Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, March 07 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Main Purpose of the Job:
To provide medical care and health education to TASO clients and staff.

Key Outputs
• Clinical services that meet national, international and TASO standards received by clients and staff provided
• Drugs and other medical supplies administered appropriately to clients and staff
• Set Standards and procedures offered for clinical services adhered to
• ART facility/community activities managed and supported
• Necessary information to clients and staff provided
• Information during the planning and budgeting period provided

Key Duties and Responsibilities
• Assess and manage pain basing on the analgesic ladder
• Carry out proper investigation and take history of patients' illnesses Screen and manage STIs / clinical sessions
• Carry out medical examinations and investigations
• Make follow up on patients attended to and appropriate referrals Prescribe drugs for the different diagnosis in a rational way
• Provide quality medical care with bias to palliative care
• Ensure that all medical registers are updated i.e., TB, ART, FP, EMTCT, PreP, VMMC etc. Monitor TB patients at the center and communities.
• Carry out hospital visits and home care
• Promote QI project in the department
• Follow standards and guidelines for ART delivery and support in the community
• Organize and mobilization of community members for HCT services
• Monitor and document adverse reaction
• Review sessions clinically and carry out phlebotomy samples for CD4 chemistry 16. Conduct/ attend case conferencing and CMEs
• Carry out HCT pre-test, post-test and HBHCT
• Manage STIs in key populations and follow them up to start on ART
• Provide information to clients aimed at reducing their vulnerability to AIDS and other HIV
• relate diseases and infection through health education/ talks
• Conduct AIDS awareness and sensitization in communities and facility
• Provide psychiatry services to clients to address mental health issues and Non-
• communicable diseases.
• Write, submit abstracts and participate in conferences
• Attend monthly and quarterly meetings
• Participate in developing and implementing departmental work plans and budgets

PERSON SPECIFICATIONS: Clinician
• Minimum Academic Qualifications: Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Community Health OR Clinical Psychiatry. Registration with Allied Health Professional Council is a MUST
• Additional Training
• Training in Paediatric and Adolescent Management
• Training in Voluntary Male Medical Circumcision (VMMC). He/she must attach a practicing certificate as a VMMC surgeon
• Minimum Experience and Exposure: At least three (3) years' experience in Clinical work, two of which should be in the management of a Paediatric and Adolescent clinic.
• Special Knowledge: HIV Management and Management of Non-communicable diseases.

Key Skills
• Ability to communicate medical facts to non-medical personnel
• Motorcycle riding is a Must. The applicant must attach a copy of a valid riding permit (Class Ability to speak the local dialects is desirable.
• Ability to carry out operational research.
• Other Qualities/Attributes: Integrity, Emotional control, Confidentiality, Openness, Team player,
• Ability to work under mental and physical stress and Innovativeness.



Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Associate Degree

Job application procedure

Only qualified candidates who meet all the above requirements are invited to submit their resume, copies of certified academic certificates, testimonials and three referees, two of who should be the present employer / immediate supervisor or last employer if unemployed, or any other if it is the first employment being applied for. None of the referees should be a relative, friend or business associate. All referees' designations should be stated and contact details included i.e. physical address, telephone/ mobile numbers and email contacts.

All interested Candidates MUST fully fill the TASO Online Job Application Form, scan and save all the relevant documents as one document (labeled with candidate's full names) and forward. only online applications with the relevant credentials to:
https://www.cognitoforms.com/TASO1/THEAIDSSUPPORTORGANISATIONTASO. 
Please visit the TASO Website at www.tasouganda.org to access the detailed job advert. Also note that only applications received online shall be considered.



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