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| AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AKF) |
03 Medical Officers jobs
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2021 - 2022
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
UGX
No. of vacancies: 03
Deadline: 05 May 2022
Hiring Organization: AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AKF)
Job Details:
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AKF) is an international non-profit NGO based in Los Angeles, California, USA. AHF operates across 45 countries worldwide and has 1.5M+ patients in care, the majority of these being in Africa. AHF Africa comprises 13 country programs. AHF collaborates with the Governments of these countries through Ministries /Departments of Health (MOH) to provide cutting edge medicine and free HIV and AIDS services, including antiretroviral therapy in resource constrained settings. The organisation now seeks to hire a highly competent, dynamic, and experienced person to fill the positions below.
MEDICAL OFFICER -03 POSITIONS
The positions are based at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, Itojo Hospital & Tororo Hospital. The Medical Officer is responsible for providing HIV clinical care and mentorship in various AHF supported sites through conducting out-patient clinical reviews, diagnosis, and treatment for a variety of diseases and injuries in general medical practice and those conditions related to HIV and AIDS. The holders of these positions will perform among others the following duties.
• Attends to HIV positive patients both in outpatient and in-patient setting
• Provides quality HIV care and treatment management leading to high client retention levels
• Reviews history and examines patient to determine general physical condition
• Requests or performs various tests, analysis of diagnostic linages to provide information on patient's condition and appropriate medical prescription
• Responsible for the timely and complete updates of charts for both new and continuing patients.
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• Provides the clients with adequate information related to the condition: being treated lab tests and other investigations and course of action.
• Provides technical support, mentorship, and performance feedback to peripheral ART clinic staff.
• Implement MoH and AHF guidelines in providing HIV prevention, care, and treatment services
Qualifications and Experience:
• Medical Degree (MBChB) or its equivalent from a recognized university/institution.
• Must be registered with the medical and dental practitioners' council
• A minimum of 3 years of experience treating HIV positive patients.
• In-depth knowledge of antiretroviral Therapy as well as the current HIV prevention, care, and treatment guidelines
Application procedure
To be considered for this recruitment, please.
Address your email application (Cover
Letter and CV ONLY) to: globalhr.africa@aidshealth.org mentioning clearly Position and Location in the subject line. The email should not be larger than 2 MB - any larger email will not be considered.
Deadline: Monday 05 May 2022 at 5:00pm
AIDS Healthcare Foundation is on Equal Opportunity Employer.
Date Posted: 2022-04-25
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