Job Description

POSTION DESCRIPTION

DATE: December 3, 2025

POSITION TYPE: Consultant, Local Hire

DURATION: 1 year with possibility of extension (Maximum of 10days per month)

LOCATION: Freetown, with travels to Bo

POSITION TITLE: Clinical Mentor

DIVISION: Global Health

REPORTS TO: Senior Program Officer

Project HOPE is an international NGO with employees and volunteers who work around the globe, responding to the world’s most pressing global health challenges. Throughout our 65-year legacy, Project HOPE has treated millions of patients, provided more than $3 billion worth of medicines to local health care organizations around the world helped build hundreds of health programs from the ground up, and responded to humanitarian crises worldwide.

Code of Conduct 

It is our shared responsibility and obligation to treat each other with respect, take affirmative steps to prevent matters involving Sexual Exploitation & Abuse and Trafficking in Persons, and to disclose all potential and actual violations of our Code of Conduct, which may include Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Corruption, Discrimination or Harassment. Together we can reinforce a culture of respect, integrity, accountability, and transparency. 

POSITION SUMMARY: 

The Clinical Mentor will be responsible for strengthening the capacity of healthcare workers (midwives, nurses, etc.) in delivering high-quality, life-saving maternal and newborn care. The role is primarily focused on providing hands-on supportive supervision, coaching, and on-the-job training in key areas of obstetric and neonatal emergencies to reduce maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity.

The mentorship will be intensively focused on the following clinical areas:

1. Essential Newborn Care (ENC): Immediate care after birth, thermal protection (Kangaroo Mother Care/KMC), breastfeeding support, infection prevention, and identification of danger signs.
2. Management of Bleeding After Birth (Postpartum Haemorrhage – PPH): Active management of the third stage of labour (AMTSL), prompt recognition and management of PPH, including non-surgical techniques, uterotonics, and fluid management.
3. Newborn Resuscitation (e.g., Helping Babies Breathe): Rapid assessment, bag and mask ventilation, and post-resuscitation care for asphyxiated newborns.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Clinical Mentorship and Coaching:

1. Provide direct, side-by-side clinical mentorship to facility staff in the labour ward, maternity unit, and post-natal ward during routine and emergency cases.
2. Conduct competency-based assessments to identify clinical skills and knowledge gaps among staff in the key focus areas.
3. Model best clinical practices, ensuring adherence to the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health (MoH) and international protocols for Essential Newborn Care (ENC) and Basic/Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEmONC/CEmONC) signal functions.
4. Facilitate regular, short, on-the-job training sessions, case reviews, and skills drills (e.g., PPH drills, newborn resuscitation simulation) in the clinical setting.

Supportive Supervision and Quality Improvement:

1. Conduct regular supportive supervision visits to target facilities, focusing on clinical practice, documentation, and the functionality of essential equipment/supplies.
2. Work collaboratively with facility leadership and staff to establish and implement quality improvement (QI) initiatives related to maternal and newborn care.
3. Support the accurate and complete use of clinical documentation tools (e.g., partographs, patient registers).
4. Provide constructive, timely, and respectful feedback to staff on their clinical performance and document progress.

Reporting:

1. Maintain detailed records of mentoring sessions, competency assessments, and staff progress.
2. Compile and submit accurate, timely monthly and quarterly reports to the supervisor, highlighting achievements, challenges, and recommendations for programmatic adjustments.

Support any other relevant tasks as requested by your supervisor. 

ESSENTIAL:

• Professional Qualification: Registered Nurse, Midwife, or Clinical Officer with current professional registration in Sierra Leone.
• Experience: A minimum of 4-5 years of clinical experience in maternity/paediatric unit, with demonstrable expertise in Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care.
• Training: Certified trainer/experienced provider in relevant life-saving courses, such as: BEmONC/CEmONC (Basic or Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care), HBB (Helping Babies Breathe)
• Mentorship Skills: Proven experience in providing hands-on clinical training, mentorship, or supportive supervision to healthcare staff.
• Knowledge: Deep understanding of the Sierra Leone National Maternal and Newborn Health protocols and guidelines.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be mobile in an office environment and able to use standard office equipment. 
• Must be able to communicate in verbal and written form. 

Work environment:

• May experience the current weather while performing job duties.
• Typical office environment with exposure to a minimal noise level. 
• Project HOPE employees work in the global health field and may be required to travel or work in countries where working conditions are classified as “hardship”.

Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to: RecruitmentSL@projecthope.org with email subject “Application for Clinical Mentor”

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Due to the substantial number of inquiries, we receive, only candidates who have met the required experience & qualifications for this position will be considered. No phone calls please. 

However, since we are active around the world in the field of public health, we may wish to retain your CV in our database for other/future opportunities, unless you direct us otherwise.