Job Title: Regional Adult Care and Treatment Advisor Duty Station: Oromia (Addis Ababa) Number: 1 Line Manager Regional Director Direct Reports None
Job Summary
The Adult Care and Treatment Advisor will provide technical assistance to the Regional Health Bureaus to enable them to support the implementation of high quality comprehensive Adult HIV care and treatment services.
Duties and Responsibilities Under the supervision by the regional director, the ACT Advisor will have the following responsibilities:
Provide technical assistance to the regional health bureau on the overall, clinical aspect of HIV program implementation;
Provide technical support to the regional health bureau on the implementation of multidisciplinary meeting and monthly performance meeting;
Support the regional health bureau in the planning, coordinating, implementing and monitoring of clinical system mentorship, catchment area meeting, case review sessions, review meeting and supportive supervision;
Identify challenges in the implementation of CoAg related activities and develop action items and discuss with assigned focal person of the regional health bureau;
Participate in the regional health bureau joint supportive supervision and review meeting and develop action item on the identified gaps
In collaboration with CTD provide technical support to RHB by identifying needs to develop or/ and revise CSM SOPs, CSM documentation and reporting tools and CAM documentation and reporting tools
In collaboration with CTD provide technical support to RHB to develop or/and revise and distribute Provider support tools (PST) and clients education materials (IEC);
Provide technical assistance to RHB on development or revision of CSM network and CAM mapping of catchment health facilities.
Assist regional health bureau focal person in performing training need assessment and planning of trainings;
Support RHB in strengthening monitoring and evaluation and information system, facilitation of community linkages, patient flow analysis, improvement of adherence support system, development or improvement of referral system, etc.
Support RHB in using service quality assessment indicators, development of assessment tools and SOP and setting quality bench marks
Support regional health bureau to strengthen blood bank and reliable safety program
Work with pharmacy advisor on the implementation of HIV services at the facility level
Actively participate in documentation of experiences, lessons learned, case studies and other technical documents;
Prepare the CU ICAP regional offices monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual work plans and reports;
Perform any other related duties assigned by the Regional Director
Job Requirement
Required qualification and experience
MD/Internist or MD with MPH or MD with five years’ experience in HIV/AIDS care delivery and program management
Ability to establish and maintain excellent work relationship
Strong interpersonal communication skills
Proficiency in written and spoken English.
Basic computer knowledge with ability to use the MS office application