Technical Officer HIV Care & Treatment

REF: CHS/HR/STP/TOCT/03/2022

Overall Job Function

Reporting to the HIV Adult Treatment Lead, the Technical Officer HIV Care and Treatment is a key member of the CHS program staff involved in the planning and execution of HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment services including PMTCT, GBV and TB/HIV treatment. The Technical Officer is responsible for on-site mentoring and implementation of HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to health workers in all aspects of planning and implementation of HIV services (care and treatment, TB/HIV, and PMTCT & GBV) to ensure that patients receive the full complement of prevention, treatment, and care in accordance with MoH guidelines.
• Build the skills and knowledge of the targeted clinical staff on HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment, TB, GBV and PMTCT through on-job training, mentorship, case reviews, and CMEs
• To provide ongoing supervision of CHS-supported HIV prevention, care and treatment activities in assigned sites including scheduled joint supportive supervision with County and Sub-County level MoH staff
• To assist in program monitoring and evaluation with reporting through national HMIS tools and other tools in use by CHS and its funding partners
• Routinely monitor program quality through QI approaches as well as elements of operations research including identification and documentation of ‘best practices to ensure high-quality HIV/AIDS service provision
• To support scale-up and sustenance of APNS in Viremia clinics at CCC and PMTCT setups
• Oversee follow-up care of PMTCT clients and HIV-exposed infants in CHS supported facilities
• Timely preparation and submission of activity budgets, work plans, reports and other technical papers
• Assisting in program monitoring, evaluation, and use of data to inform program planning and continuous improvement as well as research as needed.
• Support in the design and implementation of GBV interventions, mentorship on GBV, documentation and report writing on GBV.
• Track and ensure real-time documentation of patient’s information in the EMR by Clinicians/Nurses in sites implementing EMR Point of Care.

Person Specification

• Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Medicine, Nursing, Public health, or other health-related courses will be preferred.
• Master’s degree in a relevant health-related field will be an added advantage.
• At least five years experience in implementing HIV programming.
• Training in HIV/AIDS, TB comprehensive care and support.
• Trainer of trainers in HIV management.
• Training on GBV, minimum package of care for survivors.
• Training on Kenya EMR and the ability to use EMR for reporting.
• Advanced training in antiretroviral management is an added advantage
• Good knowledge of practical delivery of HIV/AIDS clinical care and ART including patient-centered management and family support
• Excellent management abilities within a multi-disciplinary team, support, training and mentoring
• Good use of MS Office packages and office automation solutions.