AIC Kijabe Hospital Program Officer (TAS Lead) job in Kenya

AIC Kijabe Hospital a church based hospital is seeking to fill the following position:
 

Program Officer (TAS Lead)
 

Purpose: To glorify God by providing leadership in the community and offering compassionate health care to those suffering the effects of HIV infection.

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.

2. Coordinating and supervising

• 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.

3. Home based Care, adherence support and counseling

• 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.

4. Provide timely and quality regional progress reports as per donor requirements

• 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.

5. Resource management

• 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.

Minimum acceptable qualifications & experience:

• 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.

How to Apply

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.