• Application Deadline: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Officer, HTS and Linkage


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA


• Experience 2 years


• Location Jigawa , Kano


• Job Field Medical / Healthcare 
  

Job Overview

• HTS and linkage officer will closely with the state program implementation team to strengthen linkage services to ART, PrEP, and other prevention services in facilities.


• In line with national guidelines, they will enhance referral between facilities and communities and innovative strategies to strengthen referral between facility and communities based on HTS points.

Work Interactions and conditions:

• This job requires data review and analysis with high expectations for timeliness and accuracy

Responsibilities

• Strengthen linkages between community and facilities


• Link newly diagnosed HIV positive people to a facility for ART initiation


• Ensure quality improvement processes to strengthen approaches to linkage


• Strengthen good working relationships with other implementing partners and stakeholders


• Work with facilities to strengthen systems that will facilitate tracing of defaulters in conjunction with community health workers and enhance linkage into care of patients


• Serve as point of contact between the community and facility


• Work with Department of Health (DOH) facility staff and other PEPFER IP to address barriers of Antiretroviral (ART) initiation


• Daily review of HTS register to ensure that clients are tracked for ART initiation


• Ensure that facilities conduct data collection, collation, and verification regarding linkage


• Coordinate community and facility-based HTS in the assigned state


• Document patients who have transferred out of the facility


• Participate in facility scheduled (e.g bi-weekly and monthly) review meetings


• Participate in the data analysis of facility targets, indicators, cascade, etc

Mode of Evaluation:

• Monthly activity program report


• Site activity report


• Training report


• Concept paper for innovation on prevention services.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in public health, health sciences or related health, medical or social sciences; Master’s in Public health preferred


• Experience: 2+ years of experience in HIV and TB screening, counseling, testing, and linkage


• Specialized knowledge: knowledgeable in HIV/AIDS, TB, and STI or National HTS guidelines


• Experience as a community health facilitator or other HIV and TB program implementation (notably linkage to care and retention of clients in care) is desirable


• Skills: Proficient in excel, word processing. Strong written and oral communications skills


• Abilities: Strategic and analytical thinking skills, Problem-solving, multi-tasking, and prioritizing


• Interpersonal/Individual Competencies: the ability to build and maintain relations with multiple stakeholders, strong work ethic, decisiveness, and personal integrity.