District Coordinator (RCT)

Intelehealth

Khordha, OD, India1w ago

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Key details

Location: Khordha, OD, India
Work style: Onsite
Job type: Full-time
Function: Operations & Strategy
Focus area: other
Posted: 1w ago

Skills

technical support

About the role

Intelehealth (Telehealth Innovations Foundation) is a non-profit that improves access to primary healthcare in underserved areas through telemedicine and digital health. Intelehealth works in partnership with the Government of Odisha (National Health Mission) to strengthen the eSanjeevani telemedicine programme across the State.

As part of this partnership, Intelehealth is the technical support partner for a cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT), “Evaluating the Impact of NCD (Diabetes and Hypertension) Linkage with eSanjeevani Telemedicine Services at the Primary Healthcare Level”, delivered through Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs). The trial runs in Khordha, Koraput and Sambalpur districts across 12 CHCs and 60 AAMs in a matched-pair design, with intervention and control arms. The National Health Mission and State NCD Cell, Government of Odisha, and the CPHC cadre (CHOs, MPHWs, ASHAs and Hub Doctors/MOs) lead frontline delivery, and an independent Evaluation Partner measures outcomes.

In the intervention arm, high-risk individuals identified through community-based screening (CBAC) are tested and confirmed at the AAM, connected to a Hub Doctor at the CHC through an eSanjeevani teleconsultation, and followed up regularly to keep blood sugar and blood pressure under control. Intelehealth supports the State with training, supportive supervision, monitoring and review, so that the intervention is delivered as designed and the trial produces reliable evidence for scale-up.

Purpose of the role: The District Coordinator will make sure the RCT runs to protocol every day in the district, in both intervention and control arms (about 4 CHCs and 20 AAMs per district). The role keeps government counterparts, facility teams and the Intelehealth project team working from one plan, and makes field gaps visible early so that the trial evidence stays sound.

Reports to: Project Manager of the district, RCT Odisha

Coordinates with: Project Managers, District Nodal Officer, Hub Doctors (CHC), Medical Officers, Block Programme Coordinators (BPCs), CHOs, ASHAs and ANMs, Evaluation Partner District Coordinator.

Job Responsibilities: The District Coordinator is responsible for day-to-day implementation of the RCT – Evaluating the Impact of NCD (Diabetes and Hypertension) Linkage with eSanjeevani Telemedicine Services at the Primary Healthcare Level – in the assigned district, in both intervention and control arms, as per the study protocol and RCT Implementation Manual.

1. District Coordination & Stakeholder Engagement:

Maintain day-to-day coordination with the District Nodal Officer, Hub Doctors at CHCs, Medical Officers and Block Programme Coordinators.
Act as the single, consistent point of contact for scheduling, escalations and review follow-up in the district.
Share a monthly field plan (visits, trainings, reviews) with the Project Manager and the Evaluation Partner’s District Coordinator, and coordinate joint visits.
Support the Project Manager’s visits to remote sites and joint supervision with government stakeholders.

2. NCD–eSanjeevani Linkage at AAMs (Intervention Arm):

Track the care pathway for diabetes and hypertension against protocol timelines: CBAC-based screening, confirmation at the AAM, eSanjeevani teleconsultation with the CHC Hub Doctor, and regular follow-up.
Check that CHOs use eSanjeevani for teleconsultation as designed, and that teleconsultation and follow-ups are not delayed or missed.
Help resolve operational barriers to teleconsultation (connectivity, scheduling with Hub Doctors, device or login issues) with the Project Manager and Hub Doctors.

3. Control Arm & Protocol Fidelity:

Confirm that control-arm facilities continue routine NCD care as per protocol.
Spot and report cross-arm contamination and protocol deviations, and follow up until closure.

4. Supportive Supervision, Equipment & Supplies:

Visit RCT AAMs and CHCs in both arms using the monitoring toolkit and fidelity checklists.
Monitor that equipment, testing strips and medicine stocks are sufficient at facility level, and that devices are calibrated to give correct results.
Coordinate regularly with Project Managers on HbA1c testing kits and strips to avoid any shortage, and escalate stock gaps to Block MOs / PMs until resolved.
Escalate field gaps to the Project Manager, the District Nodal Officer or the Hub Doctor, and follow up until closure.

5. Training & Capacity Building:

Facilitate trainings and refreshers for CHOs, ASHAs, MPHWs/ANMs and Hub Doctors, in coordination with NHM Odisha and the CPHC cadre.
Handle logistics, attendance sheets and post-training records; follow up on staff who missed a session.
Provide on-site hand-holding to facility staff after training, based on gaps seen during visits.

6. Review Meetings & Follow-up:

Organise district and block review meetings; prepare the progress data and agenda.