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Senior Medical Rehabilitation Officer Job at Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD)
Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD)
Job Description
The Senior Medical Rehabilitation Officer provides strategic and technical leadership in the design, implementation, and quality assurance of disability screening, assessment, and medical rehabilitation. The role focuses on managing referral systems, case management, and coordinating rehabilitation stakeholders to improve outcomes for persons with disabilities.
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
- Providing technical guidance in child disability screening, functional assessment, disability severity categorization, and referral systems.
- Providing leadership in the design and implementation of multi-level and multi-stakeholder rehabilitation interventions for Persons with Disabilities
- Guiding in the development, review and evaluation of disability management standards/operational approaches for different stakeholders (parents/guardians, centers, schools, Health facilities, rehabilitation experts, MIS experts, among other duty bearers).
- Developing and operationalizing a comprehensive multi-sectorial partnership/referral framework for public and private rehabilitation service providers at different levels, for timely access to appropriate services by Persons with Disabilities.
- Capacity building of relevant Ministries, Departments, Agencies, Local Governments and Civil Society including Child Homes/Centers, in terms of their critical roles in disability screening, assessment and rehabilitation for timely reporting and better outcomes.
- Conducting and implementing operational research on different disability prevention and rehabilitation approaches, including emerging disabling conditions and cost-effective rehabilitation approaches per category of disability.
- Guiding on integration of disability prevention and rehabilitation indicators in the different reporting frameworks in line with MOH and WHO standards
- Designing and implementing a risk management plan in the disability screening, assessment, referral and case management framework
- Mobilizing resources to supplement on the disability assessment and rehabilitation requirements of the Programme
- Mentoring staff at the Ministry and Local Government levels in the cost
- effective and quality disability screening, assessment and case
- management for improved outcomes
- Supplementing on the technical expertise to execute the Ministry's
- mandate of championing disability inclusion and reasonable
- accommodation frameworks across Government.
- Any other task as assigned
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
See all details of the qualifications, competencies and education for this role under the "How to Apply" section below.
Apply here: https://mglsd.go.ug/vacancies/
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