Clinical Services Associate - Pediatrics, Adolescents & PMTCT at Centre for Integrated Health Programs (CIHP)

Duties and Responsibilities

• The incumbent will provide technical support to supported facilities in establishing protocols for HIV/AIDS treatment and wrap-around health services that are consistent with national guidelines leveraging on experience in adolescent and young people care, pediatrics treatment and PMTCT.
• He/She will possess demonstrable skills to provide technical support for multidisciplinary HIV/AIDS care and treatment, working with organizational clinicians and health facility-based site teams to implement care and treatment services for service beneficiaries under purview.
• The job holder will build the capacity of facility personnel to better implement their role in the technical planning, management and evaluation of clinical issues related to a robust and functional adolescent program.
• Develop and implement a pediatrics transition program from infected children through adolescence to adult to improve pediatrics retention, positive adjustment and better quality of life.
• Review of program data to optimize HIV case finding in adolescent and young women and ensure successful linkage to ART and PMTCT services.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Medicine, Public health or related field
• 3 years’ post NYSC experience in developing country health care programs or program support function will be an added benefit.
• Excellent grasp of emerging clinical issues and current literature for accelerating progress in Pediatrics and adolescent implementation.
• Ability to work independently with strong problem-solving skills including the ability to foresee problems and initiate appropriate action.
• Computer Literacy in Microsoft office applications specifically in outlook, word and PowerPoint, excel and virtual conferencing software.
• Analytical Thinking & Conceptualization
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and make reasoned judgments in a timely fashion.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, with strong presentation skills.