Regional HIV Care, Treatment & Support Advisor at Addis Ababa City Administration - Health Bureau

Regional HIV Care, Treatment & Support Advisor

Employer: Addis Ababa City Administration - Health Bureau

Employment: Full-Time | Contract

Place of Work: Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

Posted date: 4 years ago

Deadline: Submition date is over

Addis Ababa City Administration - Health Bureau wants to hire interested and qualified candidates for the following position.

Job Summary:

The Regional Care & Treatment Advisor will report the design, implementation, and follow up of comprehensive and quality TB/HIV services in the city Administration

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, capacity building, implementation support and monitoring of early ART initiation, adherence support and viral load monitoring
• Support implementation of TPT as per the GL in the region
• Improve the quality of care for adolescents on ART through adolescent-friendly services
• Ensure the provision of ICT for all newly identified HIV Positives
• Participate and Ensure provision of training/orientation for HCWs in the sites
• Ensure all required SOP/GL/PST/M & E Tools related to HIV care and treatment are availed to sites and used
• Provide TA to regional TWG and participate on RTWG Meeting reviewing ART performance
• Ensure integration of mental illness care to HIV care in selected sites
• Conduct regular SS/mentorship to sub-cities and sites
• Support the RHB and sites to ensure the linkage of all identified positives in the facility and within the catchment as per the SOP
• Support RGBs to identify gaps in linkage for early ART initiation, RVLM, viral suppression, organize weekly/monthly PR, develop PIP and follow/monitor its implementation at the site level
• Identify best practices at community and facility level, share and document
• Lead and Organize weekly PR on the progress of linkage, early ART initiation, retention, VLM and viral suppression with ICAP team and RHB
• Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor
• Submit weekly/monthly reports to supervisor on time

Required Qualification and Experience

• MD with at least 5 years of experiences in care and treatment of HIV/AIDs clients
• Experience in HIV program technical coordination
• Experience in teaching, mentoring, organizing and conducting training
• Experience in development of national documents related to HIV/AIDS Programs
• Excellent interpersonal and coordination skills
• Proficiency in written and spoken English

Required No. 1 (One)

Terms of Employment: Three Month Contract with the possibility of renewal 

Salary: As per the organization Scale

Work Place: Addis Ababa City Health Office