Health Check Team 2019 Volunteers
Arusha at The School of St Jude | Deadline: September 30th, 2018
Health Check Team 2019 Volunteers Arusha at The School of St
Jude | September 30th, 2018
The School of St Jude is a charity funded NGO that provides
a FREE, high-quality education to over 1,800 primary and secondary children
from the poorest communities in Arusha. The School is growing fast and we need
more human resources to sustain our needs and be able to fulfill our mission.
We are seeking volunteers to fill positions in Arusha,
Tanzania at the School of St Jude.
Job Purpose: To be part of a health check team to provide
support to the Student Welfare team in identifying students who may have health
problems that could potentially affect the student’s ability to learn and reach
their full potential, and to provide advice.
Key Responsibilities:
Under the direction of the Team Leader and Community
Relations Manager, you will be responsible for working as part of the team,
contributing your expertise and professionalism to undertake the health checks
which include:
• Height and weight measurements
• Vision testing
• Hearing screening
• A brief physical examination
• Awareness of signs indicating students’ emotional
wellbeing
• Documentation of findings and recommendations
You are required to follow standard protocols and procedures
regarding the common conditions seen during health checks and provide advice
and support to Welfare staff and students identified with specific, less common
and more serious issues.
Qualifications & Attributes
• CurrenAt registration with relevant health professional
body, where applicable for the specific clinical roles (see Skills and
Competence below)
• A current police/working with children check
• The ability to work effectively in a team with people you
may not know in an unfamiliar and often challenging environment.
Skills & Competence
There are a number of types of volunteers needed:
• Health professionals with experience in undertaking
medical assessments of children and/or adolescents. This may include, but is
not limited to, experienced general practitioners, nurse practitioners with
expertise in child health or paediatricians (6 positions).
• Health professionals who can undertake vision assessments.
This may include, but is not limited to orthoptists, ophthalmologists,
optometrists, nurses (3 positions).
• Health professionals who can undertake and interpret
results of hearing screening and, depending on equipment available to them,
hearing testing.
• Individuals who are highly organized and enjoy working
with children and adolescents (6 positions). An understanding of medical terminology
is desirable, as are skills and experience working with people with
disabilities such as vision impairment and cerebral palsy. Allied health
professionals such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses or
students studying a health profession may be interested in this role, as may
anyone with these attributes.
• Individuals with experience in psychology and/or social
work, particularly in cross cultural environments will also be considered as
helpers and as part of a “Wellbeing Team”.
St Jude’s is situated in the town of Arusha, the gateway to
popular East African National Parks and game reserves such as Ngorongoro
Crater, the vast plains of the Serengeti, Lake Manyara, Tarangire and Arusha
National Park, so you can also experience the beauty of Africa before and/or
after volunteering at the school.
Please download PDF File of our general information pack
about health checks at the end of this aadvert
For further information about what the medical checks
involve please contact Dr Philippa Binns pipbinns@gmail.com or Charlotte
Peyrat-Vaganay charlotte.p@schoolofstjude.co.tz (Community Relations Manager at
St Jude’s).
How to Apply
Interested Candidates for this job are kindly requested to
send their CV accompanied by a cover letter to recruitment@schoolofstjude.co.tz
with a cc topipbinns@gmail.com and charlotte.p@schoolofstjude.co.tz
Applications should be sent by September 30th 2018. Subject line must include
the reference number TSOSJ/CR/01/18.
Check out our interview with Dr Pip who heads the annual
health check team here.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted!
At a glance
-Available Feb 24- March 08, 2019
-2 week volunteer (unpaid) period
-Accommodation provided
-Info Pack available below:
download in pdf here