Manager Care and Treatment NGO Jobs – AIDS Information Centre-Uganda (AIC)

Job Title:           Manager Care and Treatment
Organisation: AIDS Information
Centre-Uganda (AIC)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Director of
Programs and Planning
About US:
AIDS Information Centre-Uganda (AIC) is a Non-Governmental Organization
established on 14 February 1990 to provide Voluntary Counselling and Testing
(VCT) services for Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV).  The Organization was founded as a result of
growing demand from people who wanted to know their HIV status. AIC currently
offers HCT services through 9 Regional Centres of Kampala, Jinja, Mbale,
Mbarara, Arua, Lira, Soroti, Kabale and Karamoja, selected hospitals, health
Centre, and antenatal clinics. AIC also conducts HCT outreaches to communities
and institutions targeting the Most-at risk populations. AIC has supported MoH
to extend HCT services nearer to the communities by supporting HCT in over 52
districts in Uganda with over 200 district health facilities benefiting. Today
the VCT model has evolved into an integrated and comprehensive package of HIV
Prevention, Care & Treatment, Social Support & Protection and Health
& Community Systems Strengthening.
Job Summary: The Manager
Care and Treatment will provide technical support and guidance to the AIC staff
and other associated persons who provide care services in the AIC regions, so
as to ensure that the services are in accordance with established polices and
standards
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Prepare draft policies and strategies for
    AIC care services, and initiate their review as necessary
  • Work closely with Directors and other
    managers to prepare proposals for external support to AIC care programs
  • Formulate work plans and budgets for the
    provision of technical support and guidance on the care services of AIC
  • Work with the Director of Programs and
    Planning to come up with the indicators to be used for monitoring the
    provision of care services
  • Guide the Director of Programs and
    Planning on appropriate quality assurance measures to be put in place for
    AIC care services
  • Advise the Director of Programs and
    Planning and the Director Finance & Administration on the resources
    required for medical and laboratory services
  • Provide technical advice and guidance on
    the procurement and distribution of the resources required for medical and
    laboratory services
  • Provide technical support and guidance on
    sensitisation campaigns for care services
  • Visit the programme implementation points
    to provide technical support and guidance with respect to care services,
    and advise on necessary follow-up actions
  • Coordinate with the Director of Programs
    and Planning in planning and implementing programs for the provision of
    technical support and guidance to the regions
  • Regularly monitor adherence to established
    policies, systems and procedures in the implementation of care programs,
    and advise the Director of Programs and Planning as necessary, following
    established communication channels
  • Develop and sustain a strong mechanism for
    referral and follow-up of clients accessing AIC care services, and
    obtaining feedback on or from them
  • Review reports on the consumption and
    availability of medical and laboratory supplies, and advise the Director
    of Programs and Planning on necessary follow-up actions
  • Monitor the availability and condition of
    medical and laboratory equipment in the various regions, and advise on
    necessary actions
  • Provide advice to the Director of Programs
    and Planning on the effective coordination and harmonisation of the
    medical, laboratory and other services
  • Provide advice and guidance on scaling up
    and sustaining access to the basic HIV and related care packages
  • Establish and maintain the regional
    clinics as fully functional clinics, with adequate quantities of relevant
    equipment and supplies
  • Roll out and sustain the management of
    malaria and other opportunistic diseases in all AIC stand-alone sites
  • Guide the Human Resource and
    Administration Department on staffing standards for the prevention
    function at AIC
  • Support the Regional Managers to identify
    training and development needs of the care staff at the regions, and
    advise them on how these needs can be addressed
  • Provide technical input in the recruitment
    and development of staff carrying out care services
  • Keenly review monitoring and evaluation
    reports and other reports relating to AIC care services, identify issues
    that require action by the Care Department, and arrange for the necessary
    actions
  • Suggest new care programs to be
    implemented by AIC, and participate in developing related proposal
    documents and work plans
  • Advise on beneficial partnerships with
    other service providers
  • Represent AIC at meetings with external
    parties on care services, as delegated by the Director of Programs and
    Planning
  • Regularly update and share information on
    specialised HIV/AIDS care agencies with capacity to enrol AIC clients on
    referral
  • Oversee the development of new clinical
    and laboratory guidelines and standard operating procedures, as well as
    revising old ones
  • Participate in the provision of training
    services to AIC medical and laboratory personnel
  • Make inputs into the development of
    training curricula for care services
  • Arrange for the provision of ongoing
    continuing medical education (CME) for AIC medical staff
  • Authorise payments with respect to care
    services up to the prescribed limits
  • Provide technical input in the performance
    appraisal of the care staff at regional level
  • Provide technical leadership in the
    discussion of care issues at meetings of the Directorate of Prevention and
    Care
  • Coordinate review meetings for regional
    care staff
  • Provide input into advocacy programs with
    respect to care services
  • Participate in operational research
    activities
  • Provide inputs in the formulation of
    strategies for establishing commercial ventures as alternative sources of
    funding
  • Work with the Monitoring and Evaluation
    Manager to monitor and evaluate performance in the delivery of care
    services, and to carry out service delivery audits
  • Submit to the Director of Programs and
    Planning, as often as required but at least quarterly, a full written
    report of the activities of the Care Department



Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate must hold a first
    Degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBChB);
  • Additional training in HIV/AIDS Prevention
    and Care
  • Additional training in Management
  • At least six years’ experience in clinical
    work; with at least 3 years at managerial level
  • Previous exposure and experience in
    HIV/AIDS care
  • Extensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention
    and care issues
  • Rights of people living with HIV/AIDS
  • Knowledge of research methods – both
    quantitative and qualitative
  • Good management and organisational skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal
    skills
  • Good counselling skills
  • Excellent computer skills
  • High degree of Integrity
  • Empathy
  • Sound judgement
  • Innovativeness
  • Good team player
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send hard
copies with an application letter, CV including names of three referees, copies
of relevant academic documents, and a daytime telephone contact addressed to:
Human Resource Department                                           
AIDS Information Centre – Uganda                      
P.O. Box 10446 Kampala. Uganda
Or E-mail to:
recruitment@aicug.org
Deadline: 25th
August 2017 by 5:00pm

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