Fresher CDC Project Jobs – Linkage and Referral Assistant – Ministry of Health (MOH)

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Job Title:   Linkage and Referral Assistant (Fresher Jobs)     

Organisation: Ministry of Health (MOH)

Funding Source: Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC)

Duty Station:  Hoima, Uganda

Reports to: In Charge Art Clinic

 

About US:

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has received a grant from the Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) Cooperative Agreement (CoAg), a strategic mechanism of the United States Government (USG) to implement activities in line with its mandate in support of the Public health response to HIV/AIDS and other health systems. CDC will be supporting a pool of Human Resources that are expected to lead the implementation of the grant. The staff to be recruited under this grant will be contracted by the MOH.

 

Job Summary: The Linkage and Referral Assistant will be conducting the intra-facility, inter-facility and bi-direction community-facility linkages and referrals component at the hospital and verifying that the clients/patients reached their referral points and their needs were met, or if not, the reason why their needs were not met and next step.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Registering all referral cases into the referral register.
  • Collecting all feedback receipt and completing the outcome column in the referral register.
  • Ensuring that referring organization has received the feedback at the appropriate time.
  • Tracking patients in case feedback was not received after 4-week period, through phone calls or emails and again recording the findings in the referral register
  • Documenting and updating all community component related registers.
  • Compiling monthly summary report and presenting to the Committee that deals with referrals.
  • Establishing partnership with client that can be long-term, based on client’s needs.
  • In charge of identifying client needs and referring them for services.
  • Referring client for treatment and services, follow up with client and document referral activities.
  • Advocating for client to meet needs across the continuum of care.
  • Conducting quality assurance.


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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • He / she must hold an “O” Level Certificate or its equivalent in Nursing, Public health or HIV/AIDS related courses.
  • One (1) year working experience in a similar position

 

How to Apply:

All candidates should send their handwritten applications should be Delivered to the Reception Desk, Ground Floor, Wing A- AIDS Control Program Offices, Lourdel Towers, Plot 1, Lourdel Road Kampala, MOH Headquarters-Kampala between 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Friday addressed to:

 

The Permanent Secretary

Ministry of Health Plot 6, Lourdel Road, Wandegeya

Tel. +256414-697366/0414-697367/0414-664469

 

Please include your telephone number and email contacts on the application. Applicants should attach the following:

  • Recent passport-size photograph.
  • Copy of the National Identity Card.
  • Detailed curriculum Vitae.
  • Certified copies of the academic certificates and transcripts.
  • Two recommendation letters from two of the most recent supervisors/employers.
  • A photocopy of your appointment letter for your most recent position.

 

Deadline: Friday, 7th October 2022 by 5:00Pm

 

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The list of shortlisted candidates will be displayed on the MOH Noticeboard

 

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