Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

REF/MCPSB/456/2022

Job summary
The overall function of this position is to ensure effective implementation of quality HIV Care and Treatment and TB/HIV services to pediatrics, adolescent, young people, and adults. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring attainment and maintenance of high-quality clinical patient care through strengthening of the clinical care delivery systems and processes, ensuring implementation of recommended clinical protocols and national guidelines and application of recommended standards & practices. They also support site level Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and strengthen capacity of site level MDT to increasingly use their data to support improvements for patient case management. The program officer will ensure provision of full comprehensive HIV prevention, care and treatmentearly initiation of treatment, retention into care and achieving full viral suppression. Ensure provision of interventions that are patient-centered through tracking of viraemic patients, community ART groups, facilitating differentiated service delivery, involving treatment champions supporting and engaging stakeholders through advisory committee meetings and technical working groups. Engaging Healthcare providers including adherence cousellors and peer educator and updating on new ART guidelines updates and advanced HIV disease.

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.

Required qualifications
• A bachelor’s degree in Clinical Medicine or bachelor’s degree in Nursing with at least three (3) years’ experience in providing and /overseeing HIV treatment and TB/HIV services or other HIV services at facility and county/subcounty-county level OR Higher diploma in clinical medicine or nursing with at least 5 years’ experience in providing and /overseeing HIV treatment and TB/HIV services or other HIV services at facility and county/subcounty-county level
• 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 languages.
• Proficiency in Microsoft office application including Word, Excel, Power Point

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Applicants are advised to use PSC 2 application form( https://www.publicservice.go.ke/index.php/forms-downloads/application-for-employment-form-psc-2-revised-2016?download=139:psc2-form-rev-2016 ) 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 January 3rd Tuesday, 2023 at 5:00pm.
Shortlisted candidates will be required to produce their original identity cards, academic and professional certificates and testimonials.
Successful candidates shall be required to produce clearance from the following institutions to meet requirements of Chapter Six of The Constitution of Kenya:
Kenya Revenue Authority
Higher Education Loans Board
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission
Criminal Investigation Department
Credit Reference Bureau
Women, People Living with Disabilities and Marginalized Groups are encouraged to apply.
Only shortlisted and successful candidate will be contacted.


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