Consultant Medical Officer

WHO ARE WE:  Instituted on August 16, 2016, Tata Steel Foundation (TSF) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Steel Limited. A Section 8 company, it is spread across 14 units, most of them in the two states of Jharkhand and Odisha. With a vision to create an enlightened and equitable society, we are committed to playing a larger role in India’s sustainable development by embedding wider economic, social, and environmental objectives through its programs.

Reporting Relationship:
Consultant  Medical Officer  --->  Unit Head

Employment Type:

Consultant

Location:

Odisha

Purpose of the Role:  To provide personal, family, and community-orientated comprehensive primary care medical services to individuals. S/he would also be responsible for providing patient-centric, culturally appropriate, and individual holistic care to a defined population.

Key Deliverables:
Undertake & lead community-based public health initiatives in and around the designated operational areas.
Provide basic comprehensive helathcare services to the community, provision of primary healthcare and other public health related activities as and when required.
Implement specific projects and initiatives in the public health domain which would impact the communities & contribute to the overall goals.
Train the team of public health functionaries of TSF in the field, when called upon to do so.
Provide active support to other thematic teams that have interlinkages with the Public Health domain.
Undertake all daily management and administrative tasks related to the public health domain.
Will be responsible for all aspects (including effective functioning) of the mPHU under the overall supervision of the Unit Head. The other staff will work under his/her supervision on a day-to-day basis.
Will be responsible for submitting the daily/monthly/quarterly/yearly reports and patient related details to Unit Head on the prescribed format.
Ensure that he/she and all other team members adhere to the principles of medical ethics and abide by all medical laws / ethics as applicable.
Shall comply to schedule (field/village visit) as determined/ designated by the Unit Head & shall make changes as per operational need/requirement of respective TSF Unit on the advice of the Unit Head.
Outreach visits are to be undertaken as required / decided by Unit Head. .

Shall ensure the following:
Patient register is maintained and prescription pad with duplicate is used as per the approved designed by TSF, one should remain with the patient for follow-up visits.
All copies of prescription slips should be maintained and submitted to TSF for audit purpose.
All patient data is entered into TSF’s app (or any other manual/digital platform as required by TSF) on daily basis.
Summary of referrals need to be submitted to Unit Head on daily basis and the consolidated monthly report shall be submitted to the Unit Head , with basic analysis on the format as given by TSF.
Shall undertake the outreach services with the logistic/consummable items as provided by TSF and shall ensure that a detailed record of stock and utilization of all these items is kept.
In case of any patients being referred to any government healthcare facility, details of such referred patients shall be collated and submitted to Unit Head.
No patient should be referred to any private hospital without any prior approval from Unit Head.
Any patient should not be referred directly to Tata Steel Hospital without prior consultation and approval from Unit Head.
Shall ensure compliance to Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 Rules,
In case of requirements for organising any specialized health camps in Unit, to extend all possible support for organizing the specialized health camps.

Scope of services:  Primary Healthcare Services across all domains.

Minimum Qualification:

MBBS from any NMC-recognized medical college (foreign graduates must fulfil the requirement to practice modern medicine in India as per National Policy).

Work experience in years:  03 to 05 years after completion of internship.

Technical Skill Sets:
All skills as required for Indian Medical Graduate (IMG) as per NMC standards.
Should have basic knowledge of epidemiology and biostatistics, communicable and non- communicable diseases and other public health domains.
Should stay abreast about the latest developments in the field of medical research.
Good Communication skills;
Read-Speak-Write English and Hindi (for Jharkhand locations) & English, Hindi & Odia (for Odisha locations).

Behavioral Skill Sets:
Interact positively with the community, and team members;
Self-motivated,
Result-oriented.
Energetic individual with proven leadership skills and a scientific approach to public health activities/research shall be strongly preferred.