Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities
Organize and oversee effective and efficient implementation of HIV care and treatment and TB/HIV services in all relevant service delivery points and supported health facilities as per MoH policy guidelines
Support efficient and effective strategies that ensure immediate ART initiation, retention, defaulter management, access to viral load testing and viral suppression.
Provide onsite mentoring of clinical teams with the goal of performance improvement in the overall patient care
Support site level clinical teams in management of HIV, TB/HIV, and related diseases as per the recommended national guidelines
Support health facilities and other service delivery point's implement effective retention strategies including proactive appointment management system and enhanced defaulter management system across population groups and facilities.
Support efficient and effective strategies that ensure immediate access to TB/HIV services including active case finding, immediate ART, Integration of TB/HIV services, TB preventive Therapy
Support and strengthen health systems that identify and manage patients failing treatment
Support optimum implementation of recommended service delivery digital/electronic platforms e.g.,Ushauri.
Institutionalize continuous quality improvement systems for HIV care and treatment and TB/HIV towards improvement of performance in low performance indicators/services and quality.
Support accurate documentation, data collection, collation, review, and accurate reporting on a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis as may be guided or required.
Evaluate outcomes of care and treatment and TB/HIV related activities and shares recommendations for program improvement
Timely preparation and submission of activity budgets, work-plans, reports, and other technical papers
Represent the project teamat technical/stakeholder forums with the county and national government, the donor institutions and other implementing partners on laboratory related matters.
Support any other work-related responsibilities as may be assigned by the program manager
Required qualifications
Be a Kenyan citizen
Higher National Diploma (HND) in Clinical Medicine and Surgery Family Health OR HND Paediatrics OR Bachelor's degree in Clinical Medicine OR Bachelor's degree in Nursing OR Diploma in clinical medicine and surgery or Diploma in Nursing WITH Degree in Public Health, Healthcare Management, Community Health Development, WITH experience in HIV/TB service delivery
Active/ current registration the relevant professional body.
Training in paediatric ART OR adult ART OR National HIV Integrated Training Curriculum
Previous experience in DATIM MER indicators is desirable
At least three (3) years in clinical service delivery post internship
Training in advanced HIV care and treatment is an added advantage
Very good knowledge of current national ART and TB/HIV guidelines
At least three (3) years' experience in providing OR overseeing HIV treatment or TB/HIV services or other HIV services
Good report writing skills and ability to use data to inform programming.
Good communication skills, written and verbal, in English and Kiswahili languages.
Proficiency in Microsoft office application including Word, Excel, Power Point