Jobs at Society for Family Health (SFH)

Job Profile:

This position will be responsible for ensuring direct provision of comprehensive HIV Care and Treatment services for Key Population in an integrated community health centre setting (one stop shop), developing, and maintaining collaborative relationships with community stakeholders and evaluating service delivery outcomes.

Job-role: The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Provide technical leadership and technical support related to clinical management of HIV/AIDS and Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to Key populations (MSM, FSW, PWID and PI).
• Provide ART services to Key Populations in line with current World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations and national guidelines both at the OSS and through community ART sites.
• Oversee clinical HIV treatment protocols in each clinical department to reflect the needs of the Keys populations and ensure consistency of treatment services throughout the OSS.
• Ensure a seamless delivery of service for clients from intake through discharge at the OSS.
• Review and assess client treatment protocols and plans, including short- and long-term goals.
• Serve as the pharmacovigilance officer of the grant responsible for monitoring and reporting the effectiveness and any adverse effects or side effects experienced by patients on ARVs and other medications.
• Ensure adequate documentation of patient per regimen report of the grant.
• Review clinical records to evaluate the necessary level of client care.
• Coordinate and oversee the entire laboratory activities for the GF HIV project.
• Develop concept papers and research papers to improve and or extend existing studies in the management of HIV/AIDS activities.
• Ensure data is accurately captured by using the recommended database and updated as required
• Participate in Situational Room Meetings
• Ensure Clients are retained in care and achieve viral load suppression.
• Write comprehensive weekly and monthly reports on the OSS activities.

Qualifications/Experience:

• Must possess a medical Degree (MBBS, MBChB, or MBBCh) from a recognized institution.
• Possession of an advanced degree/education in a Public health, or HIV related field would be an added advantage.
• Good knowledge of the vision 95-95-95 UNAIDS strategy. Minimum of 3 years post NYSC medical experience in providing care for PLHIV (preferably key population)
• Familiarity with community and facility based HTS, treatment and retention strategies.
• Two years’ post NYSC experience in the direct provision of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) services according to National guideline, the use of VL result to monitor PLHIV treatment outcome in an integrated community health centre setting according to national guideline.
• Knowledge of current national and global HIV treatment standards and licensure requirements.
• Familiarity with Nigerian current National guidelines for HIV prevention, treatment and care.
• Familiarity and Proficiency in the completion of all National patient management monitoring (PMM) tools during service provision.
• Proven ability to work in a team with people of different cultural, religious background, lifestyles, and sexual orientation.
• Leadership/mentoring skills, supervisory and good interpersonal skills.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced knowledge of and experience using MS office packages including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook among others.
• High level of integrity.
• Must possess good relationship management/ advocacy skills.

Skills and competencies: 

• Good relationship management/ advocacy skills
• Advanced knowledge of and experience using MS office packages including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook among other
• Must possess good data analysis, report writing, interpretation, and presentation skills.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Leadership/mentoring skills, supervisory and good interpersonal skills
• Patient counselling
• High level of integrity and adherence to professional ethics
• Proficiency at using Microsoft office software: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.
• Ability to prioritize, plan and organize workflow to tight timeframes.
• Ability to multitask and work with minimal supervision.
• Attention to detail and ability to follow up on tasks to completion.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, a good listener that is easy to talk to.

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Job Profile:

This position will be responsible for ensuring direct provision of comprehensive HIV Care and Treatment services for Key Population in an integrated community health centre setting (one stop shop), developing, and maintaining collaborative relationships with community stakeholders and evaluating service delivery outcomes.

Job-role: The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Provide technical leadership and technical support related to clinical management of HIV/AIDS and Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to Key populations (MSM, FSW, PWID and PI).
• Provide ART services to Key Populations in line with current World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations and national guidelines both at the OSS and through community ART sites.
• Oversee clinical HIV treatment protocols in each clinical department to reflect the needs of the Keys populations and ensure consistency of treatment services throughout the OSS.
• Ensure a seamless delivery of service for clients from intake through discharge at the OSS.
• Review and assess client treatment protocols and plans, including short- and long-term goals.
• Serve as the pharmacovigilance officer of the grant responsible for monitoring and reporting the effectiveness and any adverse effects or side effects experienced by patients on ARVs and other medications.
• Ensure adequate documentation of patient per regimen report of the grant.
• Review clinical records to evaluate the necessary level of client care.
• Coordinate and oversee the entire laboratory activities for the GF HIV project.
• Develop concept papers and research papers to improve and or extend existing studies in the management of HIV/AIDS activities.
• Ensure data is accurately captured by using the recommended database and updated as required
• Participate in Situational Room Meetings
• Ensure Clients are retained in care and achieve viral load suppression.
• Write comprehensive weekly and monthly reports on the OSS activities.

Qualifications/Experience:

• Must possess a medical Degree (MBBS, MBChB, or MBBCh) from a recognized institution.
• Possession of an advanced degree/education in a Public health, or HIV related field would be an added advantage.
• Good knowledge of the vision 95-95-95 UNAIDS strategy. Minimum of 3 years post NYSC medical experience in providing care for PLHIV (preferably key population)
• Familiarity with community and facility based HTS, treatment and retention strategies.
• Two years’ post NYSC experience in the direct provision of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) services according to National guideline, the use of VL result to monitor PLHIV treatment outcome in an integrated community health centre setting according to national guideline.
• Knowledge of current national and global HIV treatment standards and licensure requirements.
• Familiarity with Nigerian current National guidelines for HIV prevention, treatment and care.
• Familiarity and Proficiency in the completion of all National patient management monitoring (PMM) tools during service provision.
• Proven ability to work in a team with people of different cultural, religious background, lifestyles, and sexual orientation.
• Leadership/mentoring skills, supervisory and good interpersonal skills.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced knowledge of and experience using MS office packages including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook among others.
• High level of integrity.
• Must possess good relationship management/ advocacy skills.

Skills and competencies: 

• Good relationship management/ advocacy skills
• Advanced knowledge of and experience using MS office packages including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook among other
• Must possess good data analysis, report writing, interpretation, and presentation skills.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Leadership/mentoring skills, supervisory and good interpersonal skills
• Patient counselling
• High level of integrity and adherence to professional ethics
• Proficiency at using Microsoft office software: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.
• Ability to prioritize, plan and organize workflow to tight timeframes.
• Ability to multitask and work with minimal supervision.
• Attention to detail and ability to follow up on tasks to completion.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, a good listener that is easy to talk to.

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Job Profile:

This position will be responsible for ensuring direct provision of comprehensive HIV Care and Treatment services for Key Population in an integrated community health centre setting (one stop shop), developing, and maintaining collaborative relationships with community stakeholders and evaluating service delivery outcomes.

Job-role: The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Provide technical leadership and technical support related to clinical management of HIV/AIDS and Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to Key populations (MSM, FSW, PWID and PI).
• Provide ART services to Key Populations in line with current World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations and national guidelines both at the OSS and through community ART sites.
• Oversee clinical HIV treatment protocols in each clinical department to reflect the needs of the Keys populations and ensure consistency of treatment services throughout the OSS.
• Ensure a seamless delivery of service for clients from intake through discharge at the OSS.
• Review and assess client treatment protocols and plans, including short- and long-term goals.
• Serve as the pharmacovigilance officer of the grant responsible for monitoring and reporting the effectiveness and any adverse effects or side effects experienced by patients on ARVs and other medications.
• Ensure adequate documentation of patient per regimen report of the grant.
• Review clinical records to evaluate the necessary level of client care.
• Coordinate and oversee the entire laboratory activities for the GF HIV project.
• Develop concept papers and research papers to improve and or extend existing studies in the management of HIV/AIDS activities.
• Ensure data is accurately captured by using the recommended database and updated as required
• Participate in Situational Room Meetings
• Ensure Clients are retained in care and achieve viral load suppression.
• Write comprehensive weekly and monthly reports on the OSS activities.

Qualifications/Experience:

• Must possess a medical Degree (MBBS, MBChB, or MBBCh) from a recognized institution.
• Possession of an advanced degree/education in a Public health, or HIV related field would be an added advantage.
• Good knowledge of the vision 95-95-95 UNAIDS strategy. Minimum of 3 years post NYSC medical experience in providing care for PLHIV (preferably key population)
• Familiarity with community and facility based HTS, treatment and retention strategies.
• Two years’ post NYSC experience in the direct provision of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) services according to National guideline, the use of VL result to monitor PLHIV treatment outcome in an integrated community health centre setting according to national guideline.
• Knowledge of current national and global HIV treatment standards and licensure requirements.
• Familiarity with Nigerian current National guidelines for HIV prevention, treatment and care.
• Familiarity and Proficiency in the completion of all National patient management monitoring (PMM) tools during service provision.
• Proven ability to work in a team with people of different cultural, religious background, lifestyles, and sexual orientation.
• Leadership/mentoring skills, supervisory and good interpersonal skills.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced knowledge of and experience using MS office packages including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook among others.
• High level of integrity.
• Must possess good relationship management/ advocacy skills.

Skills and competencies: 

• Good relationship management/ advocacy skills
• Advanced knowledge of and experience using MS office packages including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook among other
• Must possess good data analysis, report writing, interpretation, and presentation skills.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Leadership/mentoring skills, supervisory and good interpersonal skills
• Patient counselling
• High level of integrity and adherence to professional ethics
• Proficiency at using Microsoft office software: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.
• Ability to prioritize, plan and organize workflow to tight timeframes.
• Ability to multitask and work with minimal supervision.
• Attention to detail and ability to follow up on tasks to completion.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, a good listener that is easy to talk to.

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Job Profile:

The officer will be responsible for establishing and running a laboratory within a HIV treatment facility. The medical care provided in these health facilities include disease-specific components such as HIV/AIDS care and treatment, treatment of co-infection of HIV with Tuberculosis, Hepatitis screening and management of sexually transmitted infections.  It will be the main role of the staff to ensure that all requested laboratory tests are suitably conducted in line with standard protocols to ensure timely results turn-around time and accurate diagnosis for client/patients’ care, and treatment monitoring.

Job-role: The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Provision of timely and quality laboratory and HIV Testing Services under GFHIV project to ensure comprehensive HIV prevention, care, and treatment among Key Populations.
• Maintain a robust Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and timely reporting of laboratory activities on SFH, state and national data repositories using appropriate reporting tools.
• Contribute to the development of lessons learned from projects related to laboratory component of HIV comprehensive services for Key populations.
• Interface with external stakeholders in the state on laboratory matters and support in building a resilient system for sustainable laboratory system strengthening.
• Timely processing of LAMIS reports, and filling of requirements to ensure that health facilities are re-supplied with appropriate commodities.
• Tests new and improved laboratory methods and procedures.
• Keeps accurate monthly Laboratory Project Records Development of standard tools for evaluation & troubleshooting of laboratory Instrument new devices.
• Support development & revision of Instrument maintenance policy, SOPs and guidelines.
• Track all clients that are due for viral load test.
• Collect, prepare, and transport samples to PCR labs for viral load tests and retrieval of test results.
• Perform other duties that may be assigned.

Qualifications/Experience:

• A minimum of 3 years post-NYSC relevant work experience.
• Experience in phlebotomy and sample analysis (e.g. blood, stool, sputum)
• Experience in implementation and administration of the National Integrated Sample Referral Network (NISRN) policies, objectives and goals.
• Specific expertise in HIV / AIDS, TB or Malaria programs.
• Knowledge of Polymerase Chain Reaction equipment for viral load and Early Infants’ Diagnosis, and GeneXpert machine is desirable.
• Experience in implementing a supply management system.
• Knowledge of all basic laboratory techniques and quality control systems
• Ability to cope with stress and to organize and prioritize workload.
• Ability to use Microsoft office suite packages (Excel, words, PowerPoint).
• Knowledgeable in laboratory information management system
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and excellent technical writing and oral presentation skills are highly desired.
• Experience in key population programming would be an added advantage.

Skills and competencies: 

• Excellent skills in Good Clinical Laboratory Practice.
• Experience in sample referral and result tracking.
• Ability to cope with stress and to organize and prioritize workload.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication (oral and written), presentation skills.
• S/He must be attuned to and be comfortable with the culture/traditions of the people.
• Candidates should be able to communicate proficiently in the dominant language of the region.
• Must have demonstrated proficiency using intermediate-level office software applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, spreadsheets, and database.
• Multitask and work with minimal supervision.