Deadline of this Job: 18 September 2022
JOB DETAILS:
Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS) is an indigenous NGO established under nongovernmental organization act No 24 of 2002 in 2011. THPS works in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Community Development Gender Elderly and Special Groups; Regional Administration and Local Governments (PORALG), Ministry of Health in Zanzibar and Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) with a goal of ensuring accessible high-quality health care services to all Tanzanians; through strengthening of health systems for quality health services.
THPS, is implementing a five (5) years AFYA HATUA (Sustain Treatment, Enrolment and HIV Prevention-STEP) project funded by CDC/PEPFAR. Through AFYA HATUA, THPS delivers client centered, comprehensive facility and community-based HIV prevention, care, and treatment services for general, key and vulnerable populations in Pwani, Kigoma and Shinyanga regions, and contributes to the country's epidemic control. Based on the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) National Multisectoral Strategic Framework (NMSF) IV, Health Sector HIV Strategic Plan (HSHSP) IV, and PEPFAR COP21 priorities, AFYA HATUA extends best practices and lessons learned from THPS's 10+ years of implementing HIV programs in Tanzania. THPS is partnering with all LGAs in the 3 regions, faith-based health facilities, and community-based, key population (KP)-led organizations to achieve the project goals.
THPS therefore is seeking competent, experienced, dynamic and qualified candidates to fill the positions listed below.
Reports to: Associate Director, Technical Services
Dar es Salaam with 60% field travel
Scope of the role: The Care and Treatment Technical Advisor is responsible for the coordination and technical field oversight of activities aiming to improve children, adolescents and adults' access to HTS and linkage, quality care and treatment and retention in HIV care and treatment for those who are HIV-positive. The Care and treatment Technical Advisor along with a team of regional clinical advisors will work with regional and district teams to build on current program strengths and accomplishments, considering the donor priorities, national priorities, existing stakeholders, and programming opportunities. Working with the Associate Director Technical support (ADTS) and Associate Director Facility Services (ADFS), the T/Advisor is responsible for maintaining a high level of expertise and innovation in both Pediatric, Adolescents and Adult C&T, in particular the area of antiretroviral treatment (including adherence and retention, roll-out of viral load monitoring, treatment monitoring including treatment failure, differentiated service delivery models, and other related issues), running of HIV model clinics, building capacity of clinical teams to analyze and use granular data for service delivery improvement across various subpopulations. S/He is responsible to keep THPS regional teams informed and skilled in relevant evidence-based interventions for an efficient service delivery by field staff.
Key Responsibilities
• In collaboration with the ADTS provide technical leadership in the design and implementation of interventions aiming to improve access to quality clinical services for all clients living with HIV.
• Provided technical leadership in developing clinical services that contribute to prevent HIV infection in the community.
• Provide technical support to all regional clinical teams on all interventions related to HIV care and treatment among adolescents and adults.
• Represent THPs in national TWG and other meetings on HIV care and treatment and provide technical assistance to MOH in developing HIV care and treatment related tools, materials and SOPs.
• Collaborate with ADFS and Regional Managers to ensure timely implementation of HIV care and treatment activities in each region's annual work plan.
• Support clinical service delivery and mentoring teams in the design and implementation of innovative C&T interventions/ models and strengthen HIV C&T components in current programs under the MOH strategic direction.
• Ensure capacity building of clinical regional teams, HCWs on HIV/AIDS care and treatment matters through trainings, CMEs, mentorship and dissemination of new knowledge.
• Participate in development of job aides, tools and materials as needed including CMEs to support health care workers to provide quality HIV services
• Assisting in program monitoring and evaluation and use of data to inform program planning and continuous improvement.
• Represent THPS Health in various national forums including technical working groups; development/adapting, revising of curricula/guidelines, SOPs, provider support tools (PST), monitoring and evaluation tools and indicators as assigned.
• Work with regional teams to support ART facilities to strategically implement HIV cascade focusing on early identification, prompt linkage to treatment and retention to attain viral suppression as per the national guidelines.
• Work with regional teams to ensure that PLHIV receive comprehensive and integrated clinical services including TB, STI, FP, Ol screening and prevention.
• Advises on linkages and synergies between ART, HTC, PMTCT, TB, STI, Reproductive Health and Family Planning and other public health programs.
• Support regional teams to implement CQI in HIV care and treatment through working with CQI TA.
• Collaborate with both ADTS and ADFS to support regional clinical teams attend trainings and other capacity building forums to improve their technical understanding and diversity in program implementation.
• Appraise facility-based reports (performance, mentoring and SS reports), identify gaps and support field staff and facility to design and implement Improvement Plan
• Liaise with the MOH officials, THPS regional teams and other stakeholders in coordinating implementation of the program to eensure clinical care activities at HIV care and treatment sites conform to the National HIV Care and Treatment Guidelines.
• Participate in National AIDS Control Program's planned supportive supervision visit in THPS supported regions to monitor progress and assist in development of quality improvement processes to ensure high standards of services and effective use of all resources.
• Work closely with the other advisers in the central technical unit as well other units to coordinate provision of technical assistance to THPS regional teams.
• Collaborate with regional and M&E teams to identify and document best practices and successes including preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual door reports.
• Collaborate with pharmacy and laboratory logistics teams to ensure the availability of equipment, supplies, commodities at all sites to ensure uninterrupted services.
• Perform any other activities as may be assigned.
Required Skills, knowledge & Experience:
• Medical Degree is mandatory; a post graduate training in internal medicine or infectious diseases will be desired. Masters of Public Health Training will be an added advantage. Minimum of five years' experience working with HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment programs.
• Proven interpersonal skills in working effectively as a member of a team and independently.
• Ability to deal effectively and diplomatically with multiple government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, faith-based organizations, and the private sector
• Strong planning and management skills
• Ability to work independently with strong problem-solving skills
• Computer literacy, and proven verbal and written communication skills including a demonstrated ability to write technical documents and give state-of-the-art presentations
• Willingness to travel in AH supported regions up to 60% of the time building capacity of facility base HCW, RHMT, CHMT and THPS sub granted staffs
• Fluency in English and Swahili
• Perform any other activities as may be assigned
JOB DETAILS:
Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS) is an indigenous NGO established under nongovernmental organization act No 24 of 2002 in 2011. THPS works in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Community Development Gender Elderly and Special Groups; Regional Administration and Local Governments (PORALG), Ministry of Health in Zanzibar and Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) with a goal of ensuring accessible high-quality health care services to all Tanzanians; through strengthening of health systems for quality health services.
THPS, is implementing a five (5) years AFYA HATUA (Sustain Treatment, Enrolment and HIV Prevention-STEP) project funded by CDC/PEPFAR. Through AFYA HATUA, THPS delivers client centered, comprehensive facility and community-based HIV prevention, care, and treatment services for general, key and vulnerable populations in Pwani, Kigoma and Shinyanga regions, and contributes to the country's epidemic control. Based on the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) National Multisectoral Strategic Framework (NMSF) IV, Health Sector HIV Strategic Plan (HSHSP) IV, and PEPFAR COP21 priorities, AFYA HATUA extends best practices and lessons learned from THPS's 10+ years of implementing HIV programs in Tanzania. THPS is partnering with all LGAs in the 3 regions, faith-based health facilities, and community-based, key population (KP)-led organizations to achieve the project goals.
THPS therefore is seeking competent, experienced, dynamic and qualified candidates to fill the positions listed below.
Position title: Clinical Advisor - HIV Prevention and Treatment (2 positions)
Reports to: District Manager
Shinyanga with 75% field travel
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, region. 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 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 in Shinyanga and VMMC in Shinyanga and Kigoma regions).
• 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 His 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 and other relevant duties assigned by Supervisors.
Required Skills, knowledge & Experience:
• Medical Degree is mandatory. . Candidates with the following qualification will have added advantage. Master's degree (MPH or equivalent).
• Minimum of three years clinical experience in care and treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS.
• Experience in working in collaboration with local government partners (R/CHMTS) and NGOs.
• Ability to deal effectively and diplomatically with multiple government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, faith-based organizations, and the private sector.
• Proven interpersonal skills in working effectively as a member of a team.
• Ability to work independently with strong problem-solving skills.
• Fluency in Swahili and English
• Computer knowledge
JOB DETAILS:
Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS) is an indigenous NGO established under nongovernmental organization act No 24 of 2002 in 2011. THPS works in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Community Development Gender Elderly and Special Groups; Regional Administration and Local Governments (PORALG), Ministry of Health in Zanzibar and Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) with a goal of ensuring accessible high-quality health care services to all Tanzanians; through strengthening of health systems for quality health services.
THPS, is implementing a five (5) years AFYA HATUA (Sustain Treatment, Enrolment and HIV Prevention-STEP) project funded by CDC/PEPFAR. Through AFYA HATUA, THPS delivers client centered, comprehensive facility and community-based HIV prevention, care, and treatment services for general, key and vulnerable populations in Pwani, Kigoma and Shinyanga regions, and contributes to the country's epidemic control. Based on the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) National Multisectoral Strategic Framework (NMSF) IV, Health Sector HIV Strategic Plan (HSHSP) IV, and PEPFAR COP21 priorities, AFYA HATUA extends best practices and lessons learned from THPS's 10+ years of implementing HIV programs in Tanzania. THPS is partnering with all LGAs in the 3 regions, faith-based health facilities, and community-based, key population (KP)-led organizations to achieve the project goals.
THPS therefore is seeking competent, experienced, dynamic and qualified candidates to fill the positions listed below.
Position title: Maternal, Pediatric, PMTCT/EID and Adolescent Technical Advisor
Dar es salaam with 60% field travel
Overall job summary: To provide technical support and oversee implementation of prevention/elimination of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) and ensure the program achieves its goals in supported regions. Specifically, S/He will be responsible for design, planning and coordination of PMTCT activities including early infant diagnosis (EID). As Tanzania embarks on elimination of mother to child transmission (EMTCT) through life long antiretroviral therapy to pregnant and lactating women.
As pediatric and adolescent's technical advisor, will oversee implementation of pediatric HIV activities to ensure program is reaching program target including on early infant diagnosis (EID), pediatric HIV testing and identification, linkage to treatment, retention and ensure pediatric are virally suppressed. As part of maternal component, s/he will provide support on cervical cancer prevention program (CECAP) services implementation in supported regions and facilities. Specifically, S/He will be responsible for design, planning and coordination of CECAP activities including screening of all eligible women attending CTC services for cervical cancer, ensure all screened positive for cervical cancers are receiving right treatment.
S/He will provide technical guidance to THPS PMTCT/Pediatric/CECAP program and field officers in ensuring national guidelines, standards and protocols are followed across supported health facilities. The successful candidate will also represent THPS in national TWG meetings addressing PMTCT/Pediatric/CECAP and adolescents related issues.
Specific Roles and Responsibilities:
• Provide technical support to pediatric HIV/CECAP and PMTCT field officers and regional teams in the planning, initiation and implementation of pediatric HIV, CECAP and PMTCT /EID services.
• Work with regional teams to strengthen the capacity of regional and council health management team (R/CHMTs) for delivery of quality pediatric HIV, CECAP and PMTCT /EID and adolescents services.
• Lead in development of pediatric HIV, CECAP, PMTCT /EID and adolescents standard operating procedures (SOPs), targeted continuous medical education (CME) packages and other relevant materials for improving and advancing pediatric HIV, CECAP, PMTCT/EID and adolescents services in supported regions.
• Work with field officers and health providers at facilities to design and implement innovative strategies for improving the quality of early infant HIV diagnosis in collaboration with the R/CHMTs and Hospital Management Teams (HMTs).
• Oversee capacity building; supportive supervision, mentoring, and formal training activities of pediatric HIV, CECAP, PMTCT /EID and adolescents' interventions in supported regions.
• Work with the monitoring and evaluation team in monthly analysis and reporting of PMTCT program data and recommend innovations for addressing identified gaps. . Work close with field staff and ME team to ensure pediatric HIV, CECAP, PMTCT /EID and adolescents' data are triangulated with all source documents prior to reporting to ensure data quality.
• Coordinate with regional and district teams to ensure all HIV exposed infants have graduated with their HIV final status documented in the CTC2 database.
• Oversee correct PMTCT/EID and CECAP data entry into national reporting system (DHIS2) PMTCT by field officers and health providers.
• Oversee quality dried blood spot (DBS) samples taking by RCH staff to avoid rejections
• Provide onsite mentorship on CECAP and PMTCT documentation according to national guidelines and standard operating procedures
• Work as part of the multi-disciplinary technical team to provide technical guidance to the THPS regional teams in planning program activities, ensuring close linkages between PMTCT, EID, TB/HIV and pediatric HIV and AIDS services. Collaborate with Moh other partners to ensure the functionality of support services including availability of adequate stocks of supplies for pediatric HIV, CECAP, PMTCT /EID and improve on turnaround time (TAT) for HIV results of exposed infants.
• Provide support to health providers in addressing challenges arising from management of clinical cases.
• Lead the development of pediatric and adolescent HIV standard operating procedures (SOPs), targeted continuous medical education (CME) packages and other relevant materials for improving and advancing pediatric and adolescent HIV services.
• Provide technical support to THPS field teams in the planning, initiation and implementation of pediatric and adolescent HIV services to reach 95-95-95.
• Lead the design and implementation of innovative strategies and service delivery models for improving the quality of pediatric and adolescent HIV services including index testing, multimonths drug dispensing for eligible clients, TB prevention treatment.
• Oversee the design and roll-out of a package of HIV prevention, care and treatment services reaching adolescents and youth ages 10-24 years and children below 10 years including health service demand creation activities, HIV testing and counselling, linkage to care, referral for family planning, creation of safe spaces and expanded access to adolescent-friendly health services; and GBV screening.
• Ensure that project strategies and activities addressing youth are evidence-based and in line with state-of-the-art, globally recognized best practices; and aligned with GoT, and PEPFAR standards, protocols and guidelines.
• Ensure that the project engages youth in all stages to promote youth leadership and ensure that youth perspectives are taken into consideration.
• Promote integration across a range of services for adolescents and youth a holistic, familycentered approach to improving their wellbeing.
• Ensure all youth-focused strategies are gender-sensitive and promote equitable programming.
• Identify capacity building needs; targeted supportive supervision, mentoring, and modular training activities for pediatric and adolescent HIV interventions,
• Develop and/or contribute to technical briefs, reports, guidelines and other materials.
• Collaborate with Adherence and Psychosocial support and retention TA to ensure all adolescents are enrolled into adolescent clubs.
• Work with the M&E team in monthly analysis and reporting of pediatric and adolescent HIV service program data and recommend innovations for addressing identified gaps.
• Coordinate clinical advisors to ensure pediatric and adolescent HIV activities are standardized and contribute to increased identification, enrollment and retention in care and treatment.
• Ensure pediatric and adolescent data are triangulated with source documents before reporting to ensure data quality.
• Working as part of the multi-disciplinary technical team to provide technical guidance to the regional teams in planning program activities, ensuring close linkages between pediatric and adolescent HIV services and other program areas including CECAP, PMTCT, EID and TB/HIV.
• Work closely with MoH and other partners to ensure the functional supply chain for pediatric drug formulations and other supplies to ensure uninterrupted services.
• Perform any other activities as may be assigned
Required Skills, knowledge & Experience:
• Medical Degree is mandatory; Masters of Public Health or a post graduate training in internal medicine or infectious training will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of five years' experience working with HIV/AIDS Care and treatment programs as Maternal, Pediatric, PMTCT/EID and Adolescent Technical Personnel.
• Proven interpersonal skills in working effectively as a member of a team and independently.
• Ability to deal effectively and diplomatically with multiple government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, faith-based organizations, and the private sector
• Strong planning and management skills
• Ability to work independently with strong problem-solving skills
• Computer literacy and proven verbal and written communication skills including a demonstrated ability to write technical documents and give state-of-the-art presentations
• Willingness to travel in AH supported regions up to 60% of the time building capacity of facility base HCW, RHMT, CHMT and THPS sub granted
• Fluency in English and Swahili
JOB DETAILS:
Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS) is an indigenous NGO established under nongovernmental organization act No 24 of 2002 in 2011. THPS works in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Community Development Gender Elderly and Special Groups; Regional Administration and Local Governments (PORALG), Ministry of Health in Zanzibar and Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) with a goal of ensuring accessible high-quality health care services to all Tanzanians; through strengthening of health systems for quality health services.
THPS, is implementing a five (5) years AFYA HATUA (Sustain Treatment, Enrolment and HIV Prevention-STEP) project funded by CDC/PEPFAR. Through AFYA HATUA, THPS delivers client centered, comprehensive facility and community-based HIV prevention, care, and treatment services for general, key and vulnerable populations in Pwani, Kigoma and Shinyanga regions, and contributes to the country's epidemic control. Based on the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) National Multisectoral Strategic Framework (NMSF) IV, Health Sector HIV Strategic Plan (HSHSP) IV, and PEPFAR COP21 priorities, AFYA HATUA extends best practices and lessons learned from THPS's 10+ years of implementing HIV programs in Tanzania. THPS is partnering with all LGAs in the 3 regions, faith-based health facilities, and community-based, key population (KP)-led organizations to achieve the project goals.
THPS therefore is seeking competent, experienced, dynamic and qualified candidates to fill the positions listed below.
Overall job summary: S/He will serve as the program, lead for all activities related to HIV prevention & linkages including community and facility-based HIV testing in the region, linkage to ART, adherence support for clients initiated on ART and PMTCT, psychosocial support for PLHIV including adolescents and children enrolled into care. S/He implement an efficient client centered linkage system between ART facilities and community-based service delivery points. S/He will be providing technical guidance and support to the HIV Prevention & linkages Field Officers, HCPs and any sub grantees (communitybased NGOs) implementing HIV Prevention & linkages for general, priority and vulnerable populations.
Specific Roles and Responsibilities:
• Support regional team to ensure that all facility and community identified PLHIV are linked to ART and other relevant services
• Oversee and provide technical support to HCPs, peer educators (PE) and other actors to implement protocols on HIV testing services, prevention & linkages.
• Develop and facilitate innovative strategies to reduce treatment interruptions among PLHIV in supported sites.
• Work with HIV prevention & linkages and QI teams to conduct periodic assessment of HIV prevention & linkages standards of care in high volume THPS supported sites.
• Distribution of relevant job aides and materials related to HIV prevention & linkages to HCPs, community-based NGOs.
• Conduct supportive supervision and mentorship in collaboration with team members to HCPs,
PEs, LCs and sub granted NGOs by applying mentorship skills and methods in order to improve quality of services.
• Review District scope of work, reports, plans and performance of the HIV prevention & linkages sub-grantees on quarterly basis.
• Maintain relationship with and support R/CHMT, and sub granted community NGOs in implementing HIV prevention & linkages activities for both facility and community settings.
• Represent THPS in the regional meetings on issues related to HIV prevention & linkages.
• Strengthen multi-sectorial collaboration with Regional and District/Council HIV and AIDS Coordinators (R/DACCI(CHACC) and other partners working in the community.
• Provide technical support in the use of national appointment and tracking systems that include mechanisms for tracking and tracing defaulters in care and treatment.
• Implement innovative approaches to improve appointment adherence, referrals and follow-up of clients in the community and tracing clients with treatment interruptions.
• Work with the clinical teams to establish viremia clinics for unsuppressed clients.
• Participate in development the RICHMTs HIV annual work plans.
• Review and input all HIV prevention & linkages quarterly, semi - annual and annual progress report prior to submission.
• Prepare periodic technical reports, best practices and monitor progress through weekly and monthly reporting.
Required Skills, knowledge & Experience:
• Degree in Medicine, Sociology or Nursing is mandatory.
• Candidate with relevant post graduate training related field e.g. Medicine, Sociology, Nursing MPH, etc. will have added advantage.
• Minimum of three years in HIV Testing, Prevention & Linkages services
• Experience in working in collaboration with local government partners (R/CHMTS) and NGOs.
• Ability to deal effectively and diplomatically with multiple government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, faith-based organizations, and the private sector.
• Proven interpersonal skills in working effectively as a member of a team.
• Ability to work independently with strong problem-solving skills.
• Fluency in Swahili and English
• Computer knowledge
JOB DETAILS:
Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS) is an indigenous NGO established under nongovernmental organization act No 24 of 2002 in 2011. THPS works in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Community Development Gender Elderly and Special Groups; Regional Administration and Local Governments (PORALG), Ministry of Health in Zanzibar and Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) with a goal of ensuring accessible high-quality health care services to all Tanzanians; through strengthening of health systems for quality health services.
THPS, is implementing a five (5) years AFYA HATUA (Sustain Treatment, Enrolment and HIV Prevention-STEP) project funded by CDC/PEPFAR. Through AFYA HATUA, THPS delivers client centered, comprehensive facility and community-based HIV prevention, care, and treatment services for general, key and vulnerable populations in Pwani, Kigoma and Shinyanga regions, and contributes to the country's epidemic control. Based on the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) National Multisectoral Strategic Framework (NMSF) IV, Health Sector HIV Strategic Plan (HSHSP) IV, and PEPFAR COP21 priorities, AFYA HATUA extends best practices and lessons learned from THPS's 10+ years of implementing HIV programs in Tanzania. THPS is partnering with all LGAs in the 3 regions, faith-based health facilities, and community-based, key population (KP)-led organizations to achieve the project goals.
THPS therefore is seeking competent, experienced, dynamic and qualified candidates to fill the positions listed below.
Reports to: Associate Director, Technical Services
Dar es Salaam with 60% field travel
Scope of the role: The Care and Treatment Technical Advisor is responsible for the coordination and technical field oversight of activities aiming to improve children, adolescents and adults' access to HTS and linkage, quality care and treatment and retention in HIV care and treatment for those who are HIV-positive. The Care and treatment Technical Advisor along with a team of regional clinical advisors will work with regional and district teams to build on current program strengths and accomplishments, considering the donor priorities, national priorities, existing stakeholders, and programming opportunities. Working with the Associate Director Technical support (ADTS) and Associate Director Facility Services (ADFS), the T/Advisor is responsible for maintaining a high level of expertise and innovation in both Pediatric, Adolescents and Adult C&T, in particular the area of antiretroviral treatment (including adherence and retention, roll-out of viral load monitoring, treatment monitoring including treatment failure, differentiated service delivery models, and other related issues), running of HIV model clinics, building capacity of clinical teams to analyze and use granular data for service delivery improvement across various subpopulations. S/He is responsible to keep THPS regional teams informed and skilled in relevant evidence-based interventions for an efficient service delivery by field staff.
Key Responsibilities
• In collaboration with the ADTS provide technical leadership in the design and implementation of interventions aiming to improve access to quality clinical services for all clients living with HIV.
• Provided technical leadership in developing clinical services that contribute to prevent HIV infection in the community.
• Provide technical support to all regional clinical teams on all interventions related to HIV care and treatment among adolescents and adults.
• Represent THPs in national TWG and other meetings on HIV care and treatment and provide technical assistance to MOH in developing HIV care and treatment related tools, materials and SOPs.
• Collaborate with ADFS and Regional Managers to ensure timely implementation of HIV care and treatment activities in each region's annual work plan.
• Support clinical service delivery and mentoring teams in the design and implementation of innovative C&T interventions/ models and strengthen HIV C&T components in current programs under the MOH strategic direction.
• Ensure capacity building of clinical regional teams, HCWs on HIV/AIDS care and treatment matters through trainings, CMEs, mentorship and dissemination of new knowledge.
• Participate in development of job aides, tools and materials as needed including CMEs to support health care workers to provide quality HIV services
• Assisting in program monitoring and evaluation and use of data to inform program planning and continuous improvement.
• Represent THPS Health in various national forums including technical working groups; development/adapting, revising of curricula/guidelines, SOPs, provider support tools (PST), monitoring and evaluation tools and indicators as assigned.
• Work with regional teams to support ART facilities to strategically implement HIV cascade focusing on early identification, prompt linkage to treatment and retention to attain viral suppression as per the national guidelines.
• Work with regional teams to ensure that PLHIV receive comprehensive and integrated clinical services including TB, STI, FP, Ol screening and prevention.
• Advises on linkages and synergies between ART, HTC, PMTCT, TB, STI, Reproductive Health and Family Planning and other public health programs.
• Support regional teams to implement CQI in HIV care and treatment through working with CQI TA.
• Collaborate with both ADTS and ADFS to support regional clinical teams attend trainings and other capacity building forums to improve their technical understanding and diversity in program implementation.
• Appraise facility-based reports (performance, mentoring and SS reports), identify gaps and support field staff and facility to design and implement Improvement Plan
• Liaise with the MOH officials, THPS regional teams and other stakeholders in coordinating implementation of the program to eensure clinical care activities at HIV care and treatment sites conform to the National HIV Care and Treatment Guidelines.
• Participate in National AIDS Control Program's planned supportive supervision visit in THPS supported regions to monitor progress and assist in development of quality improvement processes to ensure high standards of services and effective use of all resources.
• Work closely with the other advisers in the central technical unit as well other units to coordinate provision of technical assistance to THPS regional teams.
• Collaborate with regional and M&E teams to identify and document best practices and successes including preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual door reports.
• Collaborate with pharmacy and laboratory logistics teams to ensure the availability of equipment, supplies, commodities at all sites to ensure uninterrupted services.
• Perform any other activities as may be assigned.
Required Skills, knowledge & Experience:
• Medical Degree is mandatory; a post graduate training in internal medicine or infectious diseases will be desired. Masters of Public Health Training will be an added advantage. Minimum of five years' experience working with HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment programs.
• Proven interpersonal skills in working effectively as a member of a team and independently.
• Ability to deal effectively and diplomatically with multiple government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, faith-based organizations, and the private sector
• Strong planning and management skills
• Ability to work independently with strong problem-solving skills
• Computer literacy, and proven verbal and written communication skills including a demonstrated ability to write technical documents and give state-of-the-art presentations
• Willingness to travel in AH supported regions up to 60% of the time building capacity of facility base HCW, RHMT, CHMT and THPS sub granted staffs
• Fluency in English and Swahili
• Perform any other activities as may be assigned
Deadline of this Job: 18 September 2022
Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS) is an indigenous NGO established under nongovernmental organization act No 24 of 2002 in 2011. THPS works in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Community Development Gender Elderly and Special Groups; Regional Administration and Local Governments (PORALG), Ministry of Health in Zanzibar and Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) with a goal of ensuring accessible high-quality health care services to all Tanzanians; through strengthening of health systems for quality health services.
THPS, is implementing a five (5) years AFYA HATUA (Sustain Treatment, Enrolment and HIV Prevention-STEP) project funded by CDC/PEPFAR. Through AFYA HATUA, THPS delivers client centered, comprehensive facility and community-based HIV prevention, care, and treatment services for general, key and vulnerable populations in Pwani, Kigoma and Shinyanga regions, and contributes to the country's epidemic control. Based on the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) National Multisectoral Strategic Framework (NMSF) IV, Health Sector HIV Strategic Plan (HSHSP) IV, and PEPFAR COP21 priorities, AFYA HATUA extends best practices and lessons learned from THPS's 10+ years of implementing HIV programs in Tanzania. THPS is partnering with all LGAs in the 3 regions, faith-based health facilities, and community-based, key population (KP)-led organizations to achieve the project goals.
THPS therefore is seeking competent, experienced, dynamic and qualified candidates to fill the positions listed below.
Position title: Clinical Advisor - HIV Prevention and Treatment (2 positions)
Reports to: District Manager
Shinyanga with 75% field travel
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, region. 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 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 in Shinyanga and VMMC in Shinyanga and Kigoma regions).
• 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 His 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 and other relevant duties assigned by Supervisors.
Required Skills, knowledge & Experience:
• Medical Degree is mandatory. . Candidates with the following qualification will have added advantage. Master's degree (MPH or equivalent).
• Minimum of three years clinical experience in care and treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS.
• Experience in working in collaboration with local government partners (R/CHMTS) and NGOs.
• Ability to deal effectively and diplomatically with multiple government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, faith-based organizations, and the private sector.
• Proven interpersonal skills in working effectively as a member of a team.
• Ability to work independently with strong problem-solving skills.
• Fluency in Swahili and English
• Computer knowledge
Deadline of this Job: 18 September 2022
Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS) is an indigenous NGO established under nongovernmental organization act No 24 of 2002 in 2011. THPS works in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Community Development Gender Elderly and Special Groups; Regional Administration and Local Governments (PORALG), Ministry of Health in Zanzibar and Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) with a goal of ensuring accessible high-quality health care services to all Tanzanians; through strengthening of health systems for quality health services.
THPS, is implementing a five (5) years AFYA HATUA (Sustain Treatment, Enrolment and HIV Prevention-STEP) project funded by CDC/PEPFAR. Through AFYA HATUA, THPS delivers client centered, comprehensive facility and community-based HIV prevention, care, and treatment services for general, key and vulnerable populations in Pwani, Kigoma and Shinyanga regions, and contributes to the country's epidemic control. Based on the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) National Multisectoral Strategic Framework (NMSF) IV, Health Sector HIV Strategic Plan (HSHSP) IV, and PEPFAR COP21 priorities, AFYA HATUA extends best practices and lessons learned from THPS's 10+ years of implementing HIV programs in Tanzania. THPS is partnering with all LGAs in the 3 regions, faith-based health facilities, and community-based, key population (KP)-led organizations to achieve the project goals.
THPS therefore is seeking competent, experienced, dynamic and qualified candidates to fill the positions listed below.
Position title: Maternal, Pediatric, PMTCT/EID and Adolescent Technical Advisor
Dar es salaam with 60% field travel
Overall job summary: To provide technical support and oversee implementation of prevention/elimination of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) and ensure the program achieves its goals in supported regions. Specifically, S/He will be responsible for design, planning and coordination of PMTCT activities including early infant diagnosis (EID). As Tanzania embarks on elimination of mother to child transmission (EMTCT) through life long antiretroviral therapy to pregnant and lactating women.
As pediatric and adolescent's technical advisor, will oversee implementation of pediatric HIV activities to ensure program is reaching program target including on early infant diagnosis (EID), pediatric HIV testing and identification, linkage to treatment, retention and ensure pediatric are virally suppressed. As part of maternal component, s/he will provide support on cervical cancer prevention program (CECAP) services implementation in supported regions and facilities. Specifically, S/He will be responsible for design, planning and coordination of CECAP activities including screening of all eligible women attending CTC services for cervical cancer, ensure all screened positive for cervical cancers are receiving right treatment.
S/He will provide technical guidance to THPS PMTCT/Pediatric/CECAP program and field officers in ensuring national guidelines, standards and protocols are followed across supported health facilities. The successful candidate will also represent THPS in national TWG meetings addressing PMTCT/Pediatric/CECAP and adolescents related issues.
Specific Roles and Responsibilities:
• Provide technical support to pediatric HIV/CECAP and PMTCT field officers and regional teams in the planning, initiation and implementation of pediatric HIV, CECAP and PMTCT /EID services.
• Work with regional teams to strengthen the capacity of regional and council health management team (R/CHMTs) for delivery of quality pediatric HIV, CECAP and PMTCT /EID and adolescents services.
• Lead in development of pediatric HIV, CECAP, PMTCT /EID and adolescents standard operating procedures (SOPs), targeted continuous medical education (CME) packages and other relevant materials for improving and advancing pediatric HIV, CECAP, PMTCT/EID and adolescents services in supported regions.
• Work with field officers and health providers at facilities to design and implement innovative strategies for improving the quality of early infant HIV diagnosis in collaboration with the R/CHMTs and Hospital Management Teams (HMTs).
• Oversee capacity building; supportive supervision, mentoring, and formal training activities of pediatric HIV, CECAP, PMTCT /EID and adolescents' interventions in supported regions.
• Work with the monitoring and evaluation team in monthly analysis and reporting of PMTCT program data and recommend innovations for addressing identified gaps. . Work close with field staff and ME team to ensure pediatric HIV, CECAP, PMTCT /EID and adolescents' data are triangulated with all source documents prior to reporting to ensure data quality.
• Coordinate with regional and district teams to ensure all HIV exposed infants have graduated with their HIV final status documented in the CTC2 database.
• Oversee correct PMTCT/EID and CECAP data entry into national reporting system (DHIS2) PMTCT by field officers and health providers.
• Oversee quality dried blood spot (DBS) samples taking by RCH staff to avoid rejections
• Provide onsite mentorship on CECAP and PMTCT documentation according to national guidelines and standard operating procedures
• Work as part of the multi-disciplinary technical team to provide technical guidance to the THPS regional teams in planning program activities, ensuring close linkages between PMTCT, EID, TB/HIV and pediatric HIV and AIDS services. Collaborate with Moh other partners to ensure the functionality of support services including availability of adequate stocks of supplies for pediatric HIV, CECAP, PMTCT /EID and improve on turnaround time (TAT) for HIV results of exposed infants.
• Provide support to health providers in addressing challenges arising from management of clinical cases.
• Lead the development of pediatric and adolescent HIV standard operating procedures (SOPs), targeted continuous medical education (CME) packages and other relevant materials for improving and advancing pediatric and adolescent HIV services.
• Provide technical support to THPS field teams in the planning, initiation and implementation of pediatric and adolescent HIV services to reach 95-95-95.
• Lead the design and implementation of innovative strategies and service delivery models for improving the quality of pediatric and adolescent HIV services including index testing, multimonths drug dispensing for eligible clients, TB prevention treatment.
• Oversee the design and roll-out of a package of HIV prevention, care and treatment services reaching adolescents and youth ages 10-24 years and children below 10 years including health service demand creation activities, HIV testing and counselling, linkage to care, referral for family planning, creation of safe spaces and expanded access to adolescent-friendly health services; and GBV screening.
• Ensure that project strategies and activities addressing youth are evidence-based and in line with state-of-the-art, globally recognized best practices; and aligned with GoT, and PEPFAR standards, protocols and guidelines.
• Ensure that the project engages youth in all stages to promote youth leadership and ensure that youth perspectives are taken into consideration.
• Promote integration across a range of services for adolescents and youth a holistic, familycentered approach to improving their wellbeing.
• Ensure all youth-focused strategies are gender-sensitive and promote equitable programming.
• Identify capacity building needs; targeted supportive supervision, mentoring, and modular training activities for pediatric and adolescent HIV interventions,
• Develop and/or contribute to technical briefs, reports, guidelines and other materials.
• Collaborate with Adherence and Psychosocial support and retention TA to ensure all adolescents are enrolled into adolescent clubs.
• Work with the M&E team in monthly analysis and reporting of pediatric and adolescent HIV service program data and recommend innovations for addressing identified gaps.
• Coordinate clinical advisors to ensure pediatric and adolescent HIV activities are standardized and contribute to increased identification, enrollment and retention in care and treatment.
• Ensure pediatric and adolescent data are triangulated with source documents before reporting to ensure data quality.
• Working as part of the multi-disciplinary technical team to provide technical guidance to the regional teams in planning program activities, ensuring close linkages between pediatric and adolescent HIV services and other program areas including CECAP, PMTCT, EID and TB/HIV.
• Work closely with MoH and other partners to ensure the functional supply chain for pediatric drug formulations and other supplies to ensure uninterrupted services.
• Perform any other activities as may be assigned
Required Skills, knowledge & Experience:
• Medical Degree is mandatory; Masters of Public Health or a post graduate training in internal medicine or infectious training will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of five years' experience working with HIV/AIDS Care and treatment programs as Maternal, Pediatric, PMTCT/EID and Adolescent Technical Personnel.
• Proven interpersonal skills in working effectively as a member of a team and independently.
• Ability to deal effectively and diplomatically with multiple government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, faith-based organizations, and the private sector
• Strong planning and management skills
• Ability to work independently with strong problem-solving skills
• Computer literacy and proven verbal and written communication skills including a demonstrated ability to write technical documents and give state-of-the-art presentations
• Willingness to travel in AH supported regions up to 60% of the time building capacity of facility base HCW, RHMT, CHMT and THPS sub granted
• Fluency in English and Swahili
2 HIV Testing, Prevention & Linkages Program Officer job at Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS)
Deadline of this Job: 18 September 2022
Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS) is an indigenous NGO established under nongovernmental organization act No 24 of 2002 in 2011. THPS works in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Community Development Gender Elderly and Special Groups; Regional Administration and Local Governments (PORALG), Ministry of Health in Zanzibar and Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) with a goal of ensuring accessible high-quality health care services to all Tanzanians; through strengthening of health systems for quality health services.
THPS, is implementing a five (5) years AFYA HATUA (Sustain Treatment, Enrolment and HIV Prevention-STEP) project funded by CDC/PEPFAR. Through AFYA HATUA, THPS delivers client centered, comprehensive facility and community-based HIV prevention, care, and treatment services for general, key and vulnerable populations in Pwani, Kigoma and Shinyanga regions, and contributes to the country's epidemic control. Based on the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) National Multisectoral Strategic Framework (NMSF) IV, Health Sector HIV Strategic Plan (HSHSP) IV, and PEPFAR COP21 priorities, AFYA HATUA extends best practices and lessons learned from THPS's 10+ years of implementing HIV programs in Tanzania. THPS is partnering with all LGAs in the 3 regions, faith-based health facilities, and community-based, key population (KP)-led organizations to achieve the project goals.
THPS therefore is seeking competent, experienced, dynamic and qualified candidates to fill the positions listed below.
Overall job summary: S/He will serve as the program, lead for all activities related to HIV prevention & linkages including community and facility-based HIV testing in the region, linkage to ART, adherence support for clients initiated on ART and PMTCT, psychosocial support for PLHIV including adolescents and children enrolled into care. S/He implement an efficient client centered linkage system between ART facilities and community-based service delivery points. S/He will be providing technical guidance and support to the HIV Prevention & linkages Field Officers, HCPs and any sub grantees (communitybased NGOs) implementing HIV Prevention & linkages for general, priority and vulnerable populations.
Specific Roles and Responsibilities:
• Support regional team to ensure that all facility and community identified PLHIV are linked to ART and other relevant services
• Oversee and provide technical support to HCPs, peer educators (PE) and other actors to implement protocols on HIV testing services, prevention & linkages.
• Develop and facilitate innovative strategies to reduce treatment interruptions among PLHIV in supported sites.
• Work with HIV prevention & linkages and QI teams to conduct periodic assessment of HIV prevention & linkages standards of care in high volume THPS supported sites.
• Distribution of relevant job aides and materials related to HIV prevention & linkages to HCPs, community-based NGOs.
• Conduct supportive supervision and mentorship in collaboration with team members to HCPs,
PEs, LCs and sub granted NGOs by applying mentorship skills and methods in order to improve quality of services.
• Review District scope of work, reports, plans and performance of the HIV prevention & linkages sub-grantees on quarterly basis.
• Maintain relationship with and support R/CHMT, and sub granted community NGOs in implementing HIV prevention & linkages activities for both facility and community settings.
• Represent THPS in the regional meetings on issues related to HIV prevention & linkages.
• Strengthen multi-sectorial collaboration with Regional and District/Council HIV and AIDS Coordinators (R/DACCI(CHACC) and other partners working in the community.
• Provide technical support in the use of national appointment and tracking systems that include mechanisms for tracking and tracing defaulters in care and treatment.
• Implement innovative approaches to improve appointment adherence, referrals and follow-up of clients in the community and tracing clients with treatment interruptions.
• Work with the clinical teams to establish viremia clinics for unsuppressed clients.
• Participate in development the RICHMTs HIV annual work plans.
• Review and input all HIV prevention & linkages quarterly, semi - annual and annual progress report prior to submission.
• Prepare periodic technical reports, best practices and monitor progress through weekly and monthly reporting.
Required Skills, knowledge & Experience:
• Degree in Medicine, Sociology or Nursing is mandatory.
• Candidate with relevant post graduate training related field e.g. Medicine, Sociology, Nursing MPH, etc. will have added advantage.
• Minimum of three years in HIV Testing, Prevention & Linkages services
• Experience in working in collaboration with local government partners (R/CHMTS) and NGOs.
• Ability to deal effectively and diplomatically with multiple government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, faith-based organizations, and the private sector.
• Proven interpersonal skills in working effectively as a member of a team.
• Ability to work independently with strong problem-solving skills.
• Fluency in Swahili and English
• Computer knowledge