Jobs at Kinondoni Municipal Council , June 2014

Kinondoni Municipal Council, works in partnership with ICAP Tanzania for Improving Care and Treatment for TB/HIV Co-Infected Children through the Establishment of Comprehensive Paediatric TB/HIV activities. ICAP was awarded the fund and entered into agreement with Kinondoni Municipal Council, to make Mwananyamala hospital Center of Excellence (COE) to improve care and treatment of TB/HIV co-infected children. The program has employed competent dynamic individuals with programmatic understanding, clinical background as well as public health management knowledge in implementing the program objectives. The program is now seeking to recruit the following position in response to the new award.

1.          Position Title:                  PAEDIATRIC TB NURSE

    

        Reports to:                       Paediatric TB/HIV Program Manager

        Location:                         Dar es Salaam, 100% time at Mwananyamala Hospital

Contract Duration:           One (1) year, with a possibility of renewal depending on the availability of funds

Job Objective

Pediatric TB assistant / nurse is a member of the Kinondoni Municipal Council team and is to assist the Municipal Council in the implementation of the national plan to develop Pediatric TB Centers of Excellence (COE) in the target area(s), with the aim to increase TB case detection among the pediatric population.

Key Responsibilities:

·   Work closely with Kinondoni Municipal team to implement the national Pediatric TB guidelines at the COE

·   Participate in the Pediatric TBHIV technical working group meetings and  follow up on action items accordingly

·   Organize regular supportive supervision visits in collaboration with CHMT and NTLP and actively participate in the visits

·   Strengthen linkages within health services and facilities in order to  increase pediatric TB/HIV case detection

·   Establish strong collaboration with NGOs and local partners to maximize coordination

·   Develop a patient flow scheme at the COE and monitor the execution in collaboration with the other COE staff and Mananyamala hospital staff

·   Establish a multi disciplinary committee at the COE and ensure that regular meeting conducted and action items followed/executed 

·   Develop regular work plans and reports

·   Any other duties related to pediatric TB/HIV as assigned by supervisor(s).

Preferred Qualifications, Skills and Experience

·      The candidate must be a Registered Nurse with valid license in Tanzania holding Diploma or Advanced Diploma in Nursing from a recognised nursing institution

·      Minimum 3 years experience with tuberculosis and paediatric care

·      Minimum 3 years experience in public health programs

·      Excellent oral and written communication skills in both language Swahili and English

·      Ability to supervise and coordinate team and travel 50% of the time

·      Candidate must have good computer skills.

Successful candidate    will start with   the salary of   TGHS    E.

There  will  be  other  incentive  packages  in accordance  with  Kinondoni  Municipal  Council  incentive  scheme  of  2009.

How to Apply

Interested applicants should send their application letter and CV by July 16^th, 2014 by email with a subject (mention the post applied) to icap-tz-hr@columbia.edu.  Only short listed applicants will be contacted. Please do not attach any certificates when submitting online.

ICAP is an equal opportunity employer; women and people living with HIV/AIDS are encouraged to apply.