Job Vacancies at Damien Foundation (DFB)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the facility staffs at the different OPDs;
• Provide health Education on TB to all outpatients
• Visit the different OPDs and identify all patients coughing
• Enter the coughers name on the community referral register
• Escort presumptive TB to the DOTs clinic or where applicable collect the sputum sample from presumptive TB (following infection control guild)
• Ensure the name of the presumptive TB case are captured on the presumptive clinic register
• Ensure sputum specimen are taken to the laboratory and result retrieved for diagnosed patient to commence treatment
• Support active contact tracing for diagnosed TB patient- (refer to SOP on contact tracing)
• Report weekly and monthly using the summary form to the DOTs officer, TBLS and DFB.

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 35 years
• Coverage Area: 20 LGAs in Lagos State (Apapa, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Ojo, Alimosho, Lagos-Island, Lagos-Mainland, Amuwo- Odofin, Mushin, Kosofe, Ikorodu Badagry, Epe, Eti-Osa, Ibeju-Lekki, Agege, Ifako-Ijaye, Oshodi-Isolo, Shomolu, Surulere and Ikeja).

Duties and Responsibilities

• Relate with the PMVs and CPs in their domain.
• Conduct Community health promotion and education towards demand creation.
• Escort presumptive identify by PMVs and CPs to DOT for sample collection or (where applicable with IC Knowledge) Collect samples from identified client of the PMVs and CPs
• Transfer specimen to lab for tests
• Link positive cases to treatment at the nearest DOT centres
• Provide treatment supporting services to identified cases.
• Assist in defaulter tracking of TB patients.
• Support active contact tracing for diagnosed TB patient- (using SOP on contact tracing)
• Collate the PMVs and CPs data on monthly basis and prepare their payment voucher.
• Report weekly and monthly using the summary form to the DOTs officer, TBLS and DFB
• Perform other roles as can be assigned by the CTS with directive from DFB.

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:

• Age: Not more than 40 years
• Coverage Area: 4 LGAs in Lagos State (Apapa, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Ifako-Ijaye).

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).