Clinical Coordinators - Anambra at AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF)

AIDS Healthcare Foundation - Founded in 1987, AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the largest specialized provider of HIV/AIDS medical care in the nation. Our mission is to provide cutting edge medicine and advocacy, regardless of ability to pay. Through our healthcare centers, pharmacies, health plan, research and other activities, AHF provides access to the latest HIV treatments for all who need them.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Clinical Coordinator - Anambra, Nigeria

Location: Anambra

Responsibilities
Leadership and Management

• As a manager, he/she oversees medical AHF operations in the State and supports the Country Program Manager to efficiently and effectively deliver quality clinical services in the state/region.
• Provide technical supports to Prevention and Treatment program and ensure linkage of outreach activities to treatment and care program through well-established processes of patient linkages and service integration
• Attends key technical partners meetings and provides feedback to management through the Country Program Manager.
• Ensures that CMEs are conducted in all sites and participates in the facilitation of CME sessions.
• He/she participates in staff need assessment and induction of new hired staff.
• He/she participates in setting performance targets and staff appraisal, disciplining and addressing complaints of employees under his/her supervision.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Ensure standard quality of clinical services at all AHF supported sites in his/her region.
• Provide periodic comprehensive support supervision report, adhering to the tools provided by AHF
• Promotes the implementation of standard operating procedures for all activities relating to good clinical practice and ensure functional QI teams are in existence at site levels
• Supervise and implement quality management activities and quality benchmarks monitoring, facilitation of quality assurance and quality improvement sessions.
• Strengthen TB/HIV, PMTCT , ART services through integrated service delivery and provision of quality services in the state program.
• Ensures optimal operations of the laboratory services, including functioning of sample referral networks at regional level
• Provide on-site technical support and mentoring to the field staff and coordinate M&E of the project
• Ensures effective patient flow in all sites, especially those with high volume of patients and coordinate time motion surveys to monitor performance
• Oversees the timely collection, compilation and reporting of routine and specific data to guide decision making at site, regional and country program level.
• Identify early warning resistance indicators and intervention strategies
• Remain updated on current trends and standards in clinical management of HIV/AIDS and related illnesses
• Participate in the elaboration/monitoring of annual targets and ensure that they are achieved in all regional sites.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Provides direct supervision and mentorship to doctors, nurses, laboratory scientists, pharmacy technician working in the different facilities in the region to ensure continuous growth and learning
• Ensure timely compilation and submission of monthly drug inventory reports in coordination with the Program pharmacist
• Work with the program pharmacist to ensure that pharmacy operations are in accordance with good pharmacy practices
• Identify and promote operational research at site level and build capacity among the staff in case presentations and elaboration of scientific papers.

Participation in AHF Meetings/Committees:

• Management Meeting
• Technical Partnership and stakeholders meetings
• General Staff Meeting
• Medical Staff Meeting
• Meetings with lower health units
• CME activities
• Other meetings as assigned.

Qualifications
Other Skills and Abilities:

• Required to travel to other locations within and other the State.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Sensitivity to issues surrounding HIV/AIDS.
• Demonstrates flexibility and willingness to provide coverage at other AHF sites upon request.
• Knowledge of excel and PowerPoint programs.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online