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Nurse/ PMTCT at Alight: (Deadline 3 August 2023)

VACANCY –   Nurse/ PMTCT

ALIGHT works with its companions and constituencies to supply alternatives and experience to refugees, displaced individuals and host communities – to higher survive conflicts and disaster, and to rebuild lives of dignity, well being, safety and self-sufficiency. ALIGHT presently works in and with companions in seventeen international locations globally. ALIGHT has constantly operated in Rwanda because the yr 1994, and at present has a robust and dedicated group of over eight hundred personnel who embrace full time workers, neighborhood mobilizers and incentive staff– implementing packages in Reproductive Well being, HIV and Vitamin; additionally, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Shelter and common Infrastructure, Livelihoods/Financial strengthening, and Sexual and Gender Primarily based Violence Prevention/ Safety. Our work in Rwanda at the moment covers all of the refugee places and their type Rwandan-host communities. And we’re at all times trying to increase and, collectively with our companions, provide lasting influence with and for the communities we serve! ALIGHT is on the lookout for a certified, self-driven and dedicated particular person to hitch its group as Nurse/ PMTCT to be based mostly full time in any one of many subject websites (refugee camps, transit and reception facilities) the place ALIGHT has energetic operations with repair time period to December 2023.

PRIMARY PURPOSE:

Primarily based at website Degree / Refugee camp, the PMTCT/ Nurse will make sure the compliance with eMTCT protocol from MoH. H/She will probably be chargeable for the information report regarding HIV, Syphilis and others ailments from Antenatal, Perinatal and/or Pediatric and/or Adolescent shoppers. H/She’s going to monitor the elimination of mom to little one transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Accountability for compliance with the eMTCT protocols, good medical and relevant rules;
• Talk about the classification, testing and therapy of HIV uncovered infants (HEIs), Syphilis uncovered infants (SEIs), HIV and Syphilis antenatal shoppers and guaranteeing a group strategy to administration;
• Help the related medical officer in coordinating the analysis and therapy of shoppers;
• Facilitate periodic monitoring and/or high quality management visits/audits;
• Guarantee correct storage and safety of eMTCT knowledge;
• Enter key medical knowledge, biographic and demographic info into this system knowledge system;
• Interview and educate shoppers inside the service, whereas sustaining strictest confidentiality;
• Help in performing testing (e.g., Speedy HIV and syphilis testing) for shoppers;
• Conduct post-test counseling with shoppers;
• Conduct bodily examination of being pregnant ladies;
• Establish medical indicators and signs of HIV/AIDS, Syphilis and associated ailments and conduct obligatory referral;
• Help the medical officer in conducting preliminary assessments of all newly referred HIV constructive and/or Syphilis reactive pregnant ladies;
• Counsel ladies and adolescents concerning HIV and Syphilis, conduct HIV and Syphilis testing, implications for his or her being pregnant, and the challenges of residing with HIV;
• Help with implementing normal working procedures for the therapy and prophylaxis of pregnant ladies and level of care testing on the Labor Ward;
• Monitor shares of fast take a look at kits for Syphilis, HAART and Penicillin;
• Educate ladies concerning the advantages of antiretroviral prophylaxis and Syphilis therapy;
• Monitor medical standing and adherence to antiretroviral prophylaxis and Syphilis therapy, and supply persevering with counseling and assist throughout common follow-up visits to the high-risk antenatal care;
• Assess and help in addressing potential boundaries to adherence to Syphilis therapy;
• Monitor syphilis therapy and submit therapy testing throughout being pregnant and/or postpartum;
• Be sure that therapy for HIV and Syphilis is offered as per protocol;
• See, each time attainable, ladies with HIV and Syphilis who’re in labor, or postpartum;
• Present HIV uncovered infants with antiretroviral prophylaxis and dietary assist in collaboration with the ARV Nurse and nutritionists;
• Acquire blood from the toddler for HIV virologic analysis by PCR/DBS at 4-6weeks;
• Acquire blood from the toddler for confirmatory serologic testing at 9,18,24 month with essentially observe up;
• Measure physique weight, peak, fundal peak and different measurements, as acceptable;
• Replace affected person recordsdata and make weekly stories;
• Observe and report the medical info and report any change of the circumstances of the affected person to the supervisor;
• Another job-related duties to pediatric, perinatal and adolescent HIV/AIDS & Syphilis which can be assigned by each direct and oblique supervisors.

EDUCATION, TECHNICAL SKILLS AND KNOWELDGE REQUIRED;

• Not less than A1 Diploma in Nursing or associated subject from a acknowledged college with full registration and present practising license with related skilled physique;
• 3 years minimal expertise in HIV companies in Rwanda;
• Registration with the Nationwide Nursing and Midwifery Council;
• Expertise in PMTCT and new born beneath the PMTCT care;
• Data of new child important indicators, household planning strategies;
• Data of Ministry of Well being requirements and protocols for maternal/little one well being and obstetric well being;
• Expertise in accumulating affected person knowledge for Well being system monitoring functions;
• Glorious communication abilities and analytical abilities for Well being Knowledge;
• Oral/writing abilities in Kinyarwanda and English is necessary;
• Expertise working in humanitarian setting is a plus.

KEY BEHAVIORS & ABILITIES:

• Self- motivated and buyer oriented with a robust sense of private ethic, integrity and high quality;
• Glorious strategic pondering, course of administration and drawback fixing;
• Initiative and resourcefulness innovation;
• Dedication to personally champion ALIGHT’s program imaginative and prescient and mission encourage others to do the identical;
• Laptop information (Microsoft workplace, MS Phrase, MS Excel);
• Means to inspire and counsel workers working in a refugee camp surroundings

and certified candidates ought to submit 1page Cowl letter, and up to date CV (most three pages) and names, title and contacts of three skilled referees, to incorporate most present employer/supervisor (all in/as one doc) – through e mail solely to: RWJobs@wearealight.org with the POSITION utilized for clearly indicated within the topic line. The deadline for submission of purposes is August 3^rd 2023 at 16:00hrs. Solely shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted.

Alight is an Equal Alternative Employer providing employment with out regard to race, coloration, faith, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, nationwide origin, citizenship, bodily or psychological incapacity, or protected veteran standing.  Alight complies with all relevant legal guidelines governing nondiscrimination in employment.