Job Responsibilities

• Act as the forward-facing point of escalation for any pandemic disease clinical questions for all IRC Afghanistan staff and their family members.
• Being as benevolence committee of IRC and required to check all documentation related to health of IRC staff or close family members.
• Provide telehealth examination and advice to IRC staff. Please note this position will not require physical examination or in-person examination.
• Provide clinically relevant advice and support to the IRC-Afghanistan HR lead and Safety and Security head-on issues related to local pandemic disease outbreak trends.
• Lead and/or assist local the Safety and Security team in contact tracing of staff who may have physical contact with a suspected/confirmed pandemic disease staff member in the Office and provide updated information and guidance.
• Maintain close review of epidemic trends, testing capacity and treatment facilities and provide regular update to his/her supervisor and close communication with the Ministry of Public Health is required.
• Track and report suspected/confirmed any kind of pandemic cases in IRC Afghanistan Offices to the IRC Afghanistan Focal Point (minimum weekly communication)
• Ensure that the staff working environment is suitable to control infection, with Infection Prevention and Control practices practiced and observed by the staff all the time.
• Advise staff on individual-level risk mitigation measures and individualized guidance on how to safely self-isolate through individual consultations and group training (remote/in-person).
• Maintain at a minimum weekly communication and symptom monitoring of IRC Afghanistan staff in self-isolation.
• Conduct follow-up on daily basis with suspected/confirmed COVID-19 and any other type of Pandemic disease for IRC staff to monitor symptoms and the general wellbeing and provide necessary health guidance.
• Ensure that staff communications are timely and accurate, including regular status updates and sharing reports and results with IRC SMT.
• Maintain strict confidentiality with private health information of staff as per IRC policies. 
• Attend in trainings/e-meetings conducted by the IRC Health Team and escalate clinical questions and concerns through this channel.
• Maintain regular team, skype and or phone communication with the Field Coordinators and department heads and collect information on staff health condition.
• Conduct all pandemic and COVID-related training for IRC staff when advised by the COVID focal points.
• Any other tasks related to the job assigned by supervisor.