Full Time
Posted 5 months ago
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Clinical Services Associate
Location: Cross River
Job Description
- Ensure HIV testing services are provided at community service delivery points within the health facility.
- Support risk stratification for HIV in designated community service delivery points
- Facilitate the transition of clients identified in the community to the facility.
- Provide index testing services to clients receiving care in the community.
- Ensure appropriate documentation of all services provided in the designated tools.
- Ensure infection prevention and control precautions are observed at all times.
- Facilitate the clinical assessment of all patients diagnosed with HIV and ensure same-day commencement on treatment for eligible patients.
- Facilitate diagnosis of advanced HIV disease and linkage to the appropriate treatment services
- Strengthen effective referrals and linkages between facility and community structures including community-based organizations and support groups to improve paediatric and adolescent programming, finding men and boys, adolescent girls and young women, as well as pregnant and breastfeeding women.
- Ensure appropriate documentation in service registers.
- Facilitate continuous follow-up of clients using the 90days adherence calendar.
- Improve client experience by minimizing client wait times, devolvement to available differentiated service models, and a friendly clinic environment, and multi-month dispensing.
- Ensure pre-appointment reminders are provided and services are available to all returning clients due for a refill at the appropriate time.
- Facilitate regimen optimization for all clients receiving care and treatment services.
- Facilitate the use of the relevant care and support tools for all clients on every contact.
- Ensure appropriate referrals for services following the use of care and support tools.
- Ensure appropriate documentation of client status in service registers and EMR.
- Ensure that all eligible clients have viral load samples collected at the appropriate time.
- Utilize viral load results to appropriately manage clients.
- Facilitate U=U messaging and support clients to attain undetectable viral load levels
- Ensure appropriate documentation of viral load services in appropriate tools.
- Lead the LGA Epidemic Response Team, to efficiently implement program strategies relating to HIV prevention, care and treatment, including resource optimization.
- Perform routine monitoring and data review meetings with team members and improve the overall usage of data for decision-making.
- Supervise routine daily data validation and entry into electronic medical records systems and participate in routine monthly and quarterly data validation exercises and data quality assurance exercises to achieve 100% concurrence across all relevant performance indicators.
- Maintain a good working relationship with relevant community structures to facilitate the implementation of HIV epidemic response activities.
- Support the provision of HIV prevention services in adherence to national guidelines and global standards.
- Support the provision of integrated HIV, TB, and other medical services at the community level.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Recruitment Standard
- MBBS with a minimum of 1-year post-national youth service experience in clinical care
- A sound understanding of HIV/AIDS, TB and TB/HIV technical areas.
- Knowledge of Nigerian clinical setting, including government and non-government setting
- Proven ability to supervise staff.
- Excellent command of written and spoken English
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Willingness to extend working hours to meet deadlines and at short notice.
- Ability to function effectively in multi-disciplinary teams to produce excellent results under pressure.
- The ability to use key computing applications e g. MS Office Suite etc and knowledge of different databases (DHIS or LAMIS) is a plus.
Application Closing Date
26th December, 2023.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested and qualified candidates should send their detailed Resume and a one-page Cover Letter as one (1) MS Word document explaining suitability for the position to the “Human Resources Unit” via: [email protected] using their Full Name, the Job Title and Location as the subject of the mail. (e.g. “JOHN DOE, Laboratory Technician Lagos”).
Note
- Candidates are advised to provide three professional referees with email addresses and phone numbers.
- Eligible female applicants are encouraged to apply. ECEWS has a competitive compensation package and is an equal-opportunity employer (EOE)
- ECEWS does not charge candidates a fee for a test or interview.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: December 26, 2023
Job Features
Job Category | Clinical Services Officer |