Job Description
1. To receive and orient patients in the hospital;
2. To identify psychosocial cases and work with them to find adequate solutions for their problems;
3. To fill forms those are a source of information on the psychosocial progress of the patient;
4. To serve as liaison between patients, healthcare providers and sponsors;
5. To organize and manage packages of support to enable patients to lead the fullest lives possible;
6. To educate patients and their close relatives on the management of the patients’ condition and its consequences;
7. To educate patients (individually or in groups) for behavior change;
8. To organize the social reintegration of abandoned and invalid patients;
9. To search for families, orphanages, foster homes for abandoned children and invalid patients;
10. To organize and coordinate the International Patients’ Day;
11. To organize recreational and practical activities for patients such as drawing, reading, knitting, etc;
12. To coordinate the activities of sponsors in wards;
13. To distribute identifying cards to people who are with patients “garde-malade” to maintain their security and that of their belongings;
14. To mobilize funds for financially deprived patients;
15. To compose and pay for announcements for abandoned patients and bodies;
16. To bury abandoned bodies;
17. Submit monthly, quarterly and annually report to the supervisor
18. Perform other related duties as required
Minimum Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology
0 Year of relevant experience
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Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work
0 Year of relevant experience
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Bachelor’s degree in Social Studies
0 Year of relevant experience
Competency and Key Technical Skills
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Integrity
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Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills.
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Inclusiveness
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Accountability
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Communication
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Teamwork
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Client/citizen focus
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Professionalism
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Commitment to continuous learning
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Mentoring and coaching skills
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Time management skills
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Results oriented
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Digital literacy skills
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Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage
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Good knowledge of Rwanda Health System
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Knowledge of clinical services Policy and procedure
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Analytical and problem solving skills
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Excellent Communication, Organizational, and Interpersonal Skills
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ADVOCACY for individual client skills
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Engaging and communication withdiverse population and group of all size skills
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Skills
