Recruitment notice: 02 COVID-19 screening, care and treatment managers
JOB DESCRIPTION
Title: COVID-19 Testing, care and treatment Technical Officer
Number of places: 02
Position location: West Region
Report to: Country Lead- UNITAID COVID 19 Project.
Application deadline: 12 September 2022
Background
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is the recognized global leader in the fight against childhood HIV and AIDS and an advocate for every child to live a full and healthy life into adulthood. It works in 19 countries and more than 5,500 health facilities around the world to prevent the transmission of HIV to children and help those who are already infected. Today, thanks to the extremely successful work of the Foundation and its partners, pediatric AIDS has been virtually eliminated in the United States. With a global workforce of more than 7,000 staff, nine out of 10 of whom work in the field, the Foundation’s global mission is to implement programs for the prevention, care and treatment of HIV; advancing innovative research; and conduct strategic and targeted global advocacy to bring about dramatic change in the lives of millions of women, children and families around the world. For more information, visit our webpage: www.pedaids.org
Project Overview
The emergence of the global COVID-19 pandemic has posed new challenges to already strained health systems around the world. As part of the UNITAID COVID 19 project, EGPAF will work with national COVID-19 task force teams to accelerate end-to-end access to new solutions to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic through testing approaches , isolation, care and treatment tailored to the needs of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as Cameroon, Kenya and Mozambique.
Purpose of the position
With funding from UNITAID, EGPAF Cameroon is seeking to recruit two Regional COVID-19 Screening, Care and Treatment Technical Officers for the Catalyzing COVID-19 ACTION (CCA) project. This twelve-month Catalytic Project will contribute to the reduction of mortality and severe illness from COVID-19; further identify and treat/isolate to reduce transmission of COVID infection and improve pandemic preparedness and early detection of outbreaks. Testing, care and treatment technical leads will be based in the Littoral and West regions and will work with the public on new Covid-19 testing, care and treatment solutions and approaches to improve the access to the identification and management of cases of COVID-19.
job summary
Under the supervision of the country project manager, in collaboration with the Regional Delegation of Public Health, local partners, the technical manager for tests, care and treatment will work to ensure the success of the program of the improvement project of COVID- 19 through effective, appropriate and quality implementation, data quality assessment. He or she will provide support with initial or ongoing training, supervision, mentoring, coordination, supply chain management, laboratory, quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation and data management within the said project, EGPAF and at the regional level. It will therefore conduct the following activities to strengthen access to COVID-19 testing and case management in the Western region.
Core Responsibilities
Support the implementation of national COVID-19 response guidelines including testing, linkage to care and management of positive cases, including infection control measures;
Support and ensure the implementation of innovative approaches aimed at the systematic integration of COVID-19 testing through existing routine services, including HIV, TB and MNCH services
Ensure the adoption and use of level-appropriate guidelines national, standard operating procedure (SOP) tools for specimen collection, testing, algorithms, and referral of COVID-19 positive patients for management;
Support the design and implementation of a test, care and treatment model, facilitate rapid roll-out of testing, care and treatment and reporting of results as part of building a network of optimized diagnosis;
Assess and select sites for program implementation and conduct a baseline capacity building gap analysis to inform site upgrade and training needs in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders
Work closely with the Minsanté to provide ongoing training and mentoring of the multidisciplinary medical/paramedical team on tools, guidelines, rapid antigen testing, linkage to care and treatment of SARS-COV-2 in all selected health facilities in order to optimize the quality of care and empower staff.
Ensure the link to the treatment of moderate to severe positive cases from satellite sites to referral sites for hospital care
Work with the Community Engagement Manager and District Focal Points to oversee COVID-19 community activities , mobilization, community screening and link to care and contact tracing)
Work in collaboration with the regional reference laboratory and the supply chain of the regional funds on the quality assurance of COVID-19 tests, infection prevention and control measures and inventory monitoring;
Put in place innovative digital tools for mentoring and supervising health personnel;
Assist in regional planning, monitoring and coordination of program implementation at regional, district and site level and provide regular updates to the Country Manager;
Assist the Project Manager in managing relations with the Ministry of Public Health and other partner organizations at regional and district level for ownership of the project’s innovative approaches;
Support the Ministry of Health and the EGPAF Strategic Information and Evaluation team to collect data needed for decision-making;
Support the collection, verification and analysis of medical data and submit monthly summary reports to the M&E officer and service coordinators on COVID-19
Qualifications:
Degree in medicine with at least five years of clinical practice experience;
Registration with the National Order of Physicians of Cameroon is compulsory;
Good knowledge and understanding of HIV, TB, PMTCT and MCH care and treatment;
A specialization in infectious diseases or internal medicine would be an advantage;
Have worked in a site screening and caring for COVID-19 patients Documented
evidence of training on COVID-19 as part of continuing professional development would be an asset;
A very good command of Microsoft software (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) is mandatory
Language: bilingualism (French and English). However, fluency in French is a key requirement. Also, being able to write and mentor someone else in the other language is absolutely required;
Ability to work alone and in a team and strong interpersonal communication skills
Strong work ethic and ability and willingness to work under pressure;
Ability to work in a team and willingness to learn;
Knowing the region well is a major asset.
Professional Skills:
The Foundation expects all employees to possess the fundamental skills of interpersonal relationships, communication, accountability, continuous learning and achieving results. The ideal candidate will be either proficient or advanced in the following set of skills specific to the officer level of this position:
• Team building – team building is a person’s ability to inspire and foster commitment, spirit, pride and team confidence. He/she also facilitates cooperation and motivates team members to achieve group goals.
• Customer Service – Customer service is an individual’s ability to anticipate and meet the needs of internal and external customers while delivering high quality products and services and committing to self-improvement. continuously
• Decisiveness – Decisiveness is a person’s ability to make informed, effective, and timely decisions, even when data are limited or solutions produce unpleasant consequences. He will also perceive the impact and implications of decisions.
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age , disability or genetics. In addition to the requirements of federal law, EGPAF complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in each location where the Foundation has facilities.
Apply ONLY online via the Internet link whose address is: https://phe.tbe.taleo.net/phe02/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=PEDAIDS&cws=41&rid=2783
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