HIV Clinical Officer

Location: Kapoeta, South Sudan

Reports to: Hospital Director Generals/director, HIV Care and treatment Unit Head

Summary of Position:
The objective of this position is to strengthen and improve facility-level coordination ownership,
and quality of HIV/AIDS service delivery. We offer a competitive salary based on your experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

•  Provide full time facility-level clinical evaluation and treatment services to
  people living with HIV and their families (including patients attending the
  outpatient and inpatient departments);
•  Provide facility-level clinical consultation services for management of HIV and
  TB cases;
•  Provide support to facility management, HIV focal persons, and the
  multidisciplinary team;
•  (MDT) to coordinate HIV testing, care, treatment, and support services,
  (including entry;
•  points, ART clinics, etc.;
•  Mentor and participate in training of health care workers
•  Provide regular continuing medical education to the MDT
•  Direct and coordinate the MDT to conduct periodic quality assessments of
  services and implement improvement plans through:

o Monitoring progress to set performance targets,
o Conducting standard of care (SOC), cohort, and cascade analyses o Perform any other duties as may be assigned.

Education

Clinical Officer Training from recognized schools.

Qualifications

•  Training and clinical experience in HIV/AIDS care and antiretroviral treatment is
•  Ability to work independently
•  Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to foresee problems and
  initiate
•  appropriate preventive or corrective actions
•  Computer literacy in Microsoft applications
•  Excellent interpersonal and team building skills
•  Able to be flexible and adapt to changes in the work/team environment Fluency in
  written and spoken English and one or two local languages in South Sudan
•  This is a position for South Sudanese nationals only.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please apply on our website: http://joinforcier.com. On the Current Openings job table, locate the HIV Clinical Officer - Kapoeta job posting, job ID RSS0013 and click Apply.

Submit a single PDF containing your cover letter, CV and three professional references and any additionally requested documents.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview.