Research Technician CURES Project Consultancy- FHI 360 عودة إلى الفرص

Research Technician CURES Project Consultancy

Period of Performance: November 2023 to June 2024

The Tunisian Health Center for University Research Excellence & Sustainability project (CURES) focuses on a key driver of Tunisia’s NCD crisis: the lack of a central, internationally linked hub for NCD teaching, research, simulation, innovation, and technology commercialization. 

Family Health International (FHI 360) will help address these gaps via the CURES activities, with the ultimate objectives of improved NCD prevention and management in Tunisia; improved lives and longevity for Tunisians; an enhanced position for Tunisia as an international center for teaching, research, and medical technology commercialization; a return to its position as the premier medical tourism destinations for African countries; and support to private sector led growth. 

FHI360 will provide simulation-based training to ensure a more rigorous curriculum that will improve surgical interventions to treat NCDs and establish commercially viable partnerships between the SMS and the private sector to foster locally developed health-sector technologies and establish commercially viable partnerships between the SMS and the private sector to foster locally developed health-sector technologies.

Family Health International (FHI 360) will work with the SMS, the MHESR, the MoH, and other relevant stakeholders to create a modern center of excellence for NCD research and simulation-based teaching through establishment of the SMS Research and Simulation Center. FHI360 will renovate and equip the SMS research and simulation center, create linkages and partnerships with renowned U.S. research centers and universities, and support the commercialization of the center’s research.

Desired skills, qualifications, and experiences:

• Tasks to be performed: 
  • Assist patients access the COPD study within the Sfax pulmonary medicine department.
  • Support the patients and solve their problems while in the hospital.
  • Provide clinical and medical support to the patients.
  • Explain study protocol to patients.
  • Ability to explain study protocols to patients.
• Ability to work with patients in the pulmonary medicine department.
• Problem-solving skills
• Attention to clinical/medical details.
• Strong French and Arabic communication skills (reading, writing, speaking)
• Minimum education requirement: Nursing degree, specialized nurse, physiotherapist
• Experience with Spirometry is a plus.
• Ability to explain study protocols to patients.

Selection criteria: 

 1-Academic Background    20Pts

2-Relevant Experience   20Pts

3-Technical Skills/ Professional Knowledge   30Pts

4-Working achievement   30pts