Summary
Date Posted: Friday, April 22, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AKF) is an international non-profit NGO based in Los Angeles, California, USA. AHF operates across 45 countries worldwide and has 1.5M+ patients in care, the majority of these being in Africa. AHF Africa comprises 13 country programs. AHF collaborates with the Governments of these countries through Ministries /Departments of Health (MOH) to provide cutting edge medicine and free HIV and AIDS services, including antiretroviral therapy in resource constrained settings. The organisation now seeks to hire a highly competent, dynamic, and experienced person to fill the positions below.
MEDICAL OFFICER -03 POSITIONS
The positions are based at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, Itojo Hospital & Tororo Hospital. The Medical Officer is responsible for providing HIV clinical care and mentorship in various AHF supported sites through conducting out-patient clinical reviews, diagnosis, and treatment for a variety of diseases and injuries in general medical practice and those conditions related to HIV and AIDS. The holders of these positions will perform among others the following duties.
• Attends to HIV positive patients both in outpatient and in-patient setting
• Provides quality HIV care and treatment management leading to high client retention levels
• Reviews history and examines patient to determine general physical condition
• Requests or performs various tests, analysis of diagnostic linages to provide information on patient's condition and appropriate medical prescription
• Responsible for the timely and complete updates of charts for both new and continuing patients.
• This is a repetition of the third bullet Completes and documents treatment plans
• Provides the clients with adequate information related to the condition: being treated lab tests and other investigations and course of action.
• Provides technical support, mentorship, and performance feedback to peripheral ART clinic staff.
• Implement MoH and AHF guidelines in providing HIV prevention, care, and treatment services

Qualifications and Experience:
• Medical Degree (MBChB) or its equivalent from a recognized university/institution.
• Must be registered with the medical and dental practitioners' council
• A minimum of 3 years of experience treating HIV positive patients.
• In-depth knowledge of antiretroviral Therapy as well as the current HIV prevention, care, and treatment guidelines

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
To be considered for this recruitment, please.
Address your email application (Cover
Letter and CV ONLY) to: globalhr.africa@aidshealth.org  mentioning clearly Position and Location in the subject line. The email should not be larger than 2 MB - any larger email will not be considered.
Deadline: Monday 05 May 2022 at 5:00pm
AIDS Healthcare Foundation is on Equal Opportunity Employer.

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