Summary
Date Posted: Friday, March 31, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

The TB &TB/HIV services Technical Advisor will be responsible for ensuring the technical
soundness of the TB program through providing technical support & guidance to program and
District teams on TB /TB HIV programming with focus on TB prevention and management aligned
to the national TB quality standards in the six project supported districts in Kigezi region. He/she
will work with the project /district health teams in planning, coordination and monitoring
interventions that enhance health worker capacity to improve access and provision of quality of
TB and TB/HIV services. This will be achieved through trainings, support supervisions, clinical
mentoring/coaching, and Quality & performance improvement approaches.

Job Qualification/ Requirement:
• Bachelor of Medicine and General Surgery
• Master’s in Public health is an added advantage
• Recent work experience of a minimum of five years with TB and TB/HIV programs
• A very good knowledge of the current donor & MOH/NTLP TB program priorities, implementation & reporting expectations.
• Willingness to work and travel in rural settings in Uganda.

Key Duties and Responsibilities
• Coordinate program/district health team’s implementation of TB strategies for improving the quality of adult and paediatric TB and TB-HIV services in Kigezi region.
• Coordinate program/district health team to implement the active case finding improvement package to improve TB screening and case finding in Kigezi region
• Coordinate program/district health team to implement the retention improvement package to improve TB treatment success and cure rates.
• Coordinate program/district health team to implement TPT initiation improvement packages to improve TPT coverage among PLHAs
• Work with the Laboratory Advisor to support project and district laboratory focal persons ensure optimal utilization of TB diagnostic services including sputum smear microscopy, GeneXpert testing, Truenat, TB-LAM and other available TB diagnostics in line with the current national guidelines
• Jointly work with the community advisor to plan and coordinate community TB activities inclusive of bi-annual CAST TB campaigns, contact tracing, hotspot mapping at district and site level
• Work with the Logistics / Supply chain advisor to support the program/district health team to ensure TB commodity security in the region.
• Work with the M&E advisor to review and disseminate annual TB targets to project/ district health teams.
• Represent the USAID LPHS Kigezi region in National and Regional TB Technical Working Groups (TWGs) to deliver high quality & impactful presentations as required on behalf of the region and provide constructive feedback to the program team.
• Develop and timely submit monthly TB/TB & HIV Activity master concepts to inform project/district team activities implementation at site level.
• Work with Cluster, District and site teams for improved identification of MDR TB cases using the available diagnostic capacity in the region.
• Work with Kabale Regional Referral Hospital (KRRH), Cluster and district teams for the timely referral and delivery of MDR TB patients to the MDR treatment Unit in Kabale.
• Develop & track quarterly & annual TB/TB & HIV costed implementation plans to inform efficient and effective utilisation of TB allocated funds.
• Develop monthly and quarterly TB/TB & HIV capacity building and procurement plans.
• Participate in weekly, monthly, and quarterly program performance review meetings & provide team technical guidance on improving performance of lagging indicators
• Coordinate and support Adult and Paediatric TB specific capacity building activities at regional, district and site level.
• Work with Quality Improvement Advisor to support orientation and maintenance of a pool of district, regional TB coaches and WIT teams utilizing QI approaches in line with the national quality improvement framework to improve the quality of adult and pediatric TB services.
• Routinely analyze and utilize weekly, monthly, and quarterly TB & TB/HIV generated and non-routine data to inform high impact strategies that contribute to achievement of TB and TB-HIV service targets.
• Work with the M& E advisor/team to ensure accurate and correct TB/TB HIV data capture and reporting through requesting & participating in planned TB and TB-HIV data quality assessments.
• Write-up and submit quality timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual TB & TB/HIV program reports that meets the donor & MOH reporting requirements
• Coordinate and actively participate in regional and district level TB performance review meetings with the aim of providing technical guidance to district teams and harvest learning.
• Contribute to the body of knowledge through collaboratively working with the Knowledge management advisor in documentation of TB / TBHIV learning, success stories and abstracts and best practices.
• Perform any other duties as assigned or coordinated by the supervisor


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

All applications should be addressed to The Manager Human Resource & Development Joint
Clinical Research Centre via jobs@jcrc.org.ug . Applicants are STRICTLY advised to apply with
a cover letter and CV combined in one PDF document not exceeding six pages.
Deadline: Friday 8, April, 2023
Note: JCRC is an equal opportunity employer. Any attempts of influencing the
recruitment process will lead to automatic disqualification. The public is further
strongly advised to be vigilant about fraudsters masquerading to be recruiting on
JCRC’s behalf using Whatsapp and other unofficial means of communication.


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