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JOB DETAILS:
Post : Technician - Department Of Chemistry
Closing Date 2022-10-31
Reporting To Senior Technician
Key, Duties and Responsibilities
1. Ensure harmonious working relationships among staff under his/her care
2. Maintain laboratory equipment and facilities
3. Participate in research and consultancy
4. Prepare and supervise students practical work
5. Maintain guidelines and regulations to ensure quality assurance and control; and safety in the work place
6. Mentor support staff in technical skills

Required Qualifications: An Ordinary Diploma in Chemistry or related field
Experience : At least three (3) years’ experience in similar work
Tenure of Appointment 4-year Contract
Age Limit APPLICANTS SHOULD NOT EXCEED FIFTY-FIVE (55) YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION.
Remuneration M11

JOB DETAILS:
Post Technical Assistant - Department Of Veterinary Pharmacy, Clinical And Comparative MEDICINE
Closing Date 2022-10-31
Reporting To Technician
Job Purpose; Ensure standard operating procedures for use in the work place (laboratories).

Key, Duties and Responsibilities
1. Clean and organize workplace equipment and facilities;
2. Implement guidelines and regulations to ensure safety in the work place;
3. Assist in preparing students’ practicals;
4. Keep records of the materials used in the workplace;
5. Perform any other related duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor
Required Qualifications An Ordinary Diploma in Science Technology in Biology or Ordinary Diploma in Biomedical Laboratory Technology

Skills/Competences 1. Knowledge about equipment and facilities;
2. Analytical skills;
3. Time management; and
4. Safety consciousness.
5. Records keeping.
Tenure of Appointment 4-year Contract
Age Limit APPLICANTS SHOULD NOT EXCEED FIFTY-FIVE (55) YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION.
Remuneration M12

JOB DETAILS:
Post Technical Assistant - Department of Chemistry
Closing Date 2022-10-31
Reporting To Technician

Key, Duties and Responsibilities
• Clean and Organise Workplace Equipment and Facilities;
• Implement guidelines and regulations to ensure safety in the Workplace;
• Assist in preparing Students’ Practicals;
• Keep records of the materials used in the workplace;
• Perform any other related duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.
Required Qualifications Ordinary Diploma in Science Technology (Chemistry)

Skills/Competences
• Knowledge about equipment and facilities;
• Analytical skills;
• Time management; and
• Safety consciousness.
• Records keeping.
Tenure of Appointment 4 year contract
Age Limit APPLICANTS SHOULD NOT EXCEED FIFTY FIVE (55) YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION
Remuneration M12

JOB DETAILS:
Duty Station: Rwenzori, West Nile, Soroti, Luwero
Reports To: Regional Team Lead
Job Summary: The job holder provides technical support and guidance to health facilities in laboratory services management, reagents forecasting, reporting, equipment management and LMIS. Follows up on CD4 monitoring, AHD diagnosis and monitoring, viral load activities, collaborating with lab hubs for off-site tests, support quality control activities coordinating with national bodies UVRI, CPHL to align with national and international standards.

Roles and Responsibilities:
• Work with health facilities to quantify and forecast laboratory commodities needed
• Train and mentor health workers in Good Pharmaceutical Practices (GPP).
• Assess the regional, district and facility laboratory supply chain processes and identify key performance indicators in need of improvement such as Results Turn Around Times, utilization of GeneXpert testing
• Facilitate the recording and reporting of laboratory data in paper-based registers and in the EMR LMIS
• Build capacity of laboratory staff through training and mentorship
• Support biosafety systems in UEC laboratories
• Facilitate laboratory equipment servicing and maintenance systems
• Facilitate redistribution of laboratory commodities between over-stocked facilities and those which are understocked
• Support disposal and waste management of expired commodities and laboratory waste
• Serve as the link between UEC supported facility laboratories and CPHL, UNHLS for delivery of quality HIV/TB services.
• Collaborate with District Laboratory Focal Persons (DLFPs) and laboratory advisors from other implementing partners to support provision of quality laboratory services
• Support the accreditation of new laboratories while maintaining accreditation status of existing laboratories in schemes such as SANAS, UKNEQAS
• Support internal and external laboratory test quality assurance (IQA, EQA)
• Facilitate the preparation and circulation of periodic and ad-hoc laboratory reports for use in planning and performance management.
• Any other duty that may be assigned from time to time

Qualifications and competencies:
• Degree or Diploma in Medical Laboratory Services or related field
• Knowledge in training, mentorship and technically sound
• Strategic decision making and leadership
• Risk management
• Teamwork, networking and good interpersonal skills
• Certification in GLP is an added advantage
• Experience working with HIV, TB or related public health projects is an added advantage

JOB DETAILS:
Reports To: Senior Technical Advisor -Care & Treatment
Job Summary: The job holder provides technical leadership, guidance and mentorship to regional and site clinical teams in HIV treatment services. S/he organizes and supervises clinical trainings, provision of technical assistance and mentorship to sites. S/he supports advanced HIV disease management, viral suppression and regimen switches, participates in national and regional 3rd line committees, regimen optimization for both adults and pediatrics, retention, TB/HIV comorbidity management, liaises with laboratory and supply chain logistics teams and supports Continuation of Treatment (CoT) activities.

Summary of Roles and Responsibilities
1. Technical and Strategic Leadership
• Serves as the technical advisor for UEC FLASH project in all aspects of clinical care and treatment for HIV/AIDS with an emphasis on antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation, continuity of treatment (CoT), multi-month dispensing (MMD), regimen optimization, differentiated service delivery (DSDM), adherence and viral load coverage (VLC) and viral load suppression (VLS) at regional and facility levels.
• Provides expert-level guidance to health facility clinical and counseling teams in HIV/AIDS care and treatment
• Keeps current on all new developments in HIV/AIDS treatment, care and support in order to advise and/or lead health facilities and the UEC technical team on priorities and implementation approaches.
• Convenes technical meetings to review progress and discuss improvement initiatives.
• Supports the review of facility budgets and workplans to ensure they are responsive to the requirements to meet set targets and quality standards.
• Any other duty that may be assigned from time to time.

1. Capacity Building
• Conducts training, mentorship and technical support supervision regularly to Care & Treatment project officers at regions and health facility staff on aspects of HIV care and treatment
• Development of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) guides for regions and facility teams to refer to. The SOPs include, but are not limited to, CoT, Viral Load Coverage (VLC) and Viral Load Suppression (VLS), ART regimen optimization for children, adolescents and adults, Advanced HIV Disease Management (AHDM)
• Support regional teams and facilities to prepare and present client details pertaining to 2L regimen failure, participates in 3L meetings organized by Regional Referral hospitals and National 3L committees.
• Provides technical assistance for AHDM and other complicated clients with multiple comorbidities.
• Conducts Continuous Medical Education (CME) sessions physically and virtually on key sub technical areas

1. Monitoring, Evaluation and Quality Improvement
• Working with the Strategic Information (SI) team, prepares and responds to ad-hoc reports and data calls on different indicators under care and treatment.
• Supports recording and reporting of data in HIV care and treatment. Participated in periodic data quality assessments (DQAs) and ensures that reported data is accurate, complete and timely as a good representation of the HIV care and treatment indicators.
• Supports the institution of data-driven CQI projects in sub technical areas that need improvement
• Foster a learning environment that facilitates cross learning and exchange of best practices, recommended strategies, and innovative interventions to improve health outcomes for people living with HIV (PLHIV) receiving services through UEC UCMB facilities.
• Support active participation of clinical teams in QI collaboratives
• Support facility-level and UEC-level periodic data review meetings with follow-up of agreed action plans for improvement
• Conducts facility-level assessments using the SIMS (Site Improvement Monitoring System) tool and supports facility teams to address identified gaps.

1. Representation, Collaboration and Teamwork
• Works closely with District Health Management Teams to deliver quality HIV care and treatment services.
• Works with the Supply Chain and Laboratory advisors to ensure uninterrupted supplies of logistics for supported health facilities
• Works closely with other partners including the regional comprehensive mechanisms to optimize opportunities for cross sectoral integration and leveraging of resources across the different program components to guarantee client-centered services are prioritized and implemented across all supported health facilities

Qualifications and qualities:
• Degree in Clinical Medicine, a degree or post graduate training in any other related field is an advantage.
• Knowledge in training, mentorship and technically sound
• Strategic decision making and leadership
• Teamwork, networking and good interpersonal skills
• Experience working with HIV, TB or related public health projects for at least 3 years is required