Summary
Date Posted: Friday, September 22 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job summary
The VMMC Officer will provide team leadership to the district based VMMC teams; ensure compliance to VMMC and IPC standards; monitor VMMC and IPC data recording and reporting; and supervise VMMC service delivery.
The Officer will also provide technical camp leadership in the areas of VMMC service provision, quality assurance, and quality improvement for better clinical outcomes.

Responsibilities and duties
• Ensure documentation of all surgical and follow-up procedures
• Ensure circumcisions are carried out safely in accordance with agreed policies.
• Ensure that all activities as pertains to circumcision are done according to the standard operating procedures.
• Establish and implement a system to ensure technical quality of VMMC and IPC activities.
• Provide mentoring and capacity building to facility staff in specific areas of expertise in VMMC and quality assurance.
• Provide mentorship and support supervision to district teams in implementing IPC focused QI.
• Provide technical guidance to district and health facility IPC committees in conducting periodic IPC self-assessment and tracking action plan implementation.
• Support the formulation of innovative approaches for scale up of targeted in VMMC services.
• Collaborate with health care providers, local authorities, community members and project team members to identify clinical service delivery issues that impede access to care and uptake of VMMC services.
• Identify and implement appropriate facility- and community-based strategies to address VMMC service delivery gaps
• Identify training needs for clinical and community healthcare providers and assist in the design and implementation of measures to address those needs.
• Work with M&E staff to design, implement a plan to track data/results related to VMMC to inform adjustments in project implementation.
• Document successes, lessons learned and challenges in implementation as well as reports of VMMC project activities and results to the project and donor, including routine quarterly and annual reports and other reporting requirements as requested
• Document and maintain an inventory of successful tools and approaches for VMMC.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience
• Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Community Health or equivalent.
• Must be registered with the Allied Health professionals’ Council
• At least 3 years’ experience in providing VMMC services


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Associate Degree

Job application procedure

Send a cover letter and CV/resume with 3 professional referees in PDF as one document. Both Cover letter and CV/Resume must not exceed 4 pages. Please send your application to the Human Resources Manager through the email: jobs@reachoutmbuya.org  not later than Friday, 29th September 2023 at 5.00 PM (EAT). with the position applied for as the Email Subject. No need to attach other documents at this level.

Note:
ROM is an equal opportunity employer committed to having a diverse workforce and does not charge a recruitment fee at any stage of the recruitment
Any Form of lobbying or canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.
Only shortlisted Candidates will be contacted for interviews.
Applications beyond the deadline will not be considered.
ROM is committed to the principles of safeguarding at the workplace and does not tolerate any form of abuse, discrimination, or harassment.


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