Position Summary:

The Linkage and retention assistant in AHF-Ethiopia Prevention Team based at ALERT comprehensive specialized hospital are not permanent employee of the organization but recruited to support AHF supported health facilities when ever need arise from the facility. He/she will be responsible for the activities of HIV testing, counseling& Linkage of newly diagnosed to care and treatment and their retention in care and other related activities including community-based initiatives. The linkage assistant will work in close collaboration with other Prevention Team, Clinical Department and Advocacy/Marketing staff to contribute for the achievement of the AHF country office HIV prevention, testing and linkage plan. The linkage assistant will assist in designing HIV prevention strategies, implement and follow planned activities that support improved access to HIV prevention in Ethiopia.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform the day-to-day provider-initiated counseling and testing activities at the facility service delivery points (SDPs)with guidance from the facility Nursing coordinator, AHF Nurse counselor and ensure all diagnosed HIV positives are linked to care and treatment.
• Perform HIV risk screening using HRST and test those eligible patients identified for testing to improve yield from PITC.
• Ensure every MOPDs and other priority OPDs have HRST tool and screening every patients using the tool and testing those identified eligible patients to improve yield.
• Ensure that all relevant materials and equipment for HTS (ICT, HRST, VCT.) are adequately in place at the facility every day.
• Regularly work on recording and registration of HTS Data on the respective registration
• Conduct daily audit to ensure all HIV Positives identified in the facilities are documented on HIV positive tracking register and regularly updated till all are started ART.
• Conduct weekly audit to ensure all non-ART started patients are separately registered on non-ART started follow up form and followed till they started ART (with in health facility and out of health facility).
• Work closely with the HIV care/treatment and HIV testing teams to reach out to HIV positive clients encourage them to come into care and monitor their linkage and engagement in medical care
• He/ She will make phone calls, arrange home visits and work with community structures to reach newly diagnosed HIV positive clients that have not been linked to care and treatment
• He/ she will make notes and regularly update the appropriate linkage and retention tools when they contact the client
• Work with the clinic team to identify, follow-up and support clients that miss clinic appointments and those that disengage from care
• In conjunction with Community partners, conduct community follow up of clients that cannot be reached on phone
• Support the clinic team to trace, contact and bring to care those clients that are urgently required to return to the clinic E.g. those with unsuppressed viral load, positive TB test etc.
• Identify and document barriers clients experience in accessing HIV Care and other services and work with the client using a strength-based approach to identify solutions and overcome the barriers
• Reach out to partners of clients that recently test HIV positive and invite them to the clinic for HIV counseling and testing services
• Reinforce treatment goals that clients develop with medical care providers during one-on-one or group counseling sessions
• Document linkage and tracing data from client encounters
• Assist with liaising clients, Adherence supporters, Case managers once they are successful re-engaged in medical care.
• Ensure that >95% of newly tested positives are linked to care while >95% of all clients both new and old are retained into care.
• Actively engage in preparation and submission of   HTS reports regularly to line manager.
• Prepare and submit weekly/Monthly linkage and retention longitudinal report to AHF-Country office.
• Take the initiative to improve the hospital HTS activity together with the nursing coordinator of the facility.
• Work as Prevention Focal Person in making sure that the universal precautions procedures are in place within the facility where AHF Permanent staff is not recruited.
• Provide assistance in other outreach HTS activities as deemed necessary, especially in support of HIV prevention events, campaigns, mass testing, mobilization, etc.
• Execute any related additional duties assigned by Facility Nursing Coordinator, Prevention Program & AU Advocacy Liaison Manager and Prevention Program & Advocacy Coordinator

Education, Qualification, and Experience: 

• Minimum of Diploma in Clinical Nursing, Public Health from a recognized institution
• At least three years’ experience in HTS delivery, with particular emphasis on HIV counseling
• Training and skills on HCT would be a necessity; additional training on PMTCT, ART, TB/HIV, Nutrition in HIV… is an advantage.
• Further education in HIV related courses is an advantage.
• Proficient in basic computer programs including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and knowledge on data base.
• Excellent written, verbal and inter-personal communication skills with good command of English & Amharic languages
• Effective time management and meeting deadlines maintaining quality
• Must be highly organized and demonstrate multi-tasking ability
• Flexible, proactive and able to organize work independently with minimum supervision
• Excellent interpersonal interaction skills and keen to work with good team spirit

Duty station:  AHF-Ethiopia Supported Health Facilities (ALERT comprehensive specialized hospital)

Reports to: Assistant Counselor Coordinator

Employment Type: Contractual basis

Number of posts:   02

Salary: Negotiable.

አለርት አጠቃላይ ስፔሻላይዝድ ሆስፒታል ከዚህ በታች በተገለፁት የሥራ መደቦች ሥራ ፈላጊዎችን አወዳድሮ በኮንትራት ለመቅጠር ይፈልጋል፡፡

የትምህርት ዝግጅት:

• ከታወቀ ማሰልጠኛ ትምህርት ቤት በሙያው ሰርተፍኬት ያለው/ያላት፣

ተፈላጊ ችሎታ የሥራ ልምድ:

• በሙያው 2 ዓመትና ከዚያ በላይ የሰራ/ች

ብዛት: 1

ፆታ: አይለይም

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Alert General Specialized Hospital is looking to recruit candidates for the following positions on a contract basis.

Qualifications:

• Having a certificate in the profession from a recognized training school

Experience:

• 2 years or more in this career

Quantity: 1

Gender: Men/Women

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በምዝገባ ወቅት ማቅረብ የሚገባቸው ማስረጃዎች፡- የሥራ መደቡ የሚጠይቀውን የትምህርት ማስረጃ ዋናውና የማይመለስ ፎቶ ኮፒ፣ ማስታወሻ፡- በተራ ቁጥር 1 እና 2 ላይ የተመዘገቡት የስራ መደቦች የአካል ጉዳት ላለው ቅድሚያ ይሰጣል፣ እንዲሁም ከተማሩበት ትምህርት ቤት የድጋፍ ማስረጃ ማቅረብ የሚችል ይመረጣል፡፡

ምዝገባ ቦታ፡- በሆስፒታሉ ቅጥር ግቢ የሰው ሀብት አስተዳደር ቡድን ቢሮ በግንባር በመቅረብ መመዝገብ ይቻላል፡፡ ማስታወቂያው የሚቆይበት ጊዜ ማስታወቂያው ከወጣበት ቀን ጀምሮ ባሉት 5 ተከታታይ የስራ ቀናት፣

የምዝገባ ቀንና ሰዓት፡- ከጠዋት ከ2፡ዐዐ እስከ 6፡ዐዐ፣ ከሰዓት በኋላ ከ7፡ዐዐ እስከ 11፡ዐዐ ሰዓት ድረስ፣ አርብ ቀን የሆስቲታሉ የሥራ መውጫ 1ዐ፡ዐዐ ሰዓት መሆኑን እንገልፃለን፡፡

አድራሻ፡- አየር ጤና ሳይደርስ የቀድሞ ዘነበወርቅ ሆስፒታል፣ ስልክ ቁጥር 0118963821

አለርት አጠቃላይ ስፔሻላይዝድ ሆስፒታል ከዚህ በታች በተገለፁት የሥራ መደቦች ሥራ ፈላጊዎችን አወዳድሮ በኮንትራት ለመቅጠር ይፈልጋል፡፡

የትምህርት ዝግጅት:

• ከታወቀ ማሰልጠኛ ትምህርት ቤት በሙያው ሰርተፍኬት ያለው/ያላት፣

ተፈላጊ ችሎታ የሥራ ልምድ:

• በሙያው 0 ዓመትና የሰራ/ች

ብዛት: 1

ፆታ: አይለይም

በምዝገባ ወቅት ማቅረብ የሚገባቸው ማስረጃዎች፡- የሥራ መደቡ የሚጠይቀውን የትምህርት ማስረጃ ዋናውና የማይመለስ ፎቶ ኮፒ፣ ማስታወሻ፡- በተራ ቁጥር 1 እና 2 ላይ የተመዘገቡት የስራ መደቦች የአካል ጉዳት ላለው ቅድሚያ ይሰጣል፣ እንዲሁም ከተማሩበት ትምህርት ቤት የድጋፍ ማስረጃ ማቅረብ የሚችል ይመረጣል፡፡

ምዝገባ ቦታ፡- በሆስፒታሉ ቅጥር ግቢ የሰው ሀብት አስተዳደር ቡድን ቢሮ በግንባር በመቅረብ መመዝገብ ይቻላል፡፡ ማስታወቂያው የሚቆይበት ጊዜ ማስታወቂያው ከወጣበት ቀን ጀምሮ ባሉት 5 ተከታታይ የስራ ቀናት፣

የምዝገባ ቀንና ሰዓት፡- ከጠዋት ከ2፡ዐዐ እስከ 6፡ዐዐ፣ ከሰዓት በኋላ ከ7፡ዐዐ እስከ 11፡ዐዐ ሰዓት ድረስ፣ አርብ ቀን የሆስቲታሉ የሥራ መውጫ 1ዐ፡ዐዐ ሰዓት መሆኑን እንገልፃለን፡፡

አድራሻ፡- አየር ጤና ሳይደርስ የቀድሞ ዘነበወርቅ ሆስፒታል፣ ስልክ ቁጥር 0118963821