Clinical Services Associate at Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme Ltd/Gte (ECEWS)

Job Description

• Ensure HIV testing services are provided at community service delivery points within the health facility.
• Support risk stratification for HIV in designated community service delivery points
• Facilitate the transition of clients identified in the community to the facility.
• Provide index testing services to clients receiving care in the community.
• Ensure appropriate documentation of all services provided in the designated tools.
• Ensure infection prevention and control precautions are observed at all times.
• Facilitate the clinical assessment of all patients diagnosed with HIV and ensure same-day commencement on treatment for eligible patients.
• Facilitate diagnosis of advanced HIV disease and linkage to the appropriate treatment services
• Strengthen effective referrals and linkages between facility and community structures including community-based organizations and support groups to improve paediatric and adolescent programming, finding men and boys, adolescent girls and young women, as well as pregnant and breastfeeding women.
• Ensure appropriate documentation in service registers.
• Facilitate continuous follow-up of clients using the 90days adherence calendar.
• Improve client experience by minimizing client wait times, devolvement to available differentiated service models, and a friendly clinic environment, and multi-month dispensing.
• Ensure pre-appointment reminders are provided and services are available to all returning clients due for a refill at the appropriate time.
• Facilitate regimen optimization for all clients receiving care and treatment services.
• Facilitate the use of the relevant care and support tools for all clients on every contact.
• Ensure appropriate referrals for services following the use of care and support tools.
• Ensure appropriate documentation of client status in service registers and EMR.
• Ensure that all eligible clients have viral load samples collected at the appropriate time.
• Utilize viral load results to appropriately manage clients.
• Facilitate U=U messaging and support clients to attain undetectable viral load levels
• Ensure appropriate documentation of viral load services in appropriate tools.
• Lead the LGA Epidemic Response Team, to efficiently implement program strategies relating to HIV prevention, care and treatment, including resource optimization.
• Perform routine monitoring and data review meetings with team members and improve the overall usage of data for decision-making.
• Supervise routine daily data validation and entry into electronic medical records systems and participate in routine monthly and quarterly data validation exercises and data quality assurance exercises to achieve 100% concurrence across all relevant performance indicators.
• Maintain a good working relationship with relevant community structures to facilitate the implementation of HIV epidemic response activities.
• Support the provision of HIV prevention services in adherence to national guidelines and global standards.
• Support the provision of integrated HIV, TB, and other medical services at the community level.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• MBBS with a minimum of 1-year post-national youth service experience in clinical care
• A sound understanding of HIV/AIDS, TB and TB/HIV technical areas.
• Knowledge of Nigerian clinical setting, including government and non-government setting
• Proven ability to supervise staff.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Willingness to extend working hours to meet deadlines and at short notice.
• Ability to function effectively in multi-disciplinary teams to produce excellent results under pressure.
• The ability to use key computing applications e g. MS Office Suite etc and knowledge of different databases (DHIS or LAMIS) is a plus.