Senior Technical Officer at Ampath Kenya

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide direct technical assistance to the Program Officers, Regional Mentors and Health Care facilities staff supported by the project including Clinical Mentoring, strengthening, monitoring & Evaluation and Information Systems, facilitation of community linkages, provide patient flow analysis, improvement of adherence support system and development or improvement of referral system;

• Provide technical oversight monitoring & support to County/Sub County Program multidisciplinary teams as assigned;
• Supporting accelerated HIV Care and treatment efforts directed towards increasing enrollment of HIV infected children, adolescents and Men;
• Ensure that project-supported clinical care activities at ART/PMTCT/TB sites conform to Kenya Nation HIV Care and Treatment guidelines and the projects standards;
• Guide the Development and /or refinement of materials related to HIV /AIDS Care and Treatment including Clinical guidelines protocols algorithms drug formularies training materials and monitoring & Evaluation tools;
• Spearheading continuous quality improvement (CQI) implementation in supported counties partnering with MoH /NASCOP in offering mentorship, orientation training and Technical updates to service providers;
• Supporting site improvement Monitoring Systems (SIMS) evaluation in supported Counties, the formulation and monitoring of activity plans to mitigate identified gaps in performance;
• Contributing formulation of joint activities in collaboration with MoH and overseeing the implementation of activities that the project has with service delivery partners while strengthening collaboration with MoH /County Health Services;
• Writing & Evaluating relevant reports as part of the routine project reporting and Accountability requirements;
• Participate in the development of quarterly and annual plans and activity reports;
• Maintain smooth regular Information flow with County MoH officials and Program staff, technical staff on technical issues;
• Coordinate inpatient assessment and ward coverage of USAID AMPATH Uzima patients;
• Promote sufficiency and high standards of medical and Health Care delivery;
• Clinical Oversight of clinical /Nursing /Laboratory staff;
• Any other duties as may be deemed necessary by your supervisor.

Required Education and Experience: 

• Bachelor of medicine and surgery degree from a recognized university that has excellence in medical training
• Masters in public health or related field will be an added advantage