Nurse – Two at Baylor - Tanzania

Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation-Tanzania (Baylor-Tanzania) is a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) dedicated to supporting the provision of high quality comprehensive HIV/ AIDS care and treatment to; HIV -infected children, and adolescents in the Lake and -Southern Highlands Zones of Tanzania through 'service delivery, training and research. Baylor - Tanzania is pan of the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS

Initiative (BIPAI) Clinical Centres of Excellence Network which is headquartered at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

Through collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the government 1 of Tanzania, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW),Baylor - Tanzania is looking for highly motivated, well- qualified individuals to join its growing program team

Position Summary:

To provide HIV/ AIDS nursing technical services to health care providers providing services to children and their care providers attending the COE and peripheral PHF identified sites within Mbeya City.

Duties and Responsibilities

To provide technical support in basic assessment and triage i.e. monitoring and recording vital signs, growth-and development monitoring; including weight and height assessment using plotted growth charts To provide capacity building in identifying patients who need immediate attention

Assist doctors to do investigations and procedures

Attend COE and district coordination meetings

To coordinate smooth flow of patients to different areas of the PHFS identified health facilities

To support patients and their caregivers by providing information about HIV/AIDS and helping them to solve problems to optimize their care and treatment

To identify cases for referral and discussion with other members of the COE care and treatment team and also provide enhanced patient care

Assist in establishing an escort system to patients 'to their referral units/wards.

To provide education to medical trainees regarding pediatric and general HIV/AIDS care

To provide technical assistance to health care providers and community workers in identifying PHFSsites in integration of RCH services with NACS, IYCF, postpartum and quality improvement.

Providing onsite coaching, mentoring and on job training to health care providers.

Qualifications / Skills

Registered or enrolled nurse with minimum of 3 years experience Registered by the Tanganyika Nurses and Midwives Council Training in HIV/AIDS from a recognized institution

Excellent communication and writing skills with the ability to work as part of a team

Counseling skills is an added advantage

Application Instructions:

Please send your CV and covering letter before-the 7th October 2013 to email link above or to:

The Human Resource Manager,

Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation - Mbeya

P. O. Box 2663,

Mbeya

Or

You can hand deliver it to our offices near Loleza Secondary School Mbeya; we are in the Mbeya Referral Hospital compound.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.