Job description
. 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
Job profile
A2 in Social Science, Art and Humanities Key technical skills and knowledge required :
– Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems;
– Judgment and Decision Making skills
– Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one;
– Negotiation skills;
– Analytical and problem solving skills;
– Attention to detail and high level of accuracy;
– Very effective organizational skills;
– Ability to demonstrate confident and offer pragmatic and logical judgment.
– Fluent in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an advantage
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