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Medical Officer (Pediatric & Adolescent Care) Needed at Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)

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Vacancy title: Medical Officer – Pediatric & Adolescent Care

Type: FULL TIME.

  Category: Healthcare 

Jobs at: Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)

Deadline of this Job: 31st December 2019  


Duty Station: Within Uganda , Kalisizo , East Africa

JOB DETAILS:
Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP) is a collaborative bio – medical research and service delivery organization. RHSP strives to improve the quality of life of the local population through a combination of community-based research, curative services and prevention strategies in the districts of South-central Uganda.
MEDICAL OFFICER – PEDIATRIC & ADOLESCENT CARE
POSITION: 1
DUTY STATION: KALISIZO
JOB SUMMARY
The position holder will provide technical assistance to ensure timely and quality accelerated HIV care service delivery across all the supported Districts. .

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
• Oversee the implementation and coordination of adolescent Care & treatment activities across Masaka region.
• Support mentoring & CMEs for HCWs and project teams in relation to HIV/AIDS care and treatment.
• Support roll out of National HIV treatment guidelines and other related guidelines in HIV/AIDS care as recommended by the funders and Ministry of Health.
• Spearhead the planning, budgeting and monitoring of expenditure for care and treatment activities across Masaka region
• Make reports on key activities related to HIV/AIDS treatment in Masaka region as required by the project and its stakeholders including Funders & Ministry of Health.
• Provide on call/distance TA support for the handling of complicated HIV/AIDS cases.
• Support Quality Assurance of HIV/AIDS services at facilities and recommend corrective action.
• Work as part of the Masaka Region HIV Mechanism team that aims at achieving HIV epidemic control.
• Participate in meetings that review the performance and address bottlenecks affecting HIV/AIDS care and treatment services in Masaka region
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Job Skills:
• Experience in providing technical Assistance to large scale HIV/AIDS HSS interventions within Ministry of Health structures and systems.
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience in HIV/AIDS management.
• Good working knowledge of HIV/AIDS programs, strategies, processes and techniques used to plan, develop, implement and evaluate results of HIV/AIDS programs.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to work effectively in a team.
• Knowledge of USG programming policies and regulations, Ministry of Health and district procedures and practices.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
• A bachelor’s degree in Medicine and surgery.
• A master’s degree in public health or related field will be an added advantage.
• Specialized training in HIV/AIDS is an added advantage.
• Active Registration with the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council required.
• At least 2 years of HIV/AIDS/HIV/AIDS clinical experience.

Job Education Requirements: bachelor’s degree in Medicine and surgery

Job Experience Requirements: 2 years

Job application procedure
All interested candidates possessing the above attributes can send their; applications including a cover letter, updated CV with 3 referees, and copies of academic qualifications/certificates, addressed to the HR Manager to jobs@rhsp.org Kindly indicate the job title in the subject line of the email. Only online applications will be considered. Deadline for Submission: Tuesday, 31st December 2019 by 5:00pm. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Any form of lobbying and canvassing will lead to disqualification.

Miiro Allan
Miiro Allan
I am a team player who is committed to learning, excellence, ethics and people, also an excellent communicator with great interest in technology innovations, branding and communications for Business and passion for community service and positive change.

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