Tata Steel Foundation Hiring for Medical Officer at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

WHO ARE WE: Instituted on August 16, 2016, Tata Steel Foundation (TSF) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Steel Limited. A Section 8 company, it is spread across 11 units, most of them in the two states of Jharkhand and Odisha. With a vision to create an enlightened and equitable society, we are committed to playing a larger role in India’s sustainable development by embedding wider economic, social, and environmental objectives through its programs.

Reporting Relationship: Medical Officer —> Head, Public Health

Locations: Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

Purpose of the Role: To provide personal, family, and community-orientated comprehensive primary care medical services to individuals. S/he would also be responsible for providing patient-centric, culturally appropriate, and individual holistic care to a defined population.

Key Deliverables:

• Undertake & lead community-based public health initiatives in and around the designated operational areas.
• Ensure basic comprehensive medical services to the community such as immunization services, provision of primary healthcare, basic Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services, adolescent health, and school health services.
• Implement specific projects and initiatives in the public health domain which would impact the communities & contribute to the overall goals.
• Lead and train the team of public health functionaries in the field.
• Provide active support in other verticals that have interlinkages with the Public Health domain.
• Independently undertake all daily management and administrative tasks related to the public health domain.

Minimum Qualification: MBBS from any NMC-recognized medical college (foreign graduates must fulfill the requirement to practice medicine as per National Policy)

Work experience in years: 03 to 05 years after internship completion.

Technical Skill Sets:

• All skills as required for Indian Medical Graduate (IMG) as per NMC standards.
• Should have basic knowledge of epidemiology and biostatistics, communicable diseases, maternal and child health, and other public health domains.
• Should stay abreast about the latest developments in the field of medical research.
• Good Communication skills; Read-Speak-Write Hindi & Bengali (for Jharkhand locations) & Hindi & Odia (for Odisha locations)

Behavioral Skill Sets: Interact positively with the community, and team members; Self-motivated, Result-oriented. Energetic individuals with proven leadership skills and a scientific approach to public health activities/research shall be strongly preferred.