Site Team Leader/SMC Nurse NGO Jobs – Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Job Title:   Site Team Leader/SMC Nurse  

Organisation: Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Duty Station: Moyo, Uganda

Reports to: Field Office Coordinator

 

About US:

Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is an independently governed institute within the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University and has the mission “To strengthen health systems in Africa, with a strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development.” IDI has operations across Uganda as well as in a number of other African countries and has a staffing of over 1,000 managing multiple projects in research, clinical services, public health and training.

 

Job Summary:   The STL/SMC Nurse will lead the VMMC team at the supported site and support the provision of Safe Male Circumcision services as part of quality Male Sexual Health services in his / her, ensure the achievement of the site targets as well as timely documentation and reporting of data.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Lead the scale up of Safe Male Circumcision as part of quality Male Sexual Health service, and provide leadership to the site when assigned.
  • Ensure accurate documentation of all surgical and/or device circumcision services and related follow-up procedures.
  • Ensure that all SMC services provided in accordance with standard operating procedures, guidelines, policies and related ethical requirements.
  • Participate with other members of the SMC team in service delivery e.g. during SMC procedures.
  • Assess recipients of care for eligibility of SMC and for any other clinical patient problems with appropriate referral.
  • Treat all recipients of care with dignity, respect and understanding in accordance with IDI’s core values.
  • Communicate professionally to different stakeholders.
  • Be willing to support other project related duties as required.
  • Provide post-operative care to SMC clients including management of Adverse events.




Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • Ability to communicate with recipients of care in their local dialect- desirable.
  • Must be knowledgable in the combination prevention approaches for HIV including Safe Male circumcision- required.
  • Has demonstrable leadership skills in a health care setting with the ability to work in a multidisciplinary teams- required. .
  • Has demonstrable skills in Quality improvement for SMC service provision in line with MOH standards- essential.
  • Has the ability to use computer applications such as Word, Power point, Excel, Outlook and general use of a computer.
  • Has experience and basic skills and knowledge in inventory management for medical supplies and logistics.

 

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested applicants should apply online at the link below.

 

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Deadline: 20th March 2024

 

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Date Posted 2024-03-07
Valid Through 2024-03-20
Employment Type FULL_TIME
Hiring Organization Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)
Job Location Moyo, Moyo, Moyo, 0256, Uganda

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