Senior Clinical Service Associate - Continuum of Care & Treatment (CoCT) at an Indigenous Non-profit and Non-governmental Organization

We are an indigenous non-profit and non-governmental organization with Head Office in Abuja and field offices in several locations across Nigeria. We are in the business of saving lives, making life more meaningful and productive for all Nigerians and especially for people living with; and affected by HIV. It is an organization built on strong core values, we believe strongly in commitment, innovation, inspiring leadership, and partnerships.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Clinical Service Associate - Continuum of Care & Treatment (CoCT)

Job Code: CSU054
Location: Alimosho, Lagos
Grant duration: Subject to availability of funds and exceptional grant performance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide support in the daily running of the GOPD/ ART clinics in the KP OSS
• Provide technical assistance to the OSS care team in the provision of ART, PMTCT, and TB services to newly diagnosed KP PLHIVs (including pregnant women) in line with the SOPs.
• Support the effective linkage of PLHIVs- including adults, pediatrics and pregnant womenbetween health facilities
• Provides on-going mentoring and supervision to the KP OSS community ART (cART) team to identified, link and initiate KP subgroups on ART.
• Supervise the KP led community outreaches following agreed journey plan based on hot spot mapping.
• Provide oversight for quality assurance and quality improvement initiatives in the KP OSS
• Participate in facility analysis and use of data for decision making to improve achievement of program goals
• Provides technical support in the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of activities, strategies and policies around HIV care and treatment.
• Facilitates the Treatment for special populations- Children of KP, OVC, PMTCT Linkages & adolescent care and Pediatrics friendly clinics, transitioning and community ART, Pediatrics quality improvement-cascade management
• Provides support to state for Community TB & linkages – standalone DOTS, community TB contact tracing, TB in special cases –pediatrics, pregnancy and KP and TB prevention (TB BASICS). TB /HIV Case management, intensified case finding and IPT and TB Quality improvement- TB cascade management
• Builds capacity of the KP OSS personnel to better implement their role in the technical planning, management and evaluation of clinical issues related to HIV/AIDS Treatment programs.
• Inspires the KP OSS care team to perform or out-perform as per facility target by aligning facility team goals, roles and responsibilities.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Medicine, Public Health or a related field; or a Master’s or equivalent in Public Health or related fields will be an added advantage.
• At least 5 years’ post NYSC experience in developing country health care programs or program support function
• Knowledge of the policies, regulations, reporting formats, and cultures of principal donors, including USAID, EC, DFID, CDC/PEPFAR, and others
• Extensive clinical experience in care and treatment of HIV/AIDS patients
• Demonstrated experience in non-profit sector in a program management role
• Strong supervisory and management skills.
• Ability to work independently with strong problem-solving skills and ability to foresee
• problems and initiate appropriate action.
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Excellent team player with good interpersonal skills.

Application Closing Date
27th February, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
And
Submit their current CV and Suitability Statement not more than 200 words indicating Position and Location in Microsoft Word format by email to: [email protected] The subject of the email should be the JOB TITLE, LOCATION AND APPLICANT FULL NAME e.g. Senior Clinical Service Associate - Continuum of Care & Treatment (CoCT) - CSU054 - Lagos - ADESUWA NWACHUKWU.

Note

• It is important to apply via the link and the mail, as applications sent to ONLY the email address will be considered invalid.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted to advance to the next stage of the selection process.
• Qualified Locals and residents of these locations are encouraged to apply.
• Applications are reviewed in the order of arrival, and we reserve the right to close the advert before the term initially indicated if suitable applications are received.