About the Job
Job title: Clinical Outreach Worker (Maternity Cover – for 4 months)
Project: USAID KP Activity
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Ensure services provided at DIC are confidential, and meet the standard set by the project
- Ensure clinical services provided at DIC are confidential, and meet the national standard
- Coordinate and provide STI screening and treatment services for project beneficiaries at DICs
- Provide HIV counseling for target beneficiaries
- Provide ICS (HIV testing, STI, FP and condom at the center or organize regular mobile HCT
- Provide risk reduction counseling to DIC beneficiaries
- Provide successful referral services to network health facilities
- Maintain functionality of the referral systems between DICs and PPN network health facilities
- Establish a referral feedback mechanism and maintain records
- Ensure IEC materials and condoms are kept at accessible places at the DIC
- Initiate and attend meetings with private and public health facilities
- Support women and girls to adjust attitudes and behaviors through counseling services
- Make regular referrals to health centers for ART, TB, GBV, Rape cases, and other complications.
- Take part in facilitating coordination of the peer education trainings
- Ensure that DICs have enough stocks (equipment, detergents, prevention commodities) and request such materials in advance
- Document clinical services, counseling efforts and referral cases confidentially
- Advise the center coordinator possible improvements of drop in center services
- Provide late hour, holiday and week end prevention and clinical services to DIC beneficiaries
- Prepare monthly/quarterly report to the center coordinator about progress, challenges, and any other issues pertaining to his/her duties
- Organize individual and group counseling for FSWs
- Organize and facilitate awareness raising sessions on PMTCT, VCT, ART and condom promotion for FSWs
- Ensure that the audiovisual equipment are functioning
- Ensure that beneficiaries follow the rules and regulations of DIC use
- Create conducive environment for MARPs to access DICs
- Make frequent field visits to villages where CSWs are working/living
- Take the lead in Social group formation and strengthening
- Conduct group meetings/educative sessions to project beneficiaries at drop in centers
- Perform additional tasks assigned by the center coordinator
- Work with QA as focal person for town level quality assurance/ improvement team, lead regular meeting and follow implementation of QI activities.
About You
Qualifications and required experience
- BSc in Clinical Nursing or public health officer.
- 4 years of experience in relevant work with especial attention to hands-on experience on chronic care and treatment program at least for two years
- HIV testing and counseling training is mandatory.
- Computer application skill
- Communications skills
- Fluency in English and local languages
- Knowledge of combination prevention and other trainings related to HIV, TB and nutrition will be a plus
Additional skill needed to succeeded
- Fluency in spoken and written English.
- Strong working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other applications,
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills – both verbal and written which will help to deliver massages as needed during patient counseling.
Required Skills
- Patience
- Patient care and assistance
- Attention to detail
Interested applicants can apply in ISHDO email address [email protected]
End date for application November 7, 2024.
More Information
- Address Ethiopia
- Experience Level Mid level
- Total Years Experience 0-5
