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AIC Kijabe Hospital a church based hospital is seeking to fill the following position: Program Officer (TAS Lead)
Main Responsibilities
1. Establishing, Promoting and sustaining linkages between the community and the clinic
- Making sure that community reports including adherence issues are communicated appropriately and documented.
- Form linkages between the LPTF, the community and other stakeholders that will be patient focused.
- Help define geographical catchments area.
- Identify CHWs to be trained together with the other community nurses, and conduct the trainings Help establish support groups together with other community staff.
- Help identify and establish satellite clinics sites in the community.
- Together with other staff help patients establish support groups.
- Organize, coordinate and facilitate community activities.
- Coordinating community outreach and mobilization activities e.g. support groups, trainings, meetings, referrals and defaulters tracing, HIV testing and give feedback to the program coordinator.
- Coordinate and supervise community staff working under him/her.
- Ensure community staffs have the necessary requirement for work including finance.
- Ensure accountability as per CHAK-CHAP budget and Kijabe Hospital policies.
- Review and analyze adherence officers and social workers reports including their daily activity reports, enrollments and monthly activities in the region.
- Make sure adherence issues are followed up in the community.
- Ensure priority home visits /patients follow ups are done and feedback given to the clinician.
- Make sure support groups are well co-ordinate to enhance adherence.
- Provide home based adherence support and counseling.
- Refer patients to clinic for enrolment.
- Conduct Home- based testing for family members.
- Assess for O.Is in the homes, treat minor illnesses and refer difficult cases accordingly.
- Look out for drug related side effect, manage or refer accordingly.
- Ensure initial and follow up home visits are done by adherence officers.
- CBTS report
- PWP report
- Monthly activity reports.
- Others as requested by the donor or the program manager.
- Teens psychosocial template
- Any other report as deemed necessary by the program manager.
- Proper reconciliation of advanced funds within the agreed period of time.
- Proper use of the motorbikes, community kits and other program resources.
- Supervising the adherence officers and the social workers on proper utilization of resources.
- Diploma in nursing (KRCHN) or a degree in community development and social work with basic HIV training.
- Dedicated and highly motivated professional.
- Desire to see CHAK team fulfill their purpose.
- Good interpersonal and teamwork skills.
- Has previously worked in the community as a HIV community nurse or a social worker.
- Three years experience of working within HIV-related field
- Experience of teaching / mentorship.
Send your application letter and CV and state how your experience matches the specifications via Email: recruit.kh@kijabe.net on or before 23rd October 2014.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Purpose: To glorify God by providing leadership in the community and offering compassionate health care to those suffering the effects of HIV infection.
