Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Program Officer, Treatment and TB/HIV

Roles 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 team at 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
• A bachelor’s degree in Clinical Medicine or bachelor’s degree in Nursing
• Active/ current registration with professional body.
• Training in paediatric, adolescent, and adult care and treatment
• Training in advanced HIV care and treatment is an added advantage
• Training in paediatric and adult TB/HIV
• Very good knowledge of HIV treatment and TB/HIV guidelines
• At least three (3) years’ experience in providing and/or overseeing HIV treatment and TB/HIV services
• or other HIV services at facility and County/Sub-County Level
• Good report writing skills and ability to use data to inform programming.
• Good communication skills, written and verbal, in English and Kiswahili language

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Job application procedure
Applicants are advised to use PSC 2 application form and attach the necessary documents. All applications should be submitted in a sealed A4 envelope clearly marked on the top left side indicating the reference number for position applied for and addressed to:
The Secretary/CEO
Migori County Public Service Board
P.O Box 365- 40400, Suna
• Hand delivered applications should be dropped at the offices of the Migori County Public Service Board located at Nyamome along Namba – Masara road adjacent to Nyamome SDA church.
• All applications should reach the Secretary/CEO Migori County Public Service Board on or before Tuesday 21st June, 2022 at 5:00pm.
• Shortlisted candidates will be required to produce their original identity cards, academic and professional certificates and testimonials.
NB:
• Women, People Living with Disabilities and Marginalized Groups are encouraged to apply;
• Only shortlisted and successful candidate will be contacted;
• Canvassing in any form will lead to automatic disqualification.
• MIGORI COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYEE

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