Founded in 1950, Doctors with Africa CUAMM was the first NGO focused on healthcare to be recognized by the Italian government. It is now one of the leading organization working to protect and improve the well-being and health of vulnerable communities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The NGO promotes long-term health cooperation projects, intervening also in emergencies to ensure that services are available to all.

Doctors with Africa CUAMM is currently active in 10 Sub-Saharan countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda.

The NGO supports public and non-profit hospitals, local districts, schools of nursing and midwifery, university faculties of medicine.

CUAMM’s action focuses on health system strengthening and targets the weakest population groups, particularly women and children. Interventions include prevention, screening and treatment programmes; development or strengthening of referral systems at community level; training of health staff; management support and technical assistance to local health institutions; field research.

CUAMM’s international and national staff work together on the front line to strengthen local health systems, in resource-limited contexts where the commitment and contribution of the individual can make a real difference.

Which is why we always need skilled and motivated people who are ready to join us to collaborate on our projects ‘with Africa’.

Job position: Internist doctor

Location: Pujehun General Hospital, Pujehun District, Sierra Leone

Start date: August 2025

Duration: 12 months

Note: the NGO reserves the right to close the application process once the position is filled.

Purpose of the role

The internist doctor will be part of a project supporting patients with chronic diseases – especially diabetes and hypertension – implemented in the PEN-Plus referral clinic, as well as in the District Hospital and peripheral centres.

In particular, he/she will provide cross-functional technical advice to the project, mainly in the following areas:

• Implementation of appropriate and effective strategies for the treatment and care of chronic diseases covered by the project (mainly diabetes and hypertension)
• Supporting training activities
• Monitoring and improvement of guidelines and protocols for both patient treatment and referral

Key duties

• Supervising and coordinating the clinic’s medical activities, in particular CHOs consultations, patient screening, and the recording of vital signs and prescribed medications
• Supporting the clinical activities of NCDs area in the General Hospital in Pujehun
• Structuring and implementing the training programme for staff involved in the project, both in the clinic and in peripheral health centres
• Monitoring the application of protocols for treating patients, referring primarily to the Pen Plus toolkit and assessing the effects of the quantity of drugs prescribed for each condition in relation to the financial resources available for the project, in order to ensure continuity of care during the implementation of the project and with a view to ensuring the future sustainability of the intervention
• Monitoring the application of protocols for referring patients between the hospital and peripheral centres in collaboration with the PM and the management of the District Hospital
• Supporting the data collection system
• Collaborating in defining the supervision activities of peripheral health centres and mentoring the staff involved
• Participating in Steering Committee meetings on NCDs with partners and stakeholders
• Providing technical assistance to the Country Manager for the drafting of new project proposals
• Mentoring Italian residents who are included in the JPO (Junior Project Officer) initiative
• Collaborating in any research carried out in the relevant fields

Requirements

• University Degree in Medicine and Specialisation in Internal Medicine
• Good knowledge of spoken and written English
• Good knowledge of spoken and written Italian
• Previous experience in the field of Internal Medicine in fragile or low income countries
• Proven ultrasound skills (for ultrasound and echocardiography)
• Ability of adapting skills and competencies to contexts with limited resources and capacity to effectively cooperate with the national staff
• Adaptability to live and work in rural area