I-TECH Namibia promotes activities that increase human capacity for providing HIV and AIDS clinical care and support through the development of health care worker training systems. The HIV Clinical Mentor supports decentralized delivery of HIV care, treatment, and prevention, and continuous improvement of patient outcomes at all ART and other HIV care delivery sites; promotes the application of classroom learning to clinical settings; improves the quality of clinical care and patient outcomes; and builds the capacity of primary care providers to provide comprehensive and integrated care using on-site clinical collaboration, consultation and directed support. Responsibilities: ART site-specific HIV-related mentoring and support: • Provide on-site clinical training primarily to medical officers on the management of HIV-infected patients, including adult and pediatric ART, PMTCT (including early infant diagnosis), and the treatment of TB, STIs and other opportunistic conditions • Provide training through clinical consultation, assisting local physicians to problem-solve • Assist in the development of standard operating procedures for the provision of HIV clinical care at the ART clinics, including problems with patient flow, tracking defaulters, or clarifying referral pathways • Promote, encourage, and assist mentees to do HIV-related operational research. • Submit a monthly report on mentoring and technical assistance activities Non-mentoring support for quality of HIV-related care and treatment: • Provide didactic HIV-related training sessions to health professionals • Assist with updating and revision of HIV-related training materials and national guidelines. • Participate as a member of the MOHSS Regional Support visit team Requirements: • MD degree with specialization in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, Infectious Diseases or similar area. • 5+ years experience with clinical HIV and AIDS care, including the provision of ART to treatmentexperienced patients. • 2+ years experience with program planning, assessment and implementation of HIV clinical care. • Experience in the provision of HIV clinical training and curriculum development. • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with people of different backgrounds. • Willingness to travel to clinics and hospitals throughout Namibia.
How to apply:
I-TECH Namibia offers an attractive package commensurate with qualifications and experience. Send your CV to HR@itech-namibia.org or contact us directly on Tel: (061) 310200. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and note that no documents will be returned.
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