With the State coordinator and the TO from the coordinating team, the Technical Assistant- clinical Services will provide technical and programmatic support to implement high quality L.G.A. level (both at health facility and Community level) HIV/AIDS, PMTCT, RH/HIV, TB, HCT and other services at the state level.
Areas of Responsibility:
Community level:
- Support the coordination, implementation of LGA scale up and daily monitoring of the operational teams to achieve on the 90:90:90 assigned targets in the priority LGAs
- Facilitate the efficient cART drive, ensuring quantitative, qualitative and retentive deliverables are achieved
- Saturate assigned wards in LGAs with HIV service interventions through household coverage and population access
- Strengthening effective referrals and linkages between facility and priority LGAs in the target drive
- Conduct same day evaluation and enrollment of all patients who test HIV positive
- Ensure same day ART initiation for eligible pregnant women and general populations
- Work with field case managers and community structures to strengthening referrals and linkages for health facility and community level services.
- Ensure timely daily ART/PMTCT updates are provided to the state cART coordinating team including success stories, reports, logistics supply, commodities and community daily service summaries.
- Attend to other duties assigned by supervising leads.
Health facility level:
- Support the optimization of comprehensive HIV & PMTCT services in the facility by instituting 80% PITC and maximized initiation, retention and VL suppression rates
- Support the QI capacity of providers in utilizing data analysis for program improvement
Educational Background:
Registered Nurse /Midwife with a minimum of 3 years post qualification experience.
Skills/Experience:
Knowledge, Skills & Attributes:
- Knowledge of Nigerian clinical setting, including government and non-government settings.
- Experience in integrated HIV care delivery
- Sensitivity to cultural differences and understanding of the social, political and ethical issues surrounding HIV infections especially at designated communities where HIV services would be conducted
- Fluency in written and spoken English communication. Fluency in local dialect and language of host community would be an added advantage
- Ability to work well with others and to develop and maintain compatibility among project staff, subcontractors, consultants and recipients of assistance.
- Ability to manage tight deadlines and deliver high volumes of work with minimal supervision.
- Computer skills in Microsoft Word, excel, power point and Outlook at minimum
Minimum Qualifications and Requirements:
- MBBS with a minimum of 1 year post national youth service experience in clinical care,
- A sound understanding of HIV/AIDS, TB and TBHIV technical areas.
Compensation/Benefits:
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Listing Stats
Post Date:
Nov 26 2017
Active Until:
Dec 26 2017
Hiring Organization:
Fhi 360
industry:
Nonprofit