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Date Posted: Sunday, November 19 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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Job Summary
The Technical Officer - VMMC Quality Assurance will provide team leadership to the district based VMMC teams; ensure compliance to VMMC quality standards; monitor VMMC data recording and reporting; and supervise VMMC service delivery. The jobholder will also provide technical camp leadership in the areas of VMMC service provision, quality assurance, and quality improvement for better clinical outcomes.

Overall Responsibilities
• Ensure documentation of all surgical and follow-up procedures.
• Ensure that circumcisions are carried out safely in accordance with agreed policies.
• Ensure that all activities as pertains to circumcision are done according to the standard operating procedures.
• Establish and implement a system to ensure technical quality of VMMC project activities.
• Provide mentoring and capacity building to facility and cluster staff in specific areas of expertise in VMMC and quality assurance.
• Support the formulation of innovative approaches for scale up VMMC services.
• Work with health care providers, local authorities, community members and project team members to identify clinical service delivery issues that impede access to care and uptake of VMMC services.
• Identify and implement appropriate facility- and community-based strategies to address VMMC service delivery gaps.
• Identify training needs for clinical and community healthcare providers and assist in the design and implementation of measures to address those needs.
• Work with M&E staff to design, implement a plan to track data/results related to VMMC to inform adjustments in project implementation.
• Document successes, lessons learned and challenges in implementation as well as reports of VMMC project activities and results to the project and donor, including routine quarterly and annual reports and other reporting requirements as requested.
• Document and maintain an inventory of successful tools and approaches for VMMC.

Required Qualification, Experience and Competencies:
• Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Community Health or equivalent.
• Must be registered with the Allied Health professionals’ Council
• At least 3 years’ experience in providing VMMC services
• 3 Years Relevant Experience

NOTE:
Applications should include a cover letter, CV, daytime telephone contact, three traceable professional references and certified UNEB certificates as well as certified University Transcripts

You must have at least a credit 6 in MATHEMATICS and ENGLISH at Ordinary Level (UCE). Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview. Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Associate Degree

Job application procedure

We look forward to hearing from you! Please apply directly using the apply button below. In case you have any further questions about the role, contact us on careers@baylor-uganda.org 


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