Vacancy for Technical Assistant, Clinical Services at FHI 360

Employment Nigeria 22-Dec-2017 JIGAWA , Health NGO

FHI 360 a human development organization is recruiting qualified candidates for the position below :

POSITION : Technical Assistant, Clinical Services

Description

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.

Responsibilities
Community Level:

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.
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
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

Requirements

Sound understanding of HIV/AIDS, TB and TBHIV technical areas.
MBBS with a minimum of 1 year post national youth service experience in clinical care,
Registered Nurse /Midwife with a minimum of 3 years post qualification experience.

Others:

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

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