The Institute of Human Virology (IHVN) is a leading and reputable indigenous non-governmental organization implementing a comprehensive family-focused HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment program; Malaria and DR TB programs in partnership with local and international organizations and the different tiers of the Government of Nigeria at national, state, local and site levels.
Job Title: Consultant -TB/HIV Referral Coordination
Reports to: The Director, Clinical Services
Background
To continue improving on TB case detection and reducing TB burden among people living with HIV, priority Local Government Areas (LGAs) with a high HIV/TB burden were provided with universal access to HIV Testing Services for presumptive TB cases. The LGAs were also provided with TB Referral Coordinators and TB/HIV Referral Volunteers to facilitate referral and linkages across Anti-retroviral Treatment (ART) and Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) services at delivery facilities.
The Consultant – TB/HIV Referral Coordination is to assess the contribution of the TB/HIV referral coordinators and referral volunteers to improved TB/HIV services across all implementing health care facilities in the 32 US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) priority LGAs in Nigeria.
Objectives
- Determine the level of accomplishment of key deliverables of the Referral coordinators and referral volunteers.
- Assess the level of decrease in the drop-off of patients along the TB/HIV cascade compared to baseline in each of the implementing facilities
- Assess the extent and timeliness of linkage ART from DOTS for TB/HIV co-infected patients
Specific Tasks
- During the assessment, the consultant is to visit selected implementing facilities in each of the priority LGAs and assess the ongoing implementation of the TB/HIV referral coordination activities in line with the assessment goals and objectives.
The specific tasks to perform include:
- Visit all the implementing sites in each of the priority LGAs with the PEPFAR implementing partner
- Gain access to the facility data and the TB/HIV facility based diagnostic evaluation and treatment line list register in company of the IP with due consent of the facility management to abstract data on the TB/HIV cascade
- Conduct in-depth interviews with selected key facility staff
- Come up with a detailed report of the assessment in close collaboration with the PEPFAR supervising team.
Anticipated Deliverables and Time line:
- Collate findings and draft report of the assessment
- The assessment is to be completed within one month period and draft report submitted within two weeks after assessment.
Interested and qualified candidates should send their detailed resume and a one-page cover letter as one MS Word document explaining suitability to “Associate Director, Human Resources” through this email address careers@ihvnigeria.org
Candidates should explicitly state the position applied for in the subject of the email, e.g.: CONSULTANT – TB/HIV REFERRAL COORDINATION. Candidates are advised to provide three professional referees with functional email addresses and telephone numbers.
Note: Only applications sent in the required format not later than of this information will be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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