Clinical Advisor

Overall Job Summary

To provide technical support to health care providers (HCPs) on provision of high-quality client-centered, multidisciplinary family-focused HIV prevention, and treatment at services at supported facilities in Shinyanga, and Tanga regions. This entails targeted HIV testing services, optimized Provider Initiated testing and Counseling (PITC), same-day enrollment into antiretroviral treatment (ART) of newly identified PLHIV, effective adherence and retention strategies and minimizing lost to follow up (LTFU), TB integration, opportunistic infection prevention, and ensuring viral load suppression. S/He will work with the PMTCT/Pediatrics field officers and community services team to ensure that HCPs, expert clients, and community volunteers are well equipped with skills to appropriately manage infants, children, and adolescents living with HIV according to national and international standards.

Specific Roles and Responsibilities

• To conduct supportive supervision, on-job training, continuous medical education and training to HCPs and supportive cadres on client-centered comprehensive HIV services towards epidemic control.
• Under the leadership of District Managers, support HFs in the assigned districts to implement program activities that meet targets on HIV prevention, treatment, adherence and retention to ART, TB/HIV collaborative activities, HTS, PMTCT, Laboratory, CECAP, and GBV; (also DREAMS and VMMC in Shinyanga region).
• Support health providers and community teams to implement evidence-based innovations to retain key and vulnerable populations living with HIV identified in community settings.
• Ensure PLHIV efficient HVL and TB samples transported and results documentation for proper HIV viral load monitoring.
• Facilitate pediatric optimization for pediatric clients on ART in the assigned districts.
• To ensure QI initiatives are implemented in all supported HFs in the districts.
• Ensure availability of national HIV prevention and treatment guidelines and tools at supported sites.
• Ensure 100% achievement of donor and government key performance indicators in health facilities allocated to the incumbent as Mlezi.
• Perform other relevant duties assigned by Supervisors