Healthy Entrepreneurs Telehealth Clinical Officer or Nurse – West Nile Jobs in Uganda

Healthy Entrepreneurs Telehealth Clinical Officer or Nurse – West Nile Jobs in Uganda



Job Summary:

The Telehealth professional is part of our team of doctors and nurses and reports to the Telehealth lead.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Care and telehealth services

  • Responsible for quality of health care/service provided by phone to our end-customers living in rural and remote areas through our Community Health Entrepreneurs. Our medical team answers the incoming health calls, following company policies and the latest health guidelines.

  • Greeting customers (end-customers and/or CHEs) in a prompt and friendly fashion

  • Building rapport and sustainable relationships with customers by showing an engaging, kind, and helpful attitude

  • Providing outstanding service to customers/visitors

  • Manage health inbound and outbound calls in a timely manner

  • Completing calls providing quality health advice

  • Identifying and/or escalating health issues for resolution

  • Performing triage by examining a client/customer’s (medical) history and signs/symptoms, and entering the flow of data into a mobile app, computer system, program, or database

  • Assisting customers/callers by providing tailored, quality advice and information, answering questions, and/or referring calls/inquiries as necessary, based on triage

  • Reporting & monitoring

  • Meet personal/team qualitative and quantitative targets

  • Make routine shift reports

  • Use our medical applications for proper monitoring and registration of patients

  • Participate and contribute actively in company/departmental meetings

  • Assist in training other (medical)staff (on triage, IT system, client-orientation)

  • Assist in development of new trainings for CHEs

  • Support further development of medical services, operations and processes, such as eDispensing.

    Qualifications, Skills
    and Experience:


  • The applicant must hold a Diploma in Nursing or diploma in Clinical Medicine from a recognized institution

  • Previous experience in clinical setting is preferrable.

  • Language proficiency (English and two other Ugandan languages is highly preferable)
    English is a must

  • Kakwa, Alur, Lugbara, and/or Madi

  • Enthusiastic, upbeat personality; mature, professional demeanor and team player

  • Customer-oriented with commitment to quality and high performance

  • Strong customer service, communication, and problem-solving skills

  • Able to work under pressure, fast learner

  • Proficiency with mobile and computer applications, such as MS Office, and typing skills and patient-record and monitoring applications

  • Flexible: we rotate the shifts so that our service is available 7 days a week, being able to work from home is of added advantage (for evening shifts)

  • Community based work experience is of added advantage

  • Previous engagement in telehealth activities is of added advantage

    How to Apply

    All candidates should send an updated CV and motivation letter to recruitment@healthyentrepreneurs.nl. Or in case of any questions feel free to email us.

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