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Date Posted: Monday, October 28 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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General Summary
The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is a Ugandan not-for-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen health systems in Africa, with strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development. IDI has six operational areas through which it works to achieve its mission: Prevention, Care and Treatment; Training, Research, Laboratory services (including the CAP-certified IDI Core Lab & Translational Lab), Global Health Security and Health System Strengthening.

With support from the US Government (USAID), IDI is implementing a 5-year (2021–2026) Project- the USAID Local Partner Health Services-TB (LPHS-TB) Activity. The project aims at substantially contributing to the reduction of Uganda's TB burden by 2026 through scaling up evidence-based and high-impact interventions towards the achievement of 90% treatment coverage and success rate for all forms of TB (including the drug-resistant TB) in Kampala, Mukono, and Wakiso districts. Effective October 2024, the direct district-level scope of USAID LPHS-TB Activity was modified to include all the nine districts of Karamoja sub-region in North-Eastern Uganda i.e. Abim, Amudat, Kaabong, Karenga, Kotido, Moroto, Nabilatuk, Nakapiripirit and Napak. The USAID LPHS-TB Activity builds on the successes of the USAID PACT Karamoja project and successes registered in the last three years of Activity implementation to address the remaining gaps in TB/HIV prevention, identification, and treatment.
In order to successfully implement the project in the Karamoja sub-region, IDI is looking for a competent and experienced individual to fill the position of mHealth Nurse.
The mHealth Nurse will support the implementation of the mHealth component of the project. The project will employ call for Life in mHealth intervention that provide treatment support to patients in the form of pill reminders, health messages, clinic appointment reminders and remote symptom reporting. The project Nurse will work together with the staff at the facility (TB Clinic) to register TB patients onto the platform and provide follow up support.

Key Responsibilities
• Identify patients eligible for the services among patient diagnosed with TB at the project supported health facilities.
• Provide required information to patients eligible for the project
• Obtain informed consent from eligible patients
• Support health facility teams to register patients onto the Call for LifeTM mHealth tool
• Provide ongoing support to patients on the tool and attend to challenges with usage
• Participate in following up participants usage of the tool
• Respond to and manage symptoms reported on the mHealth tool by the patients
• Build capacity of the project team to fully support health facility teams in registration of eligible patients onto the tool for appointment reminders.
• Provide periodic reports on the utilization of the C4L tool in appointment follow up
• Conduct follow up phone calls and home visits when necessary
• Attend staff meetings
• Participate as a member of the facility health care team
• Perform any other duties as delegated by the supervisor

Academic Qualifications
• • Completion of nurses training from a recognised institution (minimum of a diploma in nursing)

Person Specification
• Completion of nurses training from a recognised institution (minimum of a diploma in nursing)
• Must hold a valid practising license
• Minimum of 1 Year’s work experience in a clinical research setting
• Up-to-date registration with the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council
• Excellent communication skills with patients, clinicians and with other members of the team
• Good team player
• Competency in use of Microsoft word, excel and the internet is essential
• Knowledge of good nursing procedures and practices
• Fluency in local languages



Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: Professional Certificate

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