ABOUT US
Right to Care is at the vanguard in supporting and delivering prevention, care, and treatment services for HIV and associated diseases. We work with government and communities to find pioneering solutions to build and strengthening public healthcare.
We embrace a strong entrepreneurial culture and focuses on innovation and the use of technology to enhance services, address skills shortages, and deliver quality healthcare outcomes. Our areas of expertise include HIV and TB care and treatment, pharmacy automation, medical male circumcision, and cervical cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Right to Care Zambia has been awarded a five (5) year project funded by the USAID through the PEPFAR mechanism. The USAID – Action HIV project aims to reduce HIV mortality, morbidity and transmission by achieving the UNAIDS and PEPFAR goal of 95/95/95 HIV treatment coverage by providing comprehensive HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment maintenance services in Luapula, Northern and Muchinga provinces of Zambia. The USAID Action HIV project will work closely with and in support of the Ministry of Health.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Minimum Required Qualifications and Experience:
- Grade 12 Certificate
- Diploma in Clinical Medical Sciences with a reputable institution
- Trained in HIV Counselling, testing, and ART Adherence
- Experience working in ART management at facility and Community levels respectively, with broad understanding of the collaborative aspect of community vs Facility leverages
- Member of Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ)
Desirable Qualifications and Experience:
- Degree in Clinical Medicine
- Prior experience working in HIV Management/Control
- Understanding of Lab baselines and investigations such as VL cascade etc.
- Knowledge on various ART related documentation such as TPT, DSD models, SVS, MMSD, HIVST, PrEP, PEP etc
- Health care service delivery background
TECHNICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
- Good time management skills and ability to determine priorities
- Professional Ethics
- Counselling skills
- Customer Orientation
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
- Initiate 95 percent of those who newly test positive through rapid initiation protocols at the facility and in the community
- Monitor VL suppression rates, scale up VL testing services, including increasing testing capacity, demand creation, specimen transport, and result utilization
- Provision of Nutrition Assessment & Counselling (NACS) to the eligible clients to improve adherence, retention and viral load suppression.
- Implement PrEP among high-risk key and priority populations.
- Implement differentiated service delivery (DSD) models to improve adherence, retention, and ultimately viral suppression
- Conduct quality control projects and improvement every month to improve quality care to clients
- Ensure data quality control quantitative through timely input of data
- Submission of reports on respective organisation platforms requiring your monitoring and reporting input
Applications in the form of a cover letter and CV must be submitted to Vacancy12@righttocare.org
All applicants are required to complete an online competency assessment accessible using this link –
https://my.assessio.com/right-to-care-clinical-officer-interns–luapula-prOnly applicants that complete the two steps above will be considered.
