Job Title: Technical Officer HIV services (3 NGO Jobs)
Organisation: Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda)
Duty Station: Karamoja, Uganda
About the Company:
Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda) is an indigenous not-for-profit child health and development organisation affiliated to the Baylor College of Medicine International Paediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI), a Network of paediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment Children’s Clinical Centres of Excellence and international program offices in 11 countries across Africa and Eastern Europe.
Job Summary: The Technical officer HIV Services is responsible for planning, implementation and monitoring HIV program activities through a district led approach with up to date MoH guidelines for comprehensive Pediatric, adolescent and adult HIV care & treatment to improve health facility service programs, system and structure under the USAID local partner health services Eastern Activity.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Prepare and monitor the implementation of periodic work plans & activity budgets for the project as well as their integration into district and health facilities work plans in line with USAID LPHS-E mandate
- Monitor the implementation of strategies and systems for strengthening HF to improve ART/ant-TB initiation, treatment and outcome monitoring through case conference, mortality.
- Increasing ART facility coverage through HF assessment for accreditation especially in underserved geographical areas and populations in line MoH guidelines
- Establish/strengthen collaboration/partnership with other key district stakeholders involved in provision of HIV related services and as well as monitor the implementation of strategies for community mobilization and advocacy for all project in the district.
- Provide technical support to the key stakeholders in monitoring the implementation of strategies for strengthening client linkage & referral system to increase demand for comprehensive services and a functional patient tracking system for retention purposes.
- Provide technical support in rational use of medical commodities, documentation of consumption as well as laboratory performance in the cluster in line with MOH guidelines.
- Monitor the implementation of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) based & data driven capacity programs for health workers and community key stakeholders.
- Review weekly, monthly and quarterly progress for adult peadiatric and adolescent HIV care and treatment indicators at district and facility level.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Diploma in clinical medicine or a diploma in Nursing/midwifery from a recognized Institution. A bachelor’s degree in public health is an added advantage.
- Must be registered with the relevant professional body and must be competent in computer applications (MS Word and Excel).
- At least two years of relevant work experience in the field of HIV control activities.
How to Apply:
All interested candidates should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 28th May 2025
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