Summary
Date Posted: Monday, February 07, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital invites applications from suitably qualified persons to fill the following vacancies on contract that exist under the USAID Government to Government Assistance to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Activity.

Title: Medical Social Worker
Job Ref: HRM-MRRH-G2G-22-06
No of Vacancies: One
Age: Below 50 years
Purpose: Support psychosocial services at the HIV/AIDS clinic Assistant Project
Reports to: Coordinator.

Person Specifications
Must have a Bachelor's degree in Social Worker and Social Administration from a recognized University.
Must be computer literate Experience working in an HIV/AIDS will be an added advantage.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
• Participating in planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of social work activities Offering psychosocial support, social care and emotional therapy
• Working closely with M&E team to ensure that data collected and reported is of quality Interviews patients' families, friends, neighbors and opinion leaders so as to obtain information pertaining to the social, economic, environmental and emotional difficulties of the patients which influence their diagnosis.
• Carries out professional counseling to patients and their families in order to alleviate anxieties and assists them to go through difficult emotional stressors associated with illness and such injury as disfigurement, permanent disability, an uncertain future as in the case of unwanted motherhood or fatherhood as well as abandonment.
• Home visiting clients that need psycho social support Enables patients to participate fully in health care provision by assisting them understand their individual treatment and obligations to enhance effectiveness and maximum benefit.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Job application procedure
Interested candidates should download and fill PSC FORM 3 and address their applications to the Hospital Director at the address below and hand deliver them to the Hospital REGISTRY not later than 5:00 Pm on 11 of February 2022, with detailed curriculum vitae, three referees and copies of academic transcripts, postal address and a daytime telephone contact. All applicants are advised to deal with the hospital and any sort of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Mbarara regional referral hospital
Po box 40, Mbarara
Uganda.

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