Required Number: Eight (8)
Location: Bole international airport
Employment Type: Permanent
Level: XIII
Job Description
Public health emergency management officer at point of entry will coordinate and perform the activities related with communicable disease control like: passenger’s public health screening, aircraft inspection, human remains/ashes control, cargos and parcels inspection.
Roles and Responsibility:
● Conduct passengers screening activities as per the existing protocols at point of entry
● Coordinate rapid response team at point of entry in case of evacuation/transport of suspect from conveyance, within the point of entry and to the quarantine centers, temporary isolation centers and treatment centers
● Fill travelers health declaration form and perform data entry into the prepared electronic database
● Conduct inspection on both outgoing and incoming on human remains/ashes and ensure that it is free from infectious disease and provide release permit.
● Conduct aircraft inspection and produce disinfection certificate for the outgoing aircraft.
● Request and receive disinfection certificate from the aircraft arriving from yellow fever belt regions at arrival gates.
● Conduct further assessment for suspect passengers who have travel history to the affected countries of public health emergency of interest.
● Fill the evaluation form for the suspects/alert admitted to the temporary isolation unit
● Prepare weekly work schedule and duty schedule for the health workforce assigned at point of entry.
● Adhere to the discipline and infection prevention control measures at point of entry as per the prepared protocols
● Evaluate the suspect detected on board in the aircraft and inform the safety measures to aircraft operators and other passengers.
● Escort the suspect detected in the aircraft and transport to the designated temporary isolation unit and handover the activities to the next shift officer timely and in an orderly fashion.
● Conduct brief meeting with the next shift officer about the situation on his/her schedule.
● Verify /track lost passengers reported from the directorate passenger’s database with immigration office at bole international airport.
● Communicate /coordinate with Aircraft traffic controllers/tower, Aviation and Ethiopian airlines in case of suspect reported from aircraft at airport.
● Liaise with the point of entry emergency clinic/designated health facility for the passengers that need other medical care.
● Communicate with the travel and border health directorate head in case of suspect passengers transferred to the treatment unit and other designated facilities.
● Oversee the availability of the necessary supplies and equipment’s at airport screening sites and temporary isolation unit.
● Identify gaps and challenges with his/her shift and report to the case team lead.
● Regularly monitor the supplies and equipment at the airport.
● Prepare daily /weekly report.
BSC in environmental health science with a minimum of 3 years’ work experience.
· Experience in public health emergency management (PHEM)
· Has basic training on communicable disease control at point of entry (public health screening, inspection of cargos and …)
· Experience in document preparation (manuals, guideline….)
· Effective in communication, multi-tasking, organizational and prioritization skill
· Ability to work with team members/groups.
· Ability to work day, mid night and night shift
· Working under hard environment with additional extra time accordingly.
· Professional discipline, dressing and hair style
· Punctuality on job is strict.
· Frontline-FETP is an advantageous.
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