HIV/AIDS Nurse Mentor

HIV/AIDS NURSE MENTOR AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is an International Non-Governmental Organization that was founded in 1987 and has been at the forefront of the HIV response, currently supporting HIV/AIDS programs in 50 countries including Rwanda. AHF’s mission is to provide cutting edge medicine and advocacy, regardless of ability to pay and core values are to be Patient-Centered, Value Employees, Respect for Diversity, Nimble, and Fight for What’s Right. AHF Rwanda is looking for very competent candidate to fill up the position of a Nurse Mentor to be based in RULINDO with support to MUSANZE District health facilities Summary The HIV/AIDS Nurse Mentor is responsible for coordination and supervision and mentorship of activities at AHF -Rwanda supported sites. He/she will support the improvement of quality care and treatment for people living with HIV in AHF supported sites. The HIV/AIDS Nurse Mentor ensures that AHF’s mission statement, core values, key partnership standards, and practices are the foundation of AHF’s overall strategies and work. The HIV nurse mentor is responsible for building effective partnerships between health facility, local leaders and AHF country Program. Essential Duties & Responsibilities Site Level Activities: Reinforce Pediatric, adolescents, and adult HIV testing services, enrollment, retention and to enable implementation of PITC/index testing: Support staff at sites to institute /reinforce targeted HIV testing at different entry points for children and adults Support the sites to improve the quality of pre-test and post-test counseling at all adult and pediatric entry points. Support sites to reinforce linkage and retention system of HIV positive clients in HIV care Provide CMEs to site staff on appropriate testing procedures and tools for exposed infants, children, adolescents, and adults. Ensure that testing systems including PCR for early infant diagnosis and provision of prophylaxis are done and supervise its quality. Facilitate the proper integration of HIV and NCDs services Facilitate the integration of cervical cancer screening and other STIs in HIV services. Outreach community Activities: To ensure that community HIV targeted testing is well implemented in a kind of Moon Light in order to have improved outcome results. To attend field mentorship activities in remote areas. To implement community engagement activities and interact with peer educators To conduct outreach campaigns. To focus on Key population testing and follow up: To engage and integrate key populations (sexual workers, MSM, …) To do regular HIV and other STIs testing for key populations and their treatment accordingly. To practice HIV prevention for key populations: giving condoms, education, pre and post-exposure prophylaxis to HIV negative key populations. To follow up closely key populations. Improve paediatric, adolescent, and adult HIV care and treatment(C&T): Assist the site to ensure high standards of PMTCT service in the line o