Vacancies: Clinical Services Advisor (PMTCT), Senior Laboratory Services Associate
We are a Leading International Non-Governmental Organization working in the area of HIV and AIDS care and treatment. We require the services of resourceful, experienced and dynamic candidates to fill the positions below:
Position: Clinical Services Officer (PMTCT)
Location: (3 positions) Cross River, Benue and Akwa Ibom States
Responsibilities
- The Clinical Services Officer will provide technical support for multidisciplinary HIV/AIDS care and treatment, working with health facility based site teams to provide PMTCT services to pregnant and post partum HIV positive women and their babies
- Planning, implementing and monitoring PMTCT activities at sites in designated states
- Overseeing the PMTCT clinics at sites in designated states by providing on-going mentoring and hands-on supervision
- Provide technical assistance to medical practitioners to ensure quality service delivery to patients as part of site multidisciplinary team
- Building site personnel capacity through training
- Developing/strengthening plans for enrolling more pregnant HJV+ women in the communities into PMTCT clinics
- Supervising data collection for monitoring and evaluation use
- Integrating HIV/AIDS care and treatment into other Maternal and Child Health activities
Minimum Qualification:
- Advanced degree in Nursing/Midwifery, Medicine, or Public health
- Substantial clinical experience in HIV/AIDS care and treatment
- 5 years experience in providing PMTCT services and or comprehensive Reproductive Health services
- Excellent grasp of clinical issues and current literature in HIV/AIDS and PMTCT
- Experience in training and facilitation
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Fluency in written and spoken English
Position: Senior Laboratory Services Associate
seniorlabservicesassociatebenue@yahoo.com
Location: Benue
Responsibilities:
- The incumbent would provide technical support in the delivery of high quality laboratory services to health facility based sites
- Assist in planning and coordination of laboratory activities at sites in designated states
- Developing laboratory capacity at designated sites through on-going monitoring and hands-on supervision
- Training site laboratory staff on use of Standard Operating Procedures, job aids, log books, referral forms, etc
- Ensuring the monitoring of efficient documentation of laboratory results at designated sites
- Preparing periodic progress reports on laboratory services at designated sites
- Maintain inventory of Lab store
- Implanting and monitoring quality management/quality assurance activities
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Medical Laboratory Science
- Valid Certificate to practice as Medical Laboratory Scientist is Mandatory
- 4 years experience in a practical setting
- Knowledge and experience in design, implementation and management of laboratory services in HIV/AIDS program asset
- Medium-Level computer skills in MS Excel, Access and Office
- Excellent interpersonal Skills
General Requirements:
- All positions require candidates that are proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite of computer applications and Internet/Emails.
- All positions require significant amounts of travel to our partner program sites.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should forward their applications resume/CV to the applicable email address from the following as Microsoft Word Attachments.
The file names should be the applicant’s FULL NAME and the subject of the email should be the applicant’s FULL NAME and Position applied for e.g. Mary Smith Uba Accountant.
Deadline for submission of applications on or before 1st November 2011
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
