Field Facilitator, Health and Nutrition, HCMP

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Job Purpose:

The Field Facilitator – Medical Waste Management will ensure effective coordination, supervision, and implementation of medical waste management activities across assigned BRAC-supported health facilities in the Rohingya/FDMN camps. The position holder will maintain coordination with relevant organizations, PHC/HP management, the Office of the Camp-in-Charge (CiC), and other stakeholders; supervise field-level staff; ensure safe healthcare waste handling and disposal; and uphold BRAC’s safeguarding, PSEA, infection prevention and control (IPC), and occupational safety standards.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead team of  the field and prepare work plan

• Ensure the implementation of all activities of the respective site

• Provides training and on the job coaching to the volunteer

• Ensure targeted performance with quality

• Maintain regular liaison and coordination with relevant organizations, health-sector partners, PHC/HP managers, the CiC office, and other concerned stakeholders regarding medical waste management

• Facilitate communication and coordination for timely waste collection, transportation, treatment, and final disposal

• Participate in coordination meetings and share relevant updates, field observations, and operational challenges with the concerned supervisor

• Support collaborative initiatives to improve medical waste management practices across assigned camps and health facilities

• Supervise and monitor cleaners, security guards, medical waste management volunteers, van drivers, and other assigned personnel

• Ensure proper staff deployment, duty roster implementation, attendance, punctuality, and performance

• Provide regular guidance and on-the-job orientation on waste segregation, safe handling, hygiene, PPE use, IPC, and occupational safety

• Identify staff capacity gaps and report performance issues and training needs to the supervisor

• Ensure proper segregation of healthcare waste at the point of generation according to approved waste categories and color-coding procedures

• Monitor the safe collection, internal handling, transportation, temporary storage, treatment, and final disposal of healthcare waste

• Ensure appropriate management of infectious waste, sharps, pharmaceutical waste, general waste, and other relevant waste categories

• Ensure medical waste collection vans, waste containers, storage areas, and related equipment are used and maintained appropriately

• Monitor the timely collection and transportation of waste to designated treatment and disposal facilities

• Ensure that waste is treated and disposed of through approved systems and that required records and documentation are maintained

• Monitor the availability and proper use of PPE, waste bins, color-coded bags, sharps containers, and other essential supplies

• Identify and promptly report waste management gaps, unsafe practices, spills, sharps injuries, and other incidents, ensuring appropriate follow-up action

• Conduct regular field visits to assigned PHCs and designated medical waste management sites

• Monitor compliance with healthcare waste management procedures using approved checklists and reporting tools

• Maintain accurate records of waste collection, transportation, treatment, disposal, staff attendance, vehicle use, and monitoring activities

• Prepare and submit regular activity reports, monthly progress reports, and incident reports to the designated supervisor

• Identify implementation gaps, recommend corrective measures, and follow up on their timely resolution

• Ensure staff follow IPC and occupational health and safety procedures during all waste management activities

• Monitor the appropriate use of PPE and safe handling of hazardous waste and sharps

• Ensure waste storage and collection areas remain clean, secure, and accessible only to authorized personnel

• Support orientation and refresher training on safe waste handling, spill management, emergency response, and workplace safety

• Promote environmentally responsible waste management practices in accordance with approved organizational procedures and applicable standards

• Prepare field-level work plans and waste collection schedules in coordination with the supervisor and concerned PHC/HP managers

• Identify logistical requirements, equipment needs, and operational challenges and communicate them promptly

• Support the efficient use of human resources, vehicles, supplies, and equipment

• Perform any other relevant duties assigned by the supervisor in support of the BRAC HCMP Health & Nutrition Program

Safeguarding:

• Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme's goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment

• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action

• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so