Regional Facilitator - South in Bengaluru | Pallium India

Pallium India

Pallium India is a national charitable trust that works so that people in India living with serious illness can get care that eases their pain and suffering. It helps hospitals and communities start palliative care services, trains health workers and volunteers, and works with governments to make pain relief medicines like oral morphine easier to get. It also pushes for palliative care to become part of the public health system and of medical and nursing education. This role sits within Pallium India's facilitation team, which helps start and grow palliative care services across the country.

Role

As Regional Facilitator for the South, you will help bring palliative care to more people across the southern states. Working from Bengaluru and travelling often, you will partner with hospitals, medical colleges, government health officials and local groups to set up new services, improve access to essential pain relief medicines and build community support through volunteers. You will report to the National Lead for Facilitation and help shape and carry out a regional plan for palliative care.

Responsibilities

• Help public and private hospitals and medical institutions set up palliative care services, including in-patient, out-patient and home care.
• Work with State National Health Missions and with government and private hospital officials to move palliative care forward in each state.
• Organise training programmes, workshops and awareness sessions on palliative care services and opioid availability for doctors, officials and other key groups.
• Develop a regional action plan for palliative care and carry out the plan once it is approved.
• Improve access to essential pain relief medicines such as oral morphine by working with governments to review overly strict rules, teaching prescribers and raising public awareness.
• Advocate for state palliative care policies and for palliative care to be included in the health system and in medical and nursing education.
• Partner with volunteers and local organisations to start and run community-based palliative care projects that fit the strengths and needs of each area.
• Document the work, write reports, concept notes and proposals, carry out research that supports learning and fundraising, and submit weekly progress reports and trackers.

Requirements

• An MBA, MPH or MHA, or an equivalent qualification.
• 1 to 5 years of coordination experience in the health care sector, with experience in an NGO that has regional teams preferred.
• Fluency in Kannada, Telugu and English.
• Based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, and able to travel within India about 50% of the time across states in the South region.
• Comfortable writing clear reports, concept notes and proposals.

Benefits

• Pay in line with industry standards.
• Meaningful work that helps patients with serious illness and their families live with less pain.
• Hands-on experience working with state health missions, hospitals and medical colleges across several states.
• The chance to contribute to research, policy and fundraising at a national palliative care organisation.

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