REACHES Health Referent (various roles)

UK Med; Manchester; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

An established humanitarian NGO is seeking part-time Health Referents to contribute their clinical expertise to improve healthcare services in Sudan. This role involves providing specialist advice and support to local clinicians, participating in online discussions, and developing training materials to enhance the skills of healthcare workers in low-resource settings. The position offers a flexible home-working arrangement with potential travel to Manchester and beyond, allowing you to make a meaningful impact in a challenging yet rewarding environment. If you are passionate about healthcare and eager to support global health initiatives, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in humanitarian health responses and low resource environments.
• Ability to provide clinical advice and support remotely.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise and advice to Sudanese clinicians.
• Contribute to online sessions discussing patient cases.
• Develop capacity building interventions for Sudanese healthcare workers.

Skills

Emergency Department expertise

Midwifery expertise

Infection Prevention and Control expertise

Obs/Gynae expertise

Ear, Nose and Throat expertise

Infectious Diseases expertise

Paediatrics expertise

Surgical expertise

Physiotherapy expertise

Education

Nursing qualification

Medical Doctor qualification

Surgical qualification

Physiotherapy qualification

Job description

Elliot House, 151 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 3WD

Hours: Part-time, 1 day a week

Pay: In the range of £200 GBP - £350 GBP gross per day (depending on experience & professional background)

Duration: 31 st October 2025 (with possibility of extension)

Location: Home-working (with potential travel to Manchester UK and potential to undertake deployed overseas roles)

Can you use your health expertise to strengthen capacity of healthcare providers and contribute to improving quality of services in Sudan?

UK-Med is a humanitarian NGO that has been responding to disasters for thirty years. We train medical teams, both in the UK and worldwide, so they are ready to respond when epidemics, conflict and natural disasters hit.

We are seeking a number of health professionals to join us as part-time Health Referents for our new remote TeleHealth and Capacity Building project in Sudan. The REACHES Referents will be coordinated by UK-Med’s Health Advisor for TeleHealth and will contribute to the provision of specialist advice and peer-to-peer support directly to Sudanese clinicians in two pre-identified health facilities on an ad hoc basis. The REACHES Referents will be part of a pool of clinical specialists to draw on for weekly MDT sessions across the two facilities, and will be subject matter experts in their respective field of practice.

The REACHES Health Referents will bring specific technical expertise in a variety of health fields to ensure that clinicians and allied healthcare workers in the two Sudanese facilities receive professional development, specialist advice, continuous support and professional sparring, ultimately ensuring that patients receive the best possible care.

We are looking for REACHES Referents with the following clinical backgrounds:

1. Nurses with speciality training in:

• Emergency Department
• Midwifery
• Infection Prevention and Control

Medical Doctors with speciality training in:

• Obs/ Gynae
• Ear, Nose and Throat
• Infectious Diseases
• Paediatrics

Surgeons with speciality training in:

• Ear, Nose and Throat

Rehabilitation specialist:

• Physiotherapist

As a REACHES Health Referent, you will work closely with UK-Med’s Health Advisor for TeleHealth and the MDT leads to provide clinical / technical health expertise and advice, contributing to our work through:

• Contributing to online sessions to discuss patient cases with Sudanese counterparts as needed.
• Providing ad hoc specialist advice on less complex patient cases in between the live reach-back sessions as needed.
• Providing appropriate and contextualised clinical advice and guidance for Sudanese clinicians as well as signposting to recent developments and current best practice.
• Helping design SoPs, policies and guidance documents for your field of expertise as appropriate.
• Developing capacity building interventions (e.g. training sessions, online learning packages, coaching) to develop skills of Sudanese colleagues.
• Contribution to reporting and documentation of REACHES project.

Our ideal candidates will be highly skilled health professionals with experience of humanitarian health responses and delivering healthcare services in low resource environments. You will be available to contribute to online reach-back sessions and capacity building activities as requested. For some roles, this is anticipated to be 1-2 times a month and others may be less than this. You will be passionate about improving health services in Sudan, and flexible to deliver advice and input remotely, testing new tools and adaptable to a changing context.

We offer competitive remuneration and benefits along with a friendly working environment and the opportunity to make a real difference through your work.

Please apply below, as soon as possible and no later than Friday 7th March 2025.

Please make sure to upload your:

• Updated CV
• Cover letter (max 1 page) where you:
• State your motivation for becoming a REACHES Health Referent.
• Highlight the areas where you believe you can contribute (considering your professional background and expertise).
• Identify any areas where you feel you may need additional support.
• Participation in the REACHES Programme.

We look forward to receiving your application and working together to strengthen healthcare services in Sudan!

UK-Med is committed to safeguarding of our personnel and beneficiaries and has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation and abuse. We conduct thorough vetting before any appointment is confirmed.

UK-Med is committed to the principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive environment where employees feel respected and supported to be able to fulfil their potential.

Please note, we are open to proposals to work from home – if proposing to work from outside the UK you will need to be have no more than 2 hours’ time difference to the UK. If proposing to work from the UK you must have an existing right to work in the UK.