District HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Coordinator

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) seeks to recruit the following position.

TUNAWEZA Project

TUNAWEZA is a 5 year U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded program providing support and assistance to indigenous Kenyan organizations working in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment. The project is designed to provide organizational systems development support and technical assistance.

The project aims to build, expand the quality of HIV /AIDS, and improve outcomes of HIV/AIDS services and the sustainability of HIV/AIDS interventions of local Kenyan organization including the Ministry of Health Structures.

Activities include organizational systems strengthening, technical capacity building in provision of evidence based HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment services, and provision of grants. Particular emphasis is placed on expansion and sustainability of quality of HIV/AIDS interventions.

Job Title: District HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Coordinator
Job Ref: TW/CTC/TUR/2010
Location: Lodwar, Turkana District, Kenya
Reports To: Deputy Project Director

Overall Job Function:

To provide technical assistance and support to Ministry of Health and HIV/AIDS care and treatment implementing partners in Turkana District to improve and ensure the quality, utilization, and scope of HIV/AIDS care and treatment services (HBHC, ART, PMTCT and TBHIV) with an emphasis on integration and family focused care.

To serve as a technical resource to the Ministry of Health (MOH) and TUNAWEZA Project funded partners across the district, support the strengthening and programs, systems and linkages of clinical HIV services. To support the mentoring of clinical teams and support HIV Care and Treatment decentralization.

The position will provide technical, program, capacity-building, and health-system strengthening support that will enhance facility-based HIV/AIDS services throughout Turkana district.

Duties and Responsibilities:

* Lead the EGPAF team in Turkana to provide technical assistance to all sites (clinical and community-level) supported by TUNWEZA project to offer a complete care and treatment package, including PMTCT (including pediatric AIDS), HAART/ARV, OI, TB/HIV co-infection, palliative care, PITC and PwP services.
* Provide direct technical assistance to health care facilities supported by EGPAF: training of staff, facilitation of community linkages, patient flow analysis, and support in drug and supply management, development of quality improvement action plans.
* Provide direct technical assistance to multidisciplinary teams at each site to implement continuum of care services for adult/pediatric care and treatment, PMTCT and TBHIV including the strengthening skills of health care workers in provider initiated testing and counselling (PITC) and prevention with positives (PWP) activities
* Support the strengthening, development and management of clinical systems related to HIV/AIDS service scale-up including improved use of information, adherence support, and referral systems.
* Support and conduct training of multidisciplinary teams at each site to implement and scale-up provision of quality HIV/AIDS care and treatment, PMTCT and TBHIV services.
* Support facility based clinical mentoring teams to be able to provide quality clinical mentoring services to support decentralization of HIV Care and Treatment services.
* Evaluate ongoing services, and support the Ministry of Health and implementing partners in development strategies for client retention, expanded coverage, getting-to-outcomes and community facility linkages.
* Support dissemination and monitor implementation of national HIV/AIDS tools, including clinical guidelines, protocols, algorithms, drug formularies, training materials, and monitoring and evaluation tools.
* Supports the capacity building of district, and facility personnel to enhance their performance in the technical planning, management, and evaluation of HIV/AIDS programs
* Work closely and in collaboration with DASCO, DTLD, DPHN, DHMT, DMLT and maximize partnerships with HIV/AIDS prevention partners in the district
* Represent EGPAF before MoH teams and partner organizations in the district, as necessary.

Minimum Qualifications:

* Medical Degree
* Diploma in Clinical Medicine with extensive clinical experience in care and treatment of TB, HIV, and HIV/TB-confection including 3-5 years experience in TB/HIV and public health programs,
* 3+ years experience in TB/HIV programs at facility level.
* Exceptional problem-solving skills and analytical capabilities.
* Ability to analyze health statistics and draw conclusions regarding programmatic priorities
* Strong interpersonal skills.
* Ability to multitask and meet tight deadlines.
* Strong written and oral communication skills.
* Highly proficient in relevant computer applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
* Experience in training
* Must be willing to travel 30% of the time throughout Turkana

Application and Contact Details:

Interested qualified candidates are requested to submit a letter, a resume and names of three references to kenyarecruitment@pedaids.org by 4th November 2010.

To ensure timely review of your credentials, please insert the job reference number in the subject line of the email.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

EGPAF is mainly funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The TUNAWEZA Project is funded by CDC.

EGPAF is an equal opportunity employer.

Please visit our web site www.pedaids.org for more details on the Foundation.

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