Surveillance Officer (WHE)

Pakistan

Job Description

 

  • To provide technical support to establish and maintain SARI/ILI and COVID-19 sentinel sites in the provinces and territories or assigned area as required.
  • To train the Provincial, territorial and district Surveillance and Response Unit staff on SARI/ILI and COVID-19 surveillance.
  • To coordinate collection of daily/weekly SARI/ILI data from sentinel sites, quality control, computerize and analysis of the data patterns:
  • o Collect and compile the surveillance data from the Provinces, districts, Sentinel Sites as appropriate for the person placed
  • o Make sure data are correct and complete by data quality audit and regular feedback
  • o Report the daily / weekly data to the central level from provinces/territories
  • o Carry out case/outbreak investigation and initial response when needed
  • o Distribute feedback reports to the respective province, districts and Sentinel Sites
  • o Facilitate to train the Sentinel sites surveillance staff on case definition, data collection and timely reporting
  • o Support in active as well as passive case search and to conduct epidemiological investigation of cluster of cases in health facilities if required
  • To conduct data analysis and produce daily/weekly Epidemiological reports for sharing with the relevant authorities for immediate action when required.
  • Assist the Federal and provincial WHO teams in preparing regular updates and reports.
  • Report immediately to the team lead of any unusual disease trend or clustering of cases detected through data analysis.
  • Keep a close liaison with the Respective department of health for activities related to Surveillance and data collection.
  • Perform reasonable and related tasks as may be assigned.

 

Duration of contract: six months


 

Skills / Technical skills and knowledge
  • Good computer data analysis skills
  • Good Understanding, speaking, reading and writing ability in English, Urdu and other local languages

Language requirements

  • Expert knowledge of English and local language.

 


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