Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is a global organization providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to more than 200,000 patients in 28 countries. AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is in Nigeria AHF-Nigeiia collaborates with the Federal Governments of Nigeria and other partner institutions, to provide technical assistance to these key stakeholders to deliver quality and comprehensive HIV/AIDS treatment, Care and Support, HIV counseling, and testing, Prevention, Nutrition and Psychosocial services to people living with HIV/AIDS.
To meet the above needs, the Program wishes to recruit dynamic, skilled, committed, self-driven and results oriented candidate to fill in the position below:
Job Title: Graduate Art Nurse and Prevention Program Coordinator
Location: Benue and Nasarawa State
No of Vacancy: 2
Job Summary
- The Art Nurse assists the clinician In ensuring smooth implementation of the ART service delivery within the facility. He/She will directly supervise the community HIV prevention programs. This position is crucial to the achievement of AHF Nigeria's programmatic targets and objectives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- In close collaboration with the facility medical officer, ensure the provision of quality, evidence based care in HCT-Prevention, ART PMTCT, and TB service.
- provides skilled nursing procedures(i.e dressing changes).
- Administers medication as ordered within the scope of practice of the licensee.
- Performs phlebotomy and/or initiates intravenous Infusions as ordered.
- Attends and participates in team conferences as requested.
- May act as a team leader to assist with the provision and supervision of patient care.
- Charts notes and medication administration according to protocol.
- Provides patient and family education.
- Exercises appropriate judgment and decision making skills.
- Ensures the maintenance of patient confidentiality.
- Reports significant changes in the patient's physical status to the RN and/or to the medical provider.
- Establish effective linkages and referral of patients within and outside the facility.
- supervise community program staff and ensure achievement of target as wells timely preparation and dissemination of report.
- Ensures that all disseminated protocols are strictly adhered to by site staff.
- Ensure accurate and timely documentation of all services provided.
- Implement operational research protocols to answer important questions within AHF's treatment and prevention programs.
- Any other duty designated by the Country Program Manager
Key Result Areas:
- Quality of HIV treatment and TB services at the site.
- HIV prevention program indicators.
Education and Experiences
- University graduate in Nursing.
- At least one year experience in HIV program management.
- Knowledge of minimum prevention package for Nigeria is highly essential.
- Must be highly organized and capable of effective multi-tasking.
Application Closing Date
9th October, 2014 (12pm)
Method of Application
Interested candidates should submit their CV's and cover letter to:
[email protected]
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.