Program Officer, Treatment and TB/HIV at Migori County Public Service Board

Roles and Responsibilities

• Organize and oversee effective and efficient implementation of HIV care and treatment; and TB/HIV 
• services in all relevant service delivery points and supported health facilities as per MoH policy guidelines
• Support efficient and effective strategies that ensure immediate ART initiation, retention, defaulter 
• management, access to viral load testing and viral suppression.
• Provide onsite mentoring of clinical teams with the goal of performance improvement in the overall patient care
• Support site level clinical teams in management of HIV, TB/HIV, and related diseases as per the 
• recommended national guidelines
• Support health facilities and other service delivery point’s implement effective retention strategies 
• including proactive appointment management system and enhanced defaulter management system 
• across population groups and facilities.
• Support efficient and effective strategies that ensure immediate access to TB/HIV services including 
• active case finding, immediate ART, Integration of TB/HIV services, TB preventive Therapy.
• Support and strengthen health systems that identify and manage patients failing treatment
• Support optimum implementation of recommended service delivery digital/ electronic platforms e.g., Ushauri.
• Institutionalize continuous quality improvement systems for HIV care and treatment and TB/HIV 
• towards improvement of performance in low performance indicators/ services and quality.
• Support accurate documentation, data collection, collation, review, and accurate reporting on a daily, 
• weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis as may be guided or required. 
• Evaluate outcomes of care and treatment and TB/HIV related activities and shares recommendations for program improvement
• Timely preparation and submission of activity budgets, work plans, reports, and other technical papers
• Represent the project team at technical/stakeholder forums with the county and national government, 
• the donor institutions and other implementing partners on laboratory related matters.
• Support any other work-related responsibilities as may be assigned by the program manager

Required qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Clinical Medicine or bachelor’s degree in Nursing 
• Active/ current registration with professional body. 
• Training in paediatric, adolescent, and adult care and treatment
• Training in advanced HIV care and treatment is an added advantage
• Training in paediatric and adult TB/HIV
• Very good knowledge of HIV treatment and TB/HIV guidelines
• At least three (3) years’ experience in providing and/or overseeing HIV treatment and TB/HIV services 
• or other HIV services at facility and County/Sub-County Level
• Good report writing skills and ability to use data to inform programming.
• Good communication skills, written and verbal, in English and Kiswahili language