Background
The PharmAccess Group is dedicated to affordable access to quality health care in Africa. By stimulating investments through partnerships with the private sector and government institutions, this non-profit organization and its affiliates have a shared goal to work towards achieving inclusive healthcare for Africa. In doing so, we contribute to healthier populations and social and economic development.
We believe that innovative technology, big data, and in particular Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities hold ability to accelerate the transformation in health systems, and affordable access to quality services that are needed in Sub-Saharan Africa. Technology and data, including use of Mobile telephony platforms have the potential to substantially boost demand and connect demand and supply more efficiently than ever before. It makes it possible to reach the poor living in urban slums and rural areas directly and who up to hereto have remained off the radar, and connect them at low costs to savings schemes, benefits and risk pooling and personal health data gains opportunities.
Our integrated approach consists of complementary initiatives that aim to increase investments and resources, efficiency and effectiveness within the healthcare system. By combining standards for quality improvement, loans for healthcare providers, health plans and in-depth impact research we simultaneously stimulate the demand for, and supply of healthcare services. These define the core expertise within the PharmAccess Group and will have great impact on the accessibility and quality of healthcare in Africa.
Position Overview
The Medical Advisor will provide medical oversight and expertise to the health management and ideation and solutions in collaboration with crosscutting program lines. He/she will ensure that medical standards and guidelines are incorporated into programs and activities in line with the local context, provide medical advice to programs and (operational) research design & implementation.
We are looking for a colleague who will provide operational excellence, a business mind-set and will help develop new ways of value addition to our patient-centric programs and solutions. Self-motivation, problem solving, team oriented and a positive work attitude should be your core capabilities, in return we offer a position in an organization that works at the forefront of healthcare innovation.
Key Responsibilities
Clinical guidance
- Responsible for delivering clear, documented content, medical analysis and advice, specifically to product/program development, decision making and implementation.
- Provide deep knowledge of active/planned programs, experiments or pilots on products, or solutions that the organisation may pursue.
- Contribute medical context into marketing and commercial strategies aimed at developing market driven solutions for sustainability of targeted programs, services or products
- Translate complex medical information, guideline and regulatory provisions into understandable content and context for various programs, products or audiences.
- Medical research and Innovations:
- Serve as a medical counterpart to external researchers evaluating PharmAccess’ interventions in Kenya, as local research coordinator, in collaboration with PharmAccess Research & Learning Amsterdam
- Contribute to setting up, and implementing medical interventions as part of PharmAccess patient care journeys in Kenya
- Provide technical support to the Kenya PharmAccess epidemic preparedness strategy, including (private sector) IDSR monitoring, predictive modeling in line with the new Kenyan National Health Security agenda
- Secure (third-party research on) PharmAccess interventions to be in line with national ethical standards (clearance) and NACOSTI compliance
- Co-analyze and critically assess quality of clinical data, perform interim analyses, in collaboration with Amsterdam PharmAccess R&L team
- Secure medical correctness of PharmAccess’ projects information dissemination and communications in Kenya
- Identify and follow up on funding opportunities for clinical research in collaboration with PharmAccess R&L Team Amsterdam
- Program Development:
- Responsible for ensuring PharmAccess programs and research work meet standards required by medical and regulatory agencies.
- Coordinate programs and provide clinical documented content and advice as needed to ensure programs achieve set goals
- Responsible for design and review of medical Key Performance Indicators linking to our different programs
- Work closely together with our Kisumu site/UHC teams, identify supply side gaps, develop measurable health outcomes, and provide advice on the benefit package.
- Support the development of medical content for M-TIBA packages (MomCare, Safe Mama-Tech, Insurance packages and any other new or existing value-based [VBHC] initiatives).
- Contribute to development of clear, cross-cutting measurable health outcomes and identify new opportunities for improvement or addition to digital packages that benefit the clients.
- Provide input to the medical content of SafeCare in alignment with SafeCare’s strategic direction, and in agreement with the SafeCare leadership to further strengthen the SafeCare monitoring.
- Ensure that standards are in tandem with local context, policy and regulatory provisions
- Provide regular training to PST and SafeCare team in conjunction with experts
- Conduct a final evaluation to determine project outcomes, key learnings and implications
- Support the advocacy and dissemination of program learnings to integrate into practice and policy for the benefit of healthcare consumers
- Key stakeholder engagement
- Build and retain relations with the relevant parties including Key Opinion Leaders and academic centres within the public and private sector and attain influential understanding and input in decision making
Deliver scientific presentations and capacity building to healthcare professionals (HCPs) and related partners in line with program and patient activity requirements.
Convene and Co-ordinate advisory boards, Technical Working Groups and expert panel meetings and roundtables
- Liaison contact between PharmAccess Kenya and PAI Amsterdam medical team.
- Represent the organisation and its senior management whenever required to medico-scientific forums and events.
- Act as the principal delegate to the government on matters affecting medical, clinical and service policy and regulatory provisions
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum MD (MBChB) qualification holder
A post-graduate training in medicine or related health services/specialisations will be an added advantage.
Required Skills & Experiences
At least five years’ post-qualification experience in medical practice or similar roles, with exposure to working in a competitive environment with multiple stakeholders.
Holder of a valid KMPDCU certification and practice License having fulfilled all requirements.
Experience working with programs will be a considered advantage.
Skills
- Demonstrate a strong patient-centric, customer-focused approach with the utmost medical professionalism
- Demonstrated leadership ability
- Possess strong analytical, self-awareness, and interpersonal skills and ability to handle conflicts and competing interests constructively
- Strong insights driven decision making
- Highly Self-motivated, enthusiastic and resilient spirit
- Ability to work in a cross-cultural innovative environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative management style
- Strong Customer and partner relationship management
- demonstrable entrepreneurial and business mind-set
- Excellent report writing
- Experience in the use of Web-based databases and spreadsheets (e.g., Excel) for Quality Improvement-related data management and display
- Excellence in external and internal communication
- Strong comprehension and communication skills, including ability to communicate large amounts of scientific information in a manner that is clear and concise with a demonstrated excellent oral and written delivery skills
- Demonstrated ability to Work within a matrixed, multi-disciplinary team
- Well-organized with the ability to be flexible, prioritize multiple demands.
- Capacity to rapidly adopt and utilize new digital technology and other resources with medical customers and record medical interactions
- Ability to effectively manage through and be part of the change in an ever-changing and
- evolving external health care environment
Role Summary:
Key Responsibilities | Priority Output | %-Time Dedication |
Clinical guidance | - Content and context leadership
- Policy and regulatory championing
- Technical capacity development
| 10% |
Medical research and Innovations: | - Proposal designs and guidance
- Innovations/experiments/pilot tracking
- Data analysis, reporting and dissemination
| 30% |
Program Development | - Aligning programs to actual medical needs
- Aligning programs to guidelines, policy and regulatory provisions
- Support to SafeCare quality initiatives
- Support to MCF customer needs understanding and package development
- Support to GIP and Data Cooperatives project requirements
| 40% |
Key stakeholder engagement | - KOL, Private and public network development, utilisation and maintenance
- Advisory board, expert panels and technical working group coordination
- Results reporting, dissemination and advocacy with the medical stakeholders
| 20% |
PharmAccess offers
PharmAccess offers an excellent job opportunity in an exciting and dynamic international environment with terms and conditions conforming to industry standards.
How to apply
Qualified candidates can apply by uploading or emailing their CV and cover letter to [email protected] with “Medical Advisor” as the subject by 06th March 2026.
PharmAccess, SafeCare Foundation and related affiliates are equal opportunity employer