learnings and experiences from the ground with each other and with the overall Health team at the Foundation.
  • Build and run a forum for partners working in community health.
  • 7-15 years of experience in public health systems, grant making.
  • Ability to travel extensively.
  • Essential to have prior experience of working in public health and/or community health.
  • Demonstrated ability to work with diverse stakeholders, including NGOs, donors and subject matter experts.
  • Fluency in written and spoken both English, Hindi is essential.
  • Master’s degree is desirable.

Medical Officers

  • Responsible for the medical operations & lead the medical team at the Health Center including the delivery of services, the pharmacy and the lab.
  • Community health work: Outreach and visits to the local community, nearby settlements, guide and mentor the community health workers.
  • Collaborate with the public health system in the local area as well as develop and execute a local plan that focuses on the health of the population in the target settlement.

Experienced MBBS doctors preferably with a background in Community/Family Medicine.

Nurses

  • Provide nursing care as per the defined protocol, assist the doctor & support the community.
  • Handover of patient as required to referral hospitals.
Karnataka registered, BSc Nursing / Diploma (GNM) with 3 to 5 years experience.

Community Lead

  • Engage actively with the community to build awareness; with the Government functionaries upto ward or block level.
  • Design, monitor, manage effective implementation of various health programs launched by the Health Center/Government in the community.
  • Engage in continuous training & hand holding of community health associates for all health issues and activities at community level.
  • Work with the research team for local research activities; develop reporting formats, conduct focused group discussions.
Master in Public Health with MBBS or MD (Community Medicine) degree and 5+ years in community health work.

Community Health Research Associate

  • Do and guide field work to gather primary information.
  • Collect, collate and analyze health data from credible primary and secondary sources regularly.
  • Study and document strategy, approach and processes in other (external) organizations working on public and community health.
  • Publish reports, observations, and studies regularly.
  • 5-6 years of experience in research, including participatory research on community or public health is essential.
  • Proficient working fluency in spoken and written Hindi, Kannada and English is essential.
  • Master's in Public Health or Social Work is desirable.

Pharmacists

  • Follow the defined protocol for managing the pharmacy and dispensing of medication.
  • Engage actively with the patient on medications, dosage, route of administration, possible side-effects & precautions.
  • Setup and use the required systems to ensure compliance with appropriate regulations.
Karnataka registered Diploma/Bachelor of Pharmacy with 3+ years as a Pharmacist.

Lab Technicians

  • Execute all clinical & laboratory activities as per the defined protocols.

Bachelor/Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology with 3+ years as a Lab Technician.

Community Health Research Program Manager
  • Formulate research questions, design and conduct research on public and community health with inputs from the health team, focusing on the health needs of vulnerable and underserved communities.
  • Program manage end to end all community health-based research studies including working with different internal and external stakeholders.
  • Support the field work to gather primary information.
  • Do detailed analysis of the research data to arrive at conclusions.
  • Document the work in health, good practices and lessons learnt through our work.
  • Support any other tasks that are related to the research work as required.
  • 6-10 years of experience in health research and program management.
  • Ability to handle data, create proformas for data collection, provide appropriate inputs on dashboard creation for monitoring work, organize, plan, facilitate work across different teams and workstreams.
  • Knowledge of statistical tools and software to analyze data and arrive at results.
  • Fluency in written and spoken Kannada, Hindi and English is essential.
  • Master’s degree in Public Health or Social Work is desirable.
Community Mental Health Counsellor
  • Provide the required counselling for the community members (individual/group counseling) who come to the centers.
  • Work with the health team in conducting sessions, building awareness.
  • Work with the health team to develop a systemic guidance and support programme
  • Document the work and discuss the same with the doctors a required.
  • Do field visits to build understanding & relationship with the community to maximize quality and effectiveness of counseling.
  • Facilitate referrals as needed for domain experts, when necessary.
  • 5-10 years of experience in counselling- community mental health.
  • Fluency in written and spoken Kannada, Hindi and English is essential.
  • Ability to travel to all our health centers as required.
  • Master’s degree in Social Work - Counselling /medical psychiatry is essential

 

Application Procedure: Send us your application with the following documents to [email protected]. Ensure the subject line mentions the role you are applying for.

  1. Your Curriculum Vitae.
  2. The completed Application Form.