Clinical Nurse at University of Maryland1

Key Responsibilities:

• Support ANC, PNC and Maternity HIV testing
• Ensure ART uptake among HIV infected pregnant /Lactating women
• Ensure viral suppression among PMTCT women
• Oversee the provision of Early Infant diagnosis, care and follow-up of HIV-exposed infants
• Ensure follow-up and retention of HIV-infected pregnant /lactating women and HIV-exposed infants (HEI) by use of the case management model
• Strengthen linkages between PMTCT and HEI services and Comprehensive Care Clinics
• Strengthen facility-community /community-facility linkages with the help of CHVs and case managers
• Perform TB intensified case finding for PLHIV on every clinical encounter
• Initiate IPT for all PLHIV who don’t have TB or other Isoniazid Contra-Indications
• Initiate ART in all newly diagnosed TB/HIV co-infected patients within 2 weeks of starting TB treatment
• Participate in MNCH Working Improvement Teams(WITS) and initiate CQI projects on gaps identified.
• Participate in MNCH in generation, compilation and utilization of PMTCT data
• Perform any other duty as maybe assigned by the organization.