The Institute of Human Virology (IHVN) is a leading and reputable indigenous non-governmental organization implementing a comprehensive family-focused HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment program in partnership with local and international organizations and the different tiers of the Government of Nigeria at national, state, local and site levels.
TB/HIV LGA/Facility Referral Coordinators are to coordinate TB prevention, treatment and documentation activities at the LGA level.

We are looking for the position below:

Job Title: TB/HIV LGA/Facility Referral Coordinator
Reports To: State IP Facility Focal Person
Position Locations: The Local Governments Areas are in six states and the FCT as follows:

Akwa Ibom: Ikot Ekpene, Okobo, Oron, Uruan, Uyo
Benue: Buruku, Gwer West, Katsina-Ala, Konshisha, Logo, Tarka, Ushongo
Cross River: Calabar South, Calabar-Municipal
FCT: Abuja Municipal and Bwari Area Councils
Lagos: Agege, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Alimosho, Apapa, Ifako-Ijaye, Ikeja, Mushin, Surulere
Nassarawa: Doma, Karu, Lafia, Nasarawa, Obi
Rivers: Eleme, Obio/Akpor, Port-Harcourt

Essential Functions
The TB/HIV LGA/Facility Referral Coordinator is to stay at the highest HIV burden site in a given LGA from where support is to be provided to other sites. S/he is to:

*Visit every HIV comprehensive facility at least once a month to supervise and mentor the facility-based TB/HIV referral coordinator and ensure that all TB/HIV records are up to date
*Visit every supported stand-alone DOTS facility at least once monthly to ensure that all TB patients are tested for HIV, properly documented and those testing positive are promptly referred to a comprehensive facility for enrollment into ART.
*Conduct spot checks by reviewing recording and reporting (R&R) tools and HIV/TB registers at TB DOTS sites and comprehensive facilities to monitor referral completion
*Ensure the availability of all TB and TB/HIV recording and reporting tools at all TB/TB-HIV service delivery points.
*Facilitate sputum transport from supported facilities to proximal Xpert sites
*Keep an up to date LGA presumptive TB/HIV diagnostic evaluation treatment register to abstract information from the existing tools from facilities.
*Follow-up and document of TB treatment outcome for all TB/HIV co infected patients within a given LGA with real time documentation of diagnostic and treatment outcome in the provided study data tool.
*Receive Xpert results through the Gx alert system in the state and keep track of all positive Xpert results from facilities within the assigned LGA
*Monitor IPT implementation (screening, referral completion, initiation and reporting) especially reporting IPT outcome within 12 months of treatment in collaboration with health facility staff and facility TB/HIV referral coordinator
*Hold monthly TB/HIV review meetings with the facility TB/HIV referral volunteers and Local Government Tuberculosis and Leprosy Supervisor (LGTBLS)
*Submit monthly report and data to the Implementing Partner Focal Person first week of every month.

Minimum Qualifications

*S/he should have a minimum of Community Health Officer (CHO) or Nursing requisite certification or its equivalent in any public health related field
*Fluency in oral and written English language, as well as computer literacy and ability to analyze data are expected.
*The Officer must be ready to reside in the LGA

Application Closing Date
28th October, 2015

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should :
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