Consultant – Post COVID-19 Condition

Date Posted: Jan. 20, 2023, 4:38 a.m.

World Health Organization

Job Description

Purpose of consultancy

To provide technical expertise, to deliver improvements to clinical care for the Post COVID-19 condition and to contribute to the clinical management and operations unit activities.

Deliverables: 

Deliverable 1: Normative deliverables.

Develop a living guideline for the clinical management of post-Covid-19 condition.

Deliverable 2: Country and data support.

Provide technical expertise and contribute to the production of a report on post-Covid-19 condition with country partners who will collect clinical data as part of the Global Clinical Platform.

Deliverable 3: Training.

Develop training materials derived from clinical guidelines and updates from contemporaneous literature. Outputs will include quick reference materials describing best clinical practice for healthcare professionals; infographics to enhance awareness of the phenotypes and treatment options, and communicate this quickly to healthcare professionals and lay-readers; webinars to promote a freely accessible resource for updating clinical non-experts on the state of the art.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages.

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

A first university degree in medicine, nursing or allied health sciences.

Desirable: 

An advanced degree or post graduate degree in public health, research, or related field.        

Experience

Essential:

Minimum five years of experience as healthcare worker (delivering clinical care).

Experience in research (clinical research and or clinical trials). 

Experience in creating training materials for health workers.

Close leadership involvement with the production of systematic reviews.

Desirable: 

International work experience.

Skills

Demonstrated excellent English writing.

Ability to write scientific articles independently.

Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary and cross-cutting environment.

Excellent organizational skills combined with the ability to multi-task and produce accurate results under pressure.

Excellent interpersonal skills, diplomacy, tact and discretion, sound judgment, and initiative.

Ability to work under pressure and to clearly articulate and present concepts and procedures to a broad range of audiences.

Demonstrated applied knowledge of research methods and GRADE methodology for systematic review.

Closing Date: Jan 31, 2023

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