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8 Jan 2022

Medical Officer x2 at The Aids Support Organisation (TASO Uganda)

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Job Description


Main Purpose of the Job: The overall objective of the Clinical Care Coordinator is to supervise, coordinate and administer provision of medical services at the GRRH ART Clinic and ensure compliance to procedures, regulations, standards and targets.

Key Duties and Responsibilities
• Develop and manage ART clinic work plans and budgets
• Ensure compliance to the set MoH and Donor standards, procedures and guidelines in the delivery of medical services
• Participate in day-to-day running of the HIV/AIDS clinic at GRRH including daily enrollment of all newly identified HIV positive infants, children, adolescents and adults.
• Work with staff at ART clinic, TB unit, and all facility entry points to strengthen TB screening, testing, initiation and completion of treatment and achievement of PEPFAR priority areas/indicators.
• Conduct routine Training Needs Assessments for the ART clinic teams and develop a staff capacity building plan/training schedule.
• Organize routine performance reviews at the ART clinic and ensure activities at the ART clinic are well coordinated and demonstrate results towards set targets.
• In collaboration with supported facility staff, monitor and support attainment of HIV prevention (VMMC, KP/PP, HTS, Recency, PMTCT), HIV Care enrolment, Care & Treatment, and TB Performance targets for infants, children, adolescents and adults.
• Work with ART clinic, TB unit, and other GRRH staff to plan and implement quality improvement activities/collaboratives to improve HIV testing outputs, enrollment into care and on ART, clinical and laboratory services monitoring aimed at improved delivery of high-quality HIV continuum of services for infants, children, adolescents and adults care; improved TB treatment outcome, and care for KP/PPs
• Support GRRH ART clinic pharmacy and Laboratory staff in forecasting, quantifying and requisitioning adequate commodities to support the HIV care and treatment continuum including ARVs, HIV test kits, viral load kits and opportunistic infections (O. Is) management medicines.
• Supervise and appraise the different program focal persons and all surbodinates. 11. Prepare and submit periodic reports on the ART clinic medical services to the Head of Clinical Services and Gulu Cluster Team Lead
• Provide input to the Human Resource Department of GRRH to ensure adequate and competent staff in the ART clinic.
• other duty assigned by the Immediate supervisor

Person specifications
• Minimum Academic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s in Medicine and Surgery (MBChB)
• Additional Training Necessary
• Training in Program Management
• Training in Public Health
• Training in Provision of ART and HIV clinical care
• Minimum Experience and Exposure:
• 4 years Post internship experience as a Medical Officer, 2 of them in HIV related work
• Other Qualities/Attributes
• Integrity
• Emotional control
• Confidentiality
• Tact
• Ability to work under mental and physical stress
• Innovativeness

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Closing Date : 20th Jan. 2022




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