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The Deputy Project Manager for the Children’s Heart Project will have the following responsibilities:

• Professional Representation: Serve as a professional representative of SP and CHP to all medical partners, including hospital administrators, pediatric cardiologists, pediatricians, and cardiothoracic surgeons.

• Screening Preparation: Collaborate with the International Patient Coordinator and CHP Director to ensure children are scheduled for screenings and all required documentation is collected by CHP staff.

• Medical Screenings Support: Work with the CHP Project Manager during medical screenings to assist with the evaluation of children on the list, facilitating a logical schedule and follow-up as needed. Prioritize children who are high risk (e.g., severely malnourished or very ill).

• Follow-up Appointments: Arrange follow-up medical evaluations at UHI or an appropriate clinic for any child who shows illness or deterioration. Notify the Project Manager and CHP Director immediately and assist with physician evaluations, labs, x-rays, ECHOs, CT scans, or other relevant documentation.

• Insurance Forms: Complete insurance forms for guardians and interpreters within 2 weeks after heart surgery, ensuring that all legal requirements are met for guardianship verification.

• Pre-Travel Preparation: Prepare children for pre-approved cardiologists in hospital evaluations (including x-rays, medical exams, and follow-up before travel).

• Guardian Interviews: Assist in the selection of an appropriate guardian for the CHP child and facilitate their travel arrangements.

• Fit for Travel Appointments: Coordinate "Fit for Travel" appointments with pre-approved cardiologists to ensure the child is medically stable for travel. Ensure "Fit for Surgery" appointments with a pediatrician to rule out any respiratory infections or other health concerns before departure.

• Monitoring Health Status: Monitor the child’s health status leading up to travel, ensuring that Fit for Surgery appointments occur on schedule (10, 7, 4, and 3 days before departure). Notify the Project Manager and CHP Director immediately of any symptoms or infectious processes.

• Discharge Coordination: Obtain discharge records and recommendations from North American hospitals, ensuring continuity of care with local pediatric cardiologists for post-surgical CHP patients.

• Medical Oversight: Provide medical oversight by consulting and liaising with Uganda Heart Institute, visiting medical teams, and conducting follow-up evaluations for CHP children.

• Assist with Screening: Support visiting pediatric cardiologists with the screening and evaluation of children.

• Special Needs Oversight: Provide medical oversight for children with special needs.

• Communication: Maintain ongoing communication with HQ and the CHP Director, including providing medical updates for monthly executive reports.

• Beneficiary Briefings: Lead briefing sessions with beneficiaries and perform other duties as assigned by the Country Administrator or CHP Director.