HTS and HIV Care and Treatment Advisor

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is on a mission to create a world where no mother, child or family is devastated by HIV and AIDS. Join us on our fight for an AIDS-free generation. Position Details   Job title:                                       HTS and HIV Care and Treatment Advisor   Primary manager:                     Senior HIV/TB Sustainability Manager   Technical Manager:                  Senior Technical Advisor HTS and HIV care and treatment                                                      advisor   Location:                                      Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Manyara, Dodoma, Singida, Tabora and                                                      Kagera       Roles Summary   The HTS and HIV Care & Treatment Officer will provide regional-level technical assistance, mentorship, and performance support to strengthen the quality, coverage, and effectiveness of HIV Testing Services (HTS) and HIV care and treatment interventions. The Officer will work closely with the Regional Health Management Team (RHMT), Council Health Management Teams (CHMTs), health facilities, community structures, and other EGPAF project staff to improve performance across the HIV testing and treatment cascade. The position will support the identification of program gaps through routine data analysis, facilitate targeted technical interventions, and monitor implementation to ensure that individuals at risk of or living with HIV are identified, linked to appropriate services, initiated on treatment, retained in care, and achieve viral suppression.     Essential Duties and Responsibilities   Leading and coordinating HTS and PrEP activities in the region and councils including planning, implementation, monitoring, documentation and reporting He/she is responsible for overall HIV testing activity within the region with main focus on index testing, PrEP and HIVST   Provide support and monitor implementation and reporting of HIV Testing Services (HTS) specifically index testing, optimized PITC and linkage of all clients identified positive using linkage case management (LCM) approach. Strengthen the system for identification and referral of HIV infected clients from all entry points including community-based testing. Work close with facility CTC providers for elicitation of index contacts to plan for facility and community testing, document and report follow up outcome Conduct weekly testing data review for updating testing outcomes at the facility and obtaining list of new index contacts   Build capacity of facility and community teams on HTS, PrEP and HIVST Provide technical support to facility and community HTS providers in implementation of community index testing, focused PITC, PrEP, HIVST activities Ensure availability of up to date HTS and PMTCT guidelines, SOPs, registers and reporting formats in all facilities and testing areas. Offer supervision and mentorship of CTC staff, community HTS/PrEP providers and RCH staff   Provide TA for implementation and monitoring of HIV care services cascade   Strategize and actively work with CTC providers to increase number of new clients in care Provide support to CTC in the implementation of Service Delivery Model (SDM) in accordance to National guideline and share best practices of SDM direct from site level. Provide support to sites  to ensure clients receive appropriate care such as SDI, MMD, ART outreach refills and clients put on more efficacious ART regimen (TLD Transition) and Advanced HIV disease management (AHDM) as per national guideline and donor directives Follow up and updates clients monitoring status on HVL testing, documentation and reporting appropriately including EAC cascade monitoring and timely actions Provide technical assistance to ensure clients are retained on care including supporting sites mechanism to retain returned LTF clients on care Ensure active involvement in analyzing program performance for improved integrated quality HIV services  Actively contribute to make Continuum of Care (COC) initiatives operational within EGPAF program. Provide inputs and support for improved community based initiatives including index testing to ensures continuity of services at community level Provide technical and supervision roles on C&T to technical staff at councils and site level providers in your supported regions Identify C&T support needs at facilities/CTCs, organize, supervise and report mentorships to address C&T indicators  with challenges using clinical mentors Provide overhead support to all C&T clinical meetings at site and regional level by providing TA during preparation and conduction Technical advisory on Advance HIV Disease and Management Implementation   Provide full support TA to implement Advanced HIV disease management (AHDM) to all identified HFs Take a lead to scale up and monitor AHDM implementation in all supported regions In collaboration with SCM, ensure adequate supply of AHDM commodities, monitor and document AHD supplies and report appropriately In collaboration with M&E, prepare quarterly report on AHDM including narrative report to be submitted to the donor or EGPAF HQ or any relevant authorities that would require the report Represent Foundation on AHDM national events such as meetings as directed by technical supervisor – SMHP Identify and propose to the SMHP Scale up needs and plan for the AHDM services in the supported CTCs. Prepare work plan and follow up implementation of AHDM activites   Technical advisory on integrated HIV services including CECAP and PMTCT/EID Provide technical advisory on C&T in the planning and implementation of comprehensive and integrated HIV and PMTCT/RH program at site level. Provide input  during development of proposals, country operating plans, budgets related to care and treatment services Provide good quality, timely quarterly and semi/annual integrated HIV  reports on program performance and submit to technical supervisor Ensure proper documentation and sharing of lessons learned and best practices in HIV program. Identify innovative ideas for improvement of  care and treatment integrated HIV program as a whole including CECAP Actively facilitate implementation of new developments on HIV particularly in care and treatment services  as emerged on the national guidelines and related protocols Provide suggestion and support on improving monitoring and evaluation for HIV focusing on the care and treatment program. Ensure availability of up to date Care and Treatment tools, guidelines, SOPs, registers and reporting formats in all supported facilities. Provide inputs and follow up on action plans for improving Care and Treatment during data analysis and monitor its implementation. Liaise with other organization implementing community based services f