Senior HIV/TB Clinical and Program Officer

Background
Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with the Johns Hopkins
University. Since 2011, Jhpiego has been collaborating with the Government of Lesotho
Ministry of Health (MoH) and various partners in implementing a wide-range of activities in
HIV prevention/ VMMC, TB screening, Pre Service Education and newborn care.
Project Overview
Jhpiego is expanding its support to MOH by supporting a new HIV care and treatment initiative.
Title: Senior HIV/TB Clinical and Program Officer
Reports To: Jhpiego Country Director
Supervises: HIV/TB ART providers
Summary Scope of Work:
Responsible for designing and planning for a comprehensive HIV care initiative including: HIV testing, counseling, care, treatment, & support; sexually transmitted infection diagnosis and treatment; TB prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and support; and sexual and reproductive health. Ensure services are provided in accordance with Lesotho MOH HIV treatment policies and guidelines.
S/he will evaluate chronic and acute illness, advice on ordering diagnostic procedures and tests, advise on treatment and referrals, and demonstrate proficient skills in patient education.
Responsibilities
• Assists in conceptualizing, and providing leadership and strategic direction for HIV and TB program
• Contributes to the multi-sectoral collaboration with other relevant stakeholders and partners in the district to lead a coherent and coordinated HIV and TB response
• Provides technical leadership to improve coverage and quality of HIV and TB prevention initiatives
• Conducts comprehensive health assessments of patients in collaboration with the clinicians providing clinical services,
• Trains clinical staff in HIV/ TB treatment and care
• Advises on prescribing medication according to standard HIV/TB treatment guidelines and in consultation with supervising doctors or nurses
• Serves as HIV/TB liaison and resource for Ministry of Health at district level
• Represents program at district level stakeholder meetings and technical working groups in relation to HIV and TB technical areas
• Coordinates subspecialty care needs of HIV patients by facilitating referral processes from health centers to district hospital to regional hospital.
• Supports and provides technical inputs for the implementation of all project activities to timely achieve project deliverables and outcomes,
• Meets regularly with district government counterparts, especially MoH officials at the district level for effective project management and respond in a timely manner to requests for meetings, reports, etc.
• Establishes systems for tracking progress, indicators and deliverables according to agreed work-plans and prepares program reports to ensure that state, donor and headquarters reporting needs are met,
• Facilitates clinical trainings, workshops and provides on-site technical support during visits as needed, as part of a broad strategy of program strengthening including preparing training schedules, identifying trainers, monitoring trainings and post-training supportive supervision follow-up visits.
• Works closely with the Linkages Coordinator on programmatic linkages
• Travels and provides supportive supervision at the district hospitals
Required Qualifications, Skills & Competencies
• MBBS/Clinical or Nursing Degree required with 5+ or more years of experience in HIV/AIDS programs,
• Technical knowledge and field experience in public health programs particularly HIV treatment and care, HIV/TB integration and HIV/FP integration in Lesotho,
• Familiarity with the Lesotho health system, key stakeholders and relevant government policies/ strategies.
• A Masters in Public Health and or certificate in HIV program / treatment training will be an added advantage
• Advanced Computer skills
• Experience in managing teams and supervising multi-cultural staff.
• Be self-motivated, proactive and have a positive attitude to work requiring minimum supervision.
• Excellent organizational skills including the ability to handle a variety of assignments sometimes under pressure of deadlines.
• Be cooperative, hardworking, flexible & dependable.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Be of high integrity and have a sense of confidentiality
• Be willing to take on extra responsibilities in order to achieve the goals/objectives set by the organization
Interested candidates should submit application letters, CVs and certified copies of educational certificates addressed to the Operations Manager emailed to Lesotho.HR@jhpiego.org or hand delivered to Jhpiego office, 1st Floor Dolphin House, 23 Motsoene Road, Industrial Area Maseru, by 1pm on Friday 15 April, 2016. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. For more information about Jhpiego visit our websitewww.jhpiego.org