DSD Program Officer – Clinical Officer Job at Consortium - Career Opportunity in Zambia
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Vacancy title:
DSD Program Officer – Clinical Officer

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Health Science , Category: Administrative & Office ]

 

Jobs at:

Consortium

Deadline of this Job:
October 28, 2019  

Duty Station:
Within Zambia , Lusaka , South - Central Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, October 17, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
A consortium of four historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) (Howard, Meharry, Morehouse and Charles Drew) in the United States of America are working to support four high volume first level hospitals in Lusaka, Zambia (Matero, Chilenje, Kanyama and Chawama). The HBCU global health consortium project is designed to transform clinical HIV Practice to provide high quality, comprehensive, inter-professional care and treatment to people living with HIV.
The Clinical Officer will work on the ground, providing support to the implementation of differentiated models of HIV service delivery in Lusaka to help alleviate congestion and improve quality of ART care in high volume HIV treatment site. S/He will be assigned a task of providing technical support to several high-volume treatment sites in Lusaka. .

Job Responsibilities:
• Work closely with Howard University DSD Manager and other project staff and facility ART staff in the execution of components of this project
• Provide competent, and efficient clinical support to ART patients
• Identify stable ART patients and recommend them to the clinician for possible enrollment on suitable differentiated care model
• Build the capacity of health care workers on the management of ART patients focusing on adherence support, monitoring of adverse drug reactions (ADR) and compliance with clinic appointments.
• Facilitate the process of setting up a fast track ART care site for stable ART clients
• Conduct frequent monitoring field visits to implementation sites and key issues associated with overall project efficiency and effectiveness
• Ensure narrative reports are submitted to the DSD program manager in a timely manner
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the DSD program manager

Job Skills: Not Specified


  Job Qualifications:
• Registered clinical officer
• Registered with health professions council of Zambia
• Experience working in a government institution
• ART prescribing training and qualification will be an added advantage
• Experience in health Care and community-based health programming for HIV
• Knowledge on current HIV treatment guidelines including adherence support and ADR monitoring.
• Able to Collect and analyze data
• Computer literate including skills in smartcare
• Understanding of health facility screening tools, registers, client’s files and other necessary health documents
• Knowledge in differentiated care


Job Education Requirements: Not Specified


Job Experience Requirements:
• Experience in health Care and community-based health programming for HIV

 

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Job application procedure
Please email your resume and cover letter to: Magret Phiri at howardhbcughc@gmail.com  and copy hu_recruitment@outlook.com 

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Job Info
Job Category: Health/ Medicine jobs in Zambia
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: November 19, 2019
Duty Station: Lusaka
Posted: 18-10-2019
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 18-10-2019
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 18-10-2065
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