Job Description
Position: District Technical Officer- EQUIP Zambia - Muchinga (1) and Northern (1)
Location: Muchinga and Northern Provinces
Reporting to: Head Technical - EQUIP
Main Purpose of the Job: To support the district HIV and ART programmes through technical support at district and facility level in collaboration with district health office, other partners and the community
Qualifications and Experience:
- Grade 12 School Certificate plus related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Diploma/Degree: Clinical Medicine/Nursing
- 3 years’ experience in a health/social science or related field
- 1 year experience in training / facilitation
- Experience in management of Health Programmes
- Strong knowledge of HIV/AIDS programmes
- Competence in clinical management of HIV/AIDS Services
Key Performance Areas amongst others include:
Program/clinical support:
- Provide continuous support in implementing ART program activities at facility level in conjunction with DHO
- Track progress of supported facilities/Management Areas and other partners against set objectives and targets.
- Identify programmatic performance gaps and provide, document on-site mentoring
- Identify training needs and assist in the develop training plans for programmes and supported facilities/management areas.
- Identify bottlenecks and additional needs to improve service delivery and opportunities to exceed targets at Provincial Office.
- Review of facility compliance with current ART guidelines, identify shortcomings and institute corrective measures
- Support Adaptation and monitor/implementation for compliance of RTC Zambia policies and guidelines.
- Ensuring effective and efficient communication with the DHO and provincial coordinator
- Ensure 100% linkage to care for all positive patients
- Ensure timely monitoring of patients including viral load monitoring
- Coordinate and support clinical/nursing teams and lab teams to ensure smooth and timely viral load assessments on all patients
Monitoring and Reporting:
- Increase access to and utilization of quality HIV/AIDS service
- Assist in compiling quarterly reports for the District Health Office, EQUIP and RTC leadership
- Assist in compiling monthly funding projections and forecasts
- Liaison and coordination with the Programme Coordinators and other EQUIP partners with reference to RTC’s cooperating partners and programmes and interventions.
- Ensure timely submission of Quarterly Narrative Reports by facility/Management Areas as per applicable submission schedule.
- Compile periodic and ad hoc narrative and data reports of programme performance
- Brief and communicate programmatic performance to RTC management in consultation with the EQUIP Programme Coordinator
- Respond to questions and queries related to programme performance and programme compliance.
- Constantly maintain accurate records (hard and soft copy) of programme reports and additional programmatic information/data with appropriate levels of accessibility to programme staff and RTC management
- Close cooperation with RTC’s EQUIP Programme team to ensure consistency in the performance and reporting of programme objectives
- Ensure consistency with RTC’s M&E and Technical Assistance programme objectives
Coordination and Collaboration:
- Work closely with the facility/District/Project Coordinators and other district health coordinators
- Work closely with MoH and facility personnel and other stakeholders e.g. laboratory services, pharmacy to develop and implement strategies to strengthen the program management
- Work with MOH facility staff in scaling up successful interventions
- Collaborate with other NGOs and stakeholders to facilitate continuity of care and improve on service delivery.
Self-management:
- Planning and managing of own time effectively.
- Taking personal responsibility for own actions and decisions and for standard of work produced
- Performing tasks accurately, completely and effectively in line with management expectations and department performance standards.
- Behaving in a professional manner at all times.
Interested applicants must submit their CV, Certified Qualifications, ID Copy, letter of motivation and 3 professional references stating full name of referee, relationship, email address and contact telephone numbers by: 24 November 2017.
This also confirms that by applying for the above-mentioned position you consent to Right to Care to conduct qualification, ID, Criminal and Reference checks which is part of our recruitment process.
Should you not receive a response to your application from Right to Care within one month of this advert being placed, kindly consider your application as being unsuccessful, we nonetheless want to thank you for your interest shown in our organization. Right to Care web-site: www.righttocare.org
About the Organization
Right to Care (RTC) is a non-profit company with a vision that all HIV-positive patients receive high quality treatment, care and support, improving their quality of life and productivity in South Africa and other African Countries.
The EQUIP Consortium is led by Right to Care (RTC) in collaboration with four other Africa based Partners. The EQUIP Consortium provides countries with innovative and customized solutions that increase HIV testing and linkage to care, widens the coverage of ART, expands capacity for viral load monitoring and improves retention of patients on ART. With the support of USAID, EQUIP is designed to provide rapid responses to the needs of high-priority PEPFAR countries.
