Medical Equipment servicing at Trócaire

Trocaire Somalia has supported health service delivery in the Gedo region of Somalia for the past 29 years. On average, about 19,000 people use the health facilities every month. Our primary health units, health centres, hospitals and referral health centres deliver quality essential health services in Dollow, Luuq, Belet Hawo, Garbaharrey and Burdhubo. The poor communities in urban, IDPs and semi-urban areas cannot afford the private health services since they have no regular sources of income; hence, they rely on essential health services supported by Trocaire.

Medical equipment is a vital component of hospital care delivery. With support from multiple donors, Trocaire procured and distributed across Dollow, Luuq, Belet Hawa, Garbaharrey and Burdhubo several expensive medical equipment for maternal, neonatal and child health care such as infant warmer, oxygen concentrator machines, respirators/ambu bags, infant incubators, monitors, blood bank and anaesthesia machines. However, the medical equipment is not always optimal because of poor management and maintenance coupled with over-utilization and inappropriate use of this equipment.

2. Assignment Objectives

The overall objective of the assignment is to service, repair and assess medical equipment in Luuq District Hospital, Dollow Referral Health Centre, Garbaharey District Hospital and Belet Hawa District Hospital. The consultant will also train key essential staff on standard operating procedures for common medical equipment, including anaesthesia machines, incubators, oxygen concentrators, autoclaves and infant warmers.

3. Key tasks

I. Calibrate anaesthesia machines, biochemistry, haematology machines

II. Train key staff personnel on use and maintenance of the anaesthesia machines.

III. Servicing and repair of medical equipment (including Autoclave, oxygen concentrators, infant warner, incubator, patient monitors, pulse oximeter and suction machine) that are not in good condition.

IV. assess and recommend purchase of products where necessary.

V. Propose set of standard maintenance procedures

4. Expected Outputs

I. A written report on the repair and maintenance of the equipment and on the training of key staff.

II. Fully functional medical equipment in the 4 hospitals.

5. Timeframe

This consultancy is planned for a period of 25 days from 8^th February to 3^rd March 2022 at the end of this period, the process will be reviewed and the need for continued support will be evaluated.

6. Terms of Consultancy

The consultancy shall be undertaken through a standard agreement to be signed between the Trocaire Somalia and the Consultant under the laws of Somalia, which will stipulate the nature of services and the contractual obligations of parties involved.

7. Qualifications Required

· Higher Diploma or BSc in medical biomedical engineering or equivalent with five years’ experience in equipment management

· Certified and duly licenced by a professional body

8. Experience required:

· Proven experience in medical equipment servicing and capacity building.

· At least 5 -years’ experience in equipment management

· Experience in developing technical reports and documents.

· Proven analytical and data presentation skills.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Excellent knowledge of English and