Contact Tracer: Adhoc Staff at Damien Foundation

Duties and Responsibilities

• Identify TB cases in the facility register (currently on treatment or completed treatment in the last few years).
• Extract the contact details of such client from the register.
• Visit the address in the community like routine door to door search for TB
• Collect information on persons screened in the households
• Identify presumptive TB cases using the screening checklist
• Collect sputum samples if presumptive TB cases are identified in the households
• Mark the houses visited
• Transfer specimen to lab for tests
• Link positive cases to treatment at the nearest DOT centres.

Education / Experience

• Minimum of an OND in any field (Basic Sciences or Medical related discipline are added advantage)
• Past experience in Public health programme will be an advantage.

Requirements:

• Experience: 1 year
• Age: Not more than 40 years
• Coverage Area: 4 LGAs in Lagos State (Lagos-Mainland, Kosofe, Surulere and Ikeja).