Technical Assistant at FHI 360

 Employment Nigeria 28-Dec-2017 LAGOS , Health   Technical  


FHI 360 a non governmental, nonprofit human development organization . FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories. Applications are invited from qualified candidates for the below position :  

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:

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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

 Qualifications  

  • 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.
  • A sound understanding of HIV/AIDS, TB and TBHIV technical areas.

 Skills  

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Computer skills in Microsoft Word, excel, power point and Outlook at minimum


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