• Application Deadline:
• Position: Technical Assistant - Community ART Management


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 1 year


• Location Akwa Ibom


• Job Field Medical / Healthcare 
  

Job Description

• Will provide technical and programmatic support to implement high quality comprehensive HIV/AIDS programs (ART, PMTCT, TB/HIV, RH/HIV, and HTS) and other services including direct service provision support for community level services based on the ongoing HIV and Tb surge in Akwa Ibom state.


• Support, scale up and coordinate the community level implementation of integrated HIV and TB surge strategies aimed at maximizing HIV case finding efficiencies based on the 95:95:95 strategies.


• S/He will support optimal linkage and enrolment rates for identified HIV positive adult, adolescent and pediatric clients at community level based on the 95:95:95 strategies, support the community level implementation of test and start strategy including same day ART enrolment for identified HIV positive adults, adolescent and pediatric patients  based on the 95:95:95 strategies and  also support the community level implementation of strategies aimed at optimizing retention in ART care and enhancing virological suppression for adult, adolescent and pediatric patients enrolled in project-supported treatment locations based on the 95:95:95 strategies.

Minimum Recruitment Standards

• MBBS with a minimum of 1 year post national youth service experience in clinical care OR Registered Nurse / Midwife / B.Sc in Nursing with a minimum of 3 years post qualification experience.


• A sound understanding of HIV/AIDS, TB and TB/HIV technical areas.


• Knowledge of Nigerian clinical setting including government and non-government settings


• Experience in integrated HIV care delivery


• Sensitivity to cultural differences and understanding of the social, political and ethical issues surrounding HIV infection.