Senior Care and Treatment Specialist at Center For Clinical Care & Clinical Research

The Center for Clinical Care & Clinical Research (CCCRN) is a non-profit organization that promotes best practices in healthcare service delivery, medical training, and research using locally adapted models of health systems strengthening. The various projects that we have successfully implemented across the country, including the 5 that are ongoing in 11 states, have made us a leading organization in clinical care and clinical research since our establishment in 2010.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Care and Treatment Specialist

Location: Edo
Reports to: Senior Technical Advisor, Care & Treatment
FTE: 100%

Job Overview

• The Senior Care and Treatment Specialist will provide support for service delivery and the achievement of favorable health outcomes for patients.

Responsibilities

• Supports the STA Care & Treatment in the design, implementation, and monitoring of the HIV/AIDS care and treatment component of the project.
• Support in the achievement of technical and operational deliverables.
• Support the provision of clinical quality assurance for the delivery of HAT services across project components.
• Engage with project partners to provide clinical guidance on HIV/AIDS/TB case management.
• Ensure that HIV care and treatment activities are culturally appropriate and are carried out with community involvement, using participatory methods.
• Conduct training/post-training follow-up of the trained service providers to provide onsite individualized mentoring support to reinforce skills learned at the initial training.
• Coordinate and supervise the conduct of regular direct service delivery at facilities, identifying gaps in program focus areas service delivery and to rectify them with the help of staff and health officials at the facility, and state level to improve the quality of care.
• In collaboration with the M&E Specialist, support the collection of data at baseline and periodic intervals and help to collate, analyze, and interpret the data collected. Help facility staff make decisions for quality improvement based on the data.
• Provide expert technical support to local partner organizations for HAT service delivery, training, quality of care improvement, and other interventions as defined by the project.
• Support the use of Quality Improvement (QI) approaches designed for deliberate and defined improvement processes which are focused on activities that are responsive to client's needs and improve health outcomes while incorporating lessons learned from routine evaluations.
• Work in collaboration with the ART Clinicians, Pharmacists, Laboratory Scientists, M & E Focal Persons and other members of the ART team to ensure standardized best practices for ART, VL/clinical client monitoring and other clinic-related activities.
• Coordinate and supervise clinic support activities including adherence counseling, peer navigation, appointment tracking, and differentiated service delivery interventions to enhance client retention and viral suppression.
• Lead the planning, establishment, and ongoing oversight of viremia clinics, ensuring the timely identification, clinical evaluation, enhanced adherence support, and follow-up of clients with unsuppressed viral load, and low-level viremia.
• Collaborate with the VL core team to ensure optimization of viral load management.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Medical Degree (MB.BS/MBChB/MD) or BSc Nursing.
• Possession of MPH is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive clinical experience in HAT service delivery in PEPFAR - funded program.

Abilities:

• Good clinical acumen in HIV/AIDS/TB case management with technical experience in HIV prevention, counseling, testing, and PMTCT.
• Familiarity with standard care and treatment guidelines and PEPFAR indicators.
• Ability to mentor clinical facility staff on care and treatment approaches.
• Ability to steer and inspire the teams in generating success stories from client interaction.

Skills:

• Excellent oral and report writing and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to write high-quality scientific/management documents.
• Excellent collaboration and partnering skills in a teamwork environment.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office suite for documenting and reporting.
• Proficient use of data management and analytic tools.

Application Closing Date
18th June 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Note: Candidates are encouraged to click the link above, complete the form, and submit their CV / Resume and Cover Letter.