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Job Title:  mHealth Nurse (Fresher NGO Jobs) 

Organisation: Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Duty Station: Moroto, Uganda

About the Company:

Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is an independently governed institute within the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University and has the mission “To strengthen health systems in Africa, with a strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development.” IDI has operations across Uganda as well as in a number of other African countries and has a staffing of over 1,000 managing multiple projects in research, clinical services, public health and training.

Job Summary:   The mHealth Nurse will support the implementation of the mHealth component of the project. The project will employ call for Life in mHealth intervention that provide treatment support to patients in the form of pill reminders, health messages, clinic appointment reminders and remote symptom reporting. The project Nurse will work together with the staff at the facility (TB Clinic) to register TB patients onto the platform and provide follow up support.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify patients eligible for the services among patient diagnosed with TB at the project supported health facilities.
• Provide required information to patients eligible for the project
• Obtain informed consent from eligible patients
• Support health facility teams to register patients onto the Call for LifeTM mHealth tool
• Provide ongoing support to patients on the tool and attend to challenges with usage
• Participate in following up participants usage of the tool
• Respond to and manage symptoms reported on the mHealth tool by the patients
• Build capacity of the project team to fully support health facility teams in registration of eligible patients onto the tool for appointment reminders.
• Provide periodic reports on the utilization of the C4L tool in appointment follow up
• Conduct follow up phone calls and home visits when necessary
• Attend staff meetings
• Participate as a member of the facility health care team
• Perform any other duties as delegated by the supervisor

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Completion of nurses training from a recognised institution (minimum of a diploma in nursing)
• Person Specification
• Completion of nurses training from a recognised institution (minimum of a diploma in nursing)
• Must hold a valid practising license
• Minimum of 1 Year’s work experience in a clinical research setting
• Up-to-date registration with the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council
• Excellent communication skills with patients, clinicians and with other members of the team
• Good team player
• Competency in use of Microsoft word, excel and the internet is essential
• Knowledge of good nursing procedures and practices
• Fluency in local languages

How to Apply:
All interested candidates should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 8th November 2024

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