Officer - HTS and Linkage at Georgetown Global Health Nigeria (GGHN) - 7 Openings

The Georgetown Global Health Nigeria (GGHN) LTD / GTE is the operational arm and an affiliate of Georgetown University Centre for Global Health Practice and Impact (CGHPI) in Nigeria. GGHN is a Non–profit, Non- Governmental Organization in Nigeria that promotes best practices in health care delivery and research using local and internationally adapted models to strengthen health systems.

We require the services of individuals with skills and expertise to work on an anticipated HIV Care and Treatment program by USAID on the Accelerating Control of the HIV Epidemic in Nigeria (ACE) in the position below:

Job Title: Officer - HTS and Linkage

Locations: Bauchi, Jigawa and Kano
Employment Type: Full Time
Slots: Bauchi (2), Jigawa (1) and Kano (4)

Job Overview

• HTS and linkage officer will closely with the state program implementation team to strengthen linkage services to ART, PrEP, and other prevention services in facilities.
• In line with national guidelines, they will enhance referral between facilities and communities and innovative strategies to strengthen referral between facility and communities based on HTS points.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen linkages between community and facilities
• Link newly diagnosed HIV positive people to a facility for ART initiation
• Ensure quality improvement processes to strengthen approaches to linkage
• Strengthen good working relationships with other implementing partners and stakeholders
• Work with facilities to strengthen systems that will facilitate tracing of defaulters in conjunction with community health workers and enhance linkage into care of patients 
• Serve as point of contact between the community and facility
• Work with Department of Health (DOH) facility staff and other PEPFER IP to address barriers of Antiretroviral (ART) initiation
• Daily review of HTS register to ensure that clients are tracked for ART initiation
• Ensure that facilities conduct data collection, collation, and verification regarding linkage
• Coordinate community and facility-based HTS in the assigned state
• Document patients who have transferred out of the facility
• Participate in facility scheduled (e.g bi-weekly and monthly) review meetings
• Participate in the data analysis of facility targets, indicators, cascade, etc.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Public Health, Health Sciences or related Health, Medical or Social Sciences; Master’s in Public Health preferred  
• Experience: 2+ years of experience in HIV and TB screening, counseling, testing, and linkage. Experience as a community health facilitator or other HIV and TB program implementation (notably linkage to care and retention of clients in care) is desirable
• Specialized knowledge:  Knowledgeable in HIV/AIDS, TB, and STI or National HTS guidelines 
• Skills: Proficient in excel, word processing. Strong written and oral communications skills
• Abilities: Strategic and analytical thinking skills, Problem-solving, multi-tasking, and prioritizing
• Interpersonal/Individual Competencies: the ability to build and maintain relations with multiple stakeholders, strong work ethic, decisiveness, and personal integrity.

Work Interactions and Conditions:

• This job requires data review and analysis with high expectations for timeliness and accuracy.

Application Closing Date
22nd February, 2022.