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Job Title: Manager Care and Treatment
Organisation: AIDS Information
Centre-Uganda (AIC)
Centre-Uganda (AIC)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Director of
Programs and Planning
Programs and Planning
About US:
AIDS Information Centre-Uganda (AIC) is a Non-Governmental Organization
established on 14 February 1990 to provide Voluntary Counselling and Testing
(VCT) services for Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV). The Organization was founded as a result of
growing demand from people who wanted to know their HIV status. AIC currently
offers HCT services through 9 Regional Centres of Kampala, Jinja, Mbale,
Mbarara, Arua, Lira, Soroti, Kabale and Karamoja, selected hospitals, health
Centre, and antenatal clinics. AIC also conducts HCT outreaches to communities
and institutions targeting the Most-at risk populations. AIC has supported MoH
to extend HCT services nearer to the communities by supporting HCT in over 52
districts in Uganda with over 200 district health facilities benefiting. Today
the VCT model has evolved into an integrated and comprehensive package of HIV
Prevention, Care & Treatment, Social Support & Protection and Health
& Community Systems Strengthening.
established on 14 February 1990 to provide Voluntary Counselling and Testing
(VCT) services for Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV). The Organization was founded as a result of
growing demand from people who wanted to know their HIV status. AIC currently
offers HCT services through 9 Regional Centres of Kampala, Jinja, Mbale,
Mbarara, Arua, Lira, Soroti, Kabale and Karamoja, selected hospitals, health
Centre, and antenatal clinics. AIC also conducts HCT outreaches to communities
and institutions targeting the Most-at risk populations. AIC has supported MoH
to extend HCT services nearer to the communities by supporting HCT in over 52
districts in Uganda with over 200 district health facilities benefiting. Today
the VCT model has evolved into an integrated and comprehensive package of HIV
Prevention, Care & Treatment, Social Support & Protection and Health
& Community Systems Strengthening.
Job Summary: The Manager
Care and Treatment will provide technical support and guidance to the AIC staff
and other associated persons who provide care services in the AIC regions, so
as to ensure that the services are in accordance with established polices and
standards
Care and Treatment will provide technical support and guidance to the AIC staff
and other associated persons who provide care services in the AIC regions, so
as to ensure that the services are in accordance with established polices and
standards
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Prepare draft policies and strategies for
AIC care services, and initiate their review as necessary - Work closely with Directors and other
managers to prepare proposals for external support to AIC care programs - Formulate work plans and budgets for the
provision of technical support and guidance on the care services of AIC - Work with the Director of Programs and
Planning to come up with the indicators to be used for monitoring the
provision of care services - Guide the Director of Programs and
Planning on appropriate quality assurance measures to be put in place for
AIC care services - Advise the Director of Programs and
Planning and the Director Finance & Administration on the resources
required for medical and laboratory services - Provide technical advice and guidance on
the procurement and distribution of the resources required for medical and
laboratory services - Provide technical support and guidance on
sensitisation campaigns for care services - Visit the programme implementation points
to provide technical support and guidance with respect to care services,
and advise on necessary follow-up actions - Coordinate with the Director of Programs
and Planning in planning and implementing programs for the provision of
technical support and guidance to the regions - Regularly monitor adherence to established
policies, systems and procedures in the implementation of care programs,
and advise the Director of Programs and Planning as necessary, following
established communication channels - Develop and sustain a strong mechanism for
referral and follow-up of clients accessing AIC care services, and
obtaining feedback on or from them - Review reports on the consumption and
availability of medical and laboratory supplies, and advise the Director
of Programs and Planning on necessary follow-up actions - Monitor the availability and condition of
medical and laboratory equipment in the various regions, and advise on
necessary actions - Provide advice to the Director of Programs
and Planning on the effective coordination and harmonisation of the
medical, laboratory and other services - Provide advice and guidance on scaling up
and sustaining access to the basic HIV and related care packages - Establish and maintain the regional
clinics as fully functional clinics, with adequate quantities of relevant
equipment and supplies - Roll out and sustain the management of
malaria and other opportunistic diseases in all AIC stand-alone sites - Guide the Human Resource and
Administration Department on staffing standards for the prevention
function at AIC - Support the Regional Managers to identify
training and development needs of the care staff at the regions, and
advise them on how these needs can be addressed - Provide technical input in the recruitment
and development of staff carrying out care services - Keenly review monitoring and evaluation
reports and other reports relating to AIC care services, identify issues
that require action by the Care Department, and arrange for the necessary
actions - Suggest new care programs to be
implemented by AIC, and participate in developing related proposal
documents and work plans - Advise on beneficial partnerships with
other service providers - Represent AIC at meetings with external
parties on care services, as delegated by the Director of Programs and
Planning - Regularly update and share information on
specialised HIV/AIDS care agencies with capacity to enrol AIC clients on
referral - Oversee the development of new clinical
and laboratory guidelines and standard operating procedures, as well as
revising old ones - Participate in the provision of training
services to AIC medical and laboratory personnel - Make inputs into the development of
training curricula for care services - Arrange for the provision of ongoing
continuing medical education (CME) for AIC medical staff - Authorise payments with respect to care
services up to the prescribed limits - Provide technical input in the performance
appraisal of the care staff at regional level - Provide technical leadership in the
discussion of care issues at meetings of the Directorate of Prevention and
Care - Coordinate review meetings for regional
care staff - Provide input into advocacy programs with
respect to care services - Participate in operational research
activities - Provide inputs in the formulation of
strategies for establishing commercial ventures as alternative sources of
funding - Work with the Monitoring and Evaluation
Manager to monitor and evaluate performance in the delivery of care
services, and to carry out service delivery audits - Submit to the Director of Programs and
Planning, as often as required but at least quarterly, a full written
report of the activities of the Care Department
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The ideal candidate must hold a first
Degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBChB); - Additional training in HIV/AIDS Prevention
and Care - Additional training in Management
- At least six years’ experience in clinical
work; with at least 3 years at managerial level - Previous exposure and experience in
HIV/AIDS care - Extensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention
and care issues - Rights of people living with HIV/AIDS
- Knowledge of research methods – both
quantitative and qualitative - Good management and organisational skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal
skills - Good counselling skills
- Excellent computer skills
- High degree of Integrity
- Empathy
- Sound judgement
- Innovativeness
- Good team player
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send hard
copies with an application letter, CV including names of three referees, copies
of relevant academic documents, and a daytime telephone contact addressed to:
copies with an application letter, CV including names of three referees, copies
of relevant academic documents, and a daytime telephone contact addressed to:
Human Resource Department
AIDS Information Centre – Uganda
P.O. Box 10446 Kampala. Uganda
Or E-mail to:
recruitment@aicug.org
recruitment@aicug.org
Deadline: 25th
August 2017 by 5:00pm
August 2017 by 5:00pm
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