Program Officer, HTS & PrEP

Duties and responsibilities

• Organize and over see effective and efficient implementation of HIV Testing and Services (HTS) and PrEP services in all relevant service delivery points and supported health facilities.
• To provide training, mentorship, and supervision of HTS and PrEP providers at the selected facilities
• Oversee establishment of efficient patient work-flow, eligibility testing amongst children, adolescents, and adults; testing of all eligible persons and linkage of all HIV positive person to treatment as well as optimum provision of PrEP in all supported programs and health facilities in line with MoH guidelines
• Support efficient and effective strategies that ensure immediate linkage to treatment
•  Oversee screening of persons seeking HIV testing for TB, IPV, PrEP, PEP and VMMC, and link all those that are eligible to appropriate services
•  Implement internal and external quality assurance measures for HIV testing services, at selectedhealthfacilitiessuchasproficiencytesting(PT),observedpracticeandHIVRapidTestingContinuous Quality Improvement (RTCQI)
• Support counselling supervision sessions for HTS providers as recommended by MoH
• Support scale up and implementation of HIV testing as recommended and guided
• Support optimum implementation of recommended service delivery digital/electronic platforms e.g.e-HTS
• Institutionalize continuous quality improvement systems for HIV testing services and PrEP towards improvement of performance in low performance indicators/ services and quality.
• Support accurate documentation, data collection, collation, review, and accurate reporting on a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis as may be guided or required.
• Evaluate outcomes of e-HTS and PrEP related activities and shares recommendations or program improvement
• Timely preparation and submission of activity budgets, work-plans, reports, and other technical papers
• Represent the project teammate technical/stakeholder forums with the county and national government, the donor institutions and other implementing partners on laboratory related matters.
• Support any other work-related responsibilities as may be assigned by the program manager

Required Qualifications

• Higher National Diploma (HND) in Clinical Medicine and Surgery Family Health OR HND Family Health Nursing OR Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Medicine OR Bachelor’s degree in Nursing OR Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery or Diploma in Nursing WITH Degree in Public Health, Healthcare Management, Community Health Development, WITH experience in HIV/TB service delivery.
•  Active/current registration with the relevant professional body. 
• Training on HTS by NASCOP or equivalent professional body
• At least three (3) years in clinical service delivery post internship
• Experience in providing OR overseeing HIV Testing services is an added advantage
• Very good knowledge of HIV testing guidelines
•  Previous experience in DATIM MER indicators is desirable
• Good report writing skills and ability to use data to inform programming.
• Good communication skills, written and verbal, in English and Kiswahili languages.
• Proficiency in Microsoft office application including Word, Excel ,PowerPoint