Job Vacancy @ Solthis – eMTCT Officer (Sierra Leone)

Job Description

Job Title: eMTCT officer

Project: supporting the New Funding Model 3 (NFM3) implementation in HIV field

Main workplace: 1 officer based in Makeni

Hierarchical supervision and technical functional link Line manager: eMTCT Officer based in Freetown
Functional: Medical Coordinator

Direct supervision and functional links within the mission Hierarchical: N/A
Functional: N/A

General Mission Support the health care workers providing HIV prevention, testing and eMTCT services, in link with DHMT

Solthis is an international health NGO which contributes to the strengthening of health systems to improve the access to quality care in countries with limited resources and/or with the vulnerable populations. Solthis is registered and has been operating in Sierra Leone since 2011 where our teams have been providing comprehensive technical support at both health facility, national and community levels to improve quality of HIV care.

From 2022, Solthis will support the implementation of the New Funding Model 3 (NFM3) to accelerate the achievement of 95-95-95 targets in Sierra Leone by 2024.

The intervention through quality-oriented capacity building approaches, will complement the national healthcare workers’ capacity building activities such as on-site training, clinical mentorship, supportive supervision and coordination planned by the NACP & NAS in the NFM3. It will focus on strengthening the capacity of healthcare workers (HCW) (at Health Facilities (HF) and Key Population Drop-In Centers (DIC)) levels and DHMT staff to provide quality of HIV services delivery including prevention, HTS, ART, eMTCT, DSD, EID, Viral Load, TB/HIV etc. It will also strengthen the Supply chain management and laboratory component to improve the accessibility and availability of HIV commodities at health

facilities and DICs, and to support DHMT to allocate the available resources in the best possible way to minimize service provision disruption. Finally, the intervention will support Data management system and usage of data to improve HIV related indicators. The intervention will be implemented in seven districts including Western Area (Rural and Urban, Port Loko, Bombali, Tonkolili, Bo and Kenema Districts)

Based in Freetown/Bo/Makeni and under the supervision of the senior eMTCT officer based in Freetown, the eMTCT Officer main responsibilities are:

(1) Capacity-building for health workers with respect to HIV prevention, HTS and eMTCT: on-site training, clinical mentoring and Supportive Supervision.

(2) Solthis representation at District and health facility level.

(3) Implementation of other medical-related and transversal activities in the Districts of intervention in line with Solthis strategy, policies and principles.

(4) He/She maintains effective working relationship with the other Medical Team members, notably the HIV technical officer, to ensure coherence and proper coordination of medical activities.

He/She facilitates cohesive and supportive collaboration between the health facility teams and Solthis teams, building confidence and teamwork among those involved.

Specific Tasks and responsibilities

Technical Support to district coordination bodies and representation of Solthis Give support to District Health Management Team (DHMT) to ensure the integration of HIV into other health services

Represent Solthis and attends coordination meetings relevant to the project Contributes to Solthis’ advocacy based on a right-based approach, in favour of free access to quality HIV care & services for all, free of stigma and discrimination

Quality improvement (QI) & Capacity building of healthcare workers

Conduct Participatory Assessments at health facilities and develop roadmaps accordingly to guide action points implementation to improve service delivery
Ensure Implementation by HCWs/DHMT and follow up of the road map for improved quality of care by the health facilities.
Include health facilities management teams and DHMT representatives in quality improvement & monitoring
Provide onsite guidance and support to improve quality and organization of care and promote involvement of all stakeholders
Build the capacity of the Health Care Workers with respect to eMTCT – counseling, testing, dispensing & adherence support, data management Participates in trainings needs assessment of HCWs and developing an on-site training plan

Provides clinical mentoring including support for data management and analysis Joints supportive supervision with District Management Teams.

Contributes to the involvement and coordination of all HCWs from various units at the supported sites (Maternity, Labour,…)

Monitoring and Evaluation/ Project Reporting

Participates in follow-up and reporting of project indicators related to medical activities: contributing to the designing of monitoring tools, quality data-collection and data-analysis Provides monthly reports of the activities

Participates in the annual reporting as well as to donor reporting

Other activities

Maintain effective working relationships with all members of the team, involved in the same project and others

Skills required

Skills and resources
needed to perform the function

Education profile: Midwife or Nurse with at least 3 years of relevant experience .
KNOW-HOW

Mastery of the project management cycle, including operational and budget planning Mentoring of health professionals in HIV clinical management

Designing implementing and monitoring of health activities related to HIV management

• Adult education

Group facilitation

Representation, dialogue and advocacy with health authorities at different level (national and district)

Budget management

Analytical skills

Writing and synthesis skills

Language: English compulsory, French will be an asset

Computer skills, including the usual software (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) Ability to lead and manage a team

KNOWING HOW TO BE

Good interpersonal skills, listening skills, communication skills, diplomacy, anticipation

Flexibility, adaptability and ability to handle stress

Autonomy and proactivity

Ability to work in partnership and network

Relations
and purpose of the relationship

Interns Close technical and programmatic collaboration: with PROSSAN project Collaboration with support functions
Relationships with members of the headquarters team (mainly with technical referents and communication officer)

Externals Health authorities at national, district and health facility levels Donors (institutional and private)
United Nations Agencies

National and local associations

International NGOs

Media

This non-contractual document is subject to change according to the needs of the service

Conditions

Starting date: ASAP

Project duration: 12 Months – with possibility of extension

Salary & benefits: according to professional experience and grid Solthis + health Submission of applications: Please send your application in English (CV in PDF, cover letter in PDF, references, dates of availability) to the Head of Mission:

[email protected] , quoting reference “eMTCT Officer”, by 13th of May 2022.

Solthis reserves the right to close any vacancy before the advertised deadline. Thank you for your understanding.

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