HIV/AIDS Nurse Mentor | Job in Rwanda

### 📌 Résumé de l'offre HIV/AIDS Nurse Mentor | Job in Rwanda at Non precisé in Kigali. View the details for more information. **Détails clés :** - 💼 **Contrat** : Non spécifié - 📍 **Localisation** : Kigali - 🎓 **Niveau** : junior - 🛠️ **Compétences** : hr, Management, ai, Communication, data --- 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 NGOMA District with support at BUGESERA District 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 of elimination of new HIV infections in PMTCT. To ensure that HIV positive clients are put on ART and followed up in care and treatment. Assist the site to initiate the harmonized appointment of clients in HIV care to facilitate client’s adherence Assist the site in elaborating proper infection control including TB, COVID 19, Mpox, EBOLA. Initiating learning spaces for all sites his/her supervision Assist the sites to strengthen systems for identification and follow-up of exposed infants. Support sites to strengthen appropriate referral and linkage systems for infected infants and children, adolescents, and adults to care and treatment. Train/verify proper OIs prevention, diagnosis, and management. Support sites to reinforce integrated clinical care and prevention including NCDs, STIs, viral hepatitis hepatitis, syphilis Support sites to institute/reinforce medical and psychosocial follow-up consultations. Assist the staff of the site to manage client flow and referral system intra and extra site. Support sites to strengthen clear systems for HIV Viral load, CD4, and other laboratory examinations are done according to national guidelines. Support sites to institute/reinforce pediatric diagnostic disclosure and psychosocial support sessions in sites. Promote viral load suppression for the patients infected with HIV through enhanced adherence counseling and clinical follow-up. Verify if all Clients receive ART and other drugs according to the national guidelines. Support sites to strengthen pre (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP): Support sites to institute/ reinforce an identification system for clients who missed appointments and those lost to foll