Medical Officer

Academic Qualifications Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery Additional training in TB care and opportunistic infections will be an added advantage. Person Specification Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery Full and active registration with the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council. Additional training in TB care and opportunistic infections will be an added advantage. A minimum of two years of TB Clinical experience Lead mentorship and training efforts to build capacity of facility teams to deliver high quality TB care services. Provide leadership to facility based technical team members to ensure timely delivery on key project tasks. Provide clinical care to TB patients attending IDI-Supported health facilities in line with standard care and treatment guidelines. Coordinate appropriate referral and management of complex patients through liaison with senior care specialists and tertiary treatment centres. Lead performance monitoring initiatives and routine data use activities at IDI-supported health facilities to guide implementation of project activities. Support the health workers to identify, implement and document continuous quality improvement activities along client care and treatment cascades. Coordinate and support facility efforts in follow up of clients to improve linkage, retention among clients in TB care.