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The Technical Officer will be responsible for providing mentorship, coaching and regular updates to service providers in the area of both pediatric and adult HIV care and treatment. They will be responsible for working closely with the service providers to ensure that the quality of care is sustained across the program as defined by the MOH quality standards.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
*.Provide mentorship, coaching and updates to service providers at the CC/ART to offer patients quality care and treatment services according to the national guidelines and standards.
*.Support the service providers by recommending relevant treatment and care for the patients with opportunistic infections and recommend initiation of ART treatment in accordance with the MOH recommended guidelines.
*.Offer mentorship to service providers in Comprehensive care centers attending to HIV infected adults and children.
*.Liaise with other project staff working in the community to address issues of defaulter tracing, HIV prevention and addressing other social determinants of health to mitigate the impact of those affected and infected by HIV.
*.Coordinate and provide needed programmatic support to ensure the health facilities with high patient workloads and poor performing sites in terms of initiating patients on treatment are mentored and the necessary skills and confidence is transferred to the clinicians.
*.Support facilities to institute systems for inter and intra facility referrals.
*.Ensure quality of care is attained for patients seeking the services.
*.Ensure the documentation of appropriate services rendered to the patients is done in the relevant service registers.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, ABILITIES, EXPERTISE AND COMPLEXITY:
*.Knowledge of HIV and AIDS, reproductive health, family planning, public health.
*.Ability to provide a wide range of clinical services and capable of effectively transference of skills, effective communication.
*.Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
*.Computer software skills for word processing.
*.Ability to work independently with initiative to manage high volume workload.
*.Ability to lead and work in teams to accomplish given tasks.
Job Summary / Responsibilities:
*.Degree in Clinical Medicine with 5-7 years relevant experience.
*.Diploma in Clinical Medicine from a recognized institution and registered with the Clinical Officers Council with 5 years’ work experience.
*.Trained in HIV management, care and treatment. Additional training in both pediatric and adult rational ART use is an added advantage.
*.At least 4 years’ experience working in a busy health facility offering HIV Comprehensive care and treatment. Experience in supervision and mentorship is an added advantage.
*.Demonstrable knowledge of HIV knowledge and the various interventions being offered to prevent and control the morbidity and mortality arising from the infection will be an added advantage...
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