AIDS Healthcare Foundation Job for a Clinical Coordinator
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Founded in 1987, AIDS Healthcare
Foundation is the largest specialized provider of HIV/AIDS medical care
in the nation. Our mission is to provide cutting edge medicine and
advocacy, regardless of ability to pay.
Through our healthcare centers,
pharmacies, health plan, research and other activities, AHF provides
access to the latest HIV treatments for all who need them.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Clinical Coordinator
Req No: 2015-4323
Location: Nigeria
Category: Healthcare
Job type: Regular, Full-Time
Job Descriptions
- Amazing individuals working for positive people at aids healthcare foundation:
- Does the idea of doing something that really makes a difference
in people' lives while being well-compensated intrigue you? Are you
looking to work for an organization that encourages growth and success
from each and every one of its employees?
If so, AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the place for you!
Responsibilities
Leadership and Management:
- As a manager, he/she oversees medical AHF operations in the
State and supports the Country Program Manager to efficiently and
effectively deliver quality clinical services in the state/region.
- Ensures that CMEs are conducted in all sites and participates in the facilitation of CME sessions.
- He/she participates in staff need assessment and induction of new hired staff.
- He/she participates in setting performance targets and staff
appraisal, disciplining and addressing complaints of employees under
his/her supervision.
- Provide technical supports to Prevention and Treatment program
and ensure linkage of outreach activities to treatment and care program
through well-established processes of patient linkages and service
integration
- Attends key technical partners meetings and provides feedback to management through the Country Program Manager.
Clinical Responsibilities:
- Ensure standard quality of clinical services at all AHF supported sites in his/her region.
- Provide periodic comprehensive support supervision report, adhering to the tools provided by AHF
- Ensures effective patient flow in all sites, especially those
with high volume of patients and coordinate time motion surveys to
monitor performance
- Oversees the timely collection, compilation and reporting of
routine and specific data to guide decision making at site, regional and
country program level.
- Identify early warning resistance indicators and intervention strategies
- Remain updated on current trends and standards in clinical management of HIV/AIDS and related illnesses
- Participate in the elaboration/monitoring of annual targets and ensure that they are achieved in all regional sites
- Promotes the implementation of standard operating procedures for
all activities relating to good clinical practice and ensure functional
QI teams are in existence at site levels
- Supervise and implement quality management activities and
quality benchmarks monitoring, facilitation of quality assurance and
quality improvement sessions.
- Strengthen TB/HIV, PMTCT , ART services through integrated
service delivery and provision of quality services in the state program.
- Ensures optimal operations of the laboratory services, including functioning of sample referral networks at regional level
- Provide on-site technical support and mentoring to the field staff and coordinate M&E of the project
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Provides direct supervision and mentorship to doctors, nurses,
laboratory scientists, pharmacy technician working in the different
facilities in the region to ensure continuous growth and learning
- Ensure timely compilation and submission of monthly drug inventory reports in coordination with the Program pharmacist
- Work with the program pharmacist to ensure that pharmacy operations are in accordance with good pharmacy practices
- Identify and promote operational research at site level and
build capacity among the staff in case presentations and elaboration of
scientific papers
Participation in AHF Meetings/Committees:
- Management Meeting
- Technical Partnership and stakeholders meetings
- General Staff Meeting
- Medical Staff Meeting
- Meetings with lower health units
- CME activities
- Other meetings as assigned.
Qualifications
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- The requirements listed below are representative of the
knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may
be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
- Must be a medical doctor from a recognizable institution.
Additional qualification in Health systems management or public health
will be an added advantage
- Experience in planning and budgeting required
- Experience in quality management and assurance practices desired
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- Five years medical/health service experience preferred with a
sound knowledge of basic medical disciplines to allow for accurate
diagnosis and appropriate management of clinical problems.
- Three years or more of recent experience with HIV/AIDS
treatment; two years minimum of administration and program management
experience with knowledge of clinical protocols and procedures in the
management of HIV related diseases.
Computer Skills:
- Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint. Proficiency in
basic research application like Epi-info, SPSS etc an added advantage
Language Skills
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex
documents. Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive
inquiries or complaints.
Mathematical Skills:
- Basic Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in
all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and
decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent to draw and
interpret bar graphs etc. Proficiency in basic statistics skill for
research an added advantage.
Reasoning Ability:
- Highest Skills: Ability to apply principles of logical or
scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical
problems. Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific
equations, graphs, musical notes, etc.,) and its most difficult phases.
Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
Other Skills and Abilities
- Required to travel to other locations within and other the State.
- Demonstrates flexibility and willingness to provide coverage at other AHF sites upon request.
- Knowledge of excel and PowerPoint programs.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Sensitivity to issues surrounding HIV/AIDS.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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