Job Summary

Reporting to the facility in-charge, the nurse will oversee the implementation of HIV care activities in the facility including Vertical Transmission Prevention (VTP) services

Roles and Responsibilities

• Support ANC HIV testing
• Ensure ART uptake among HIV infected pregnant /Lactating women
• Ensure viral suppression among pregnant and breastfeeding women
• Oversee the provision of Early Infant diagnosis, care and follow-up of HIV-exposed infants
• Oversee follow-up and retention of HIV-infected pregnant /lactating women and HIV-exposed infants (HEI) through the case management model
• Strengthening linkages between VTP, CWC and Comprehensive Care Clinics
• Strengthen facility-community /community-facility linkages with CHPs and case managers
• Supervise eMTCT services provided by the maternal case managers
• Work hand in hand with the clinical officers to implement patients’ Plan of Care.
• Perform TB intensified case finding for PLHIV on every clinical encounter
• Initiate IPT for all PLHIV as per the guidelines
• Send all PLHIV presenting with presumptive TB for GeneXpert
• Ensure all patients diagnosed with TB are tested for HIV
• Initiate ART in all newly diagnosed TB/HIV co-infected patients as per the guidelines
• Ensure 12 months /24-month HEI Cohort Analysis (HCA), PCR positive validation and audits and PMTCT reports are done each month
• Participate in MNCH Working Improvement Teams (WITS
• Lead MNCH team in generation, compilation and utilization of data

Required Qualifications

• Diploma in Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse (KRCHN), Degree is an added advantage
• Registration with the Nursing Council
• Valid practicing license
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in clinical practice.
• HIV/TB program experience preferred.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Required Documents

• Curriculum Vitae
• Mandatory

Note: Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

• Support ANC HIV testing
• Ensure ART uptake among HIV infected pregnant /Lactating women
• Ensure viral suppression among pregnant and breastfeeding women
• Oversee the provision of Early Infant diagnosis, care and follow-up of HIV-exposed infants
• Oversee follow-up and retention of HIV-infected pregnant /lactating women and HIV-exposed infants (HEI) through the case management model
• Strengthening linkages between VTP, CWC and Comprehensive Care Clinics
• Strengthen facility-community /community-facility linkages with CHPs and case managers
• Supervise eMTCT services provided by the maternal case managers
• Work hand in hand with the clinical officers to implement patients’ Plan of Care.
• Perform TB intensified case finding for PLHIV on every clinical encounter
• Initiate IPT for all PLHIV as per the guidelines
• Send all PLHIV presenting with presumptive TB for GeneXpert
• Ensure all patients diagnosed with TB are tested for HIV
• Initiate ART in all newly diagnosed TB/HIV co-infected patients as per the guidelines
• Ensure 12 months /24-month HEI Cohort Analysis (HCA), PCR positive validation and audits and PMTCT reports are done each month
• Participate in MNCH Working Improvement Teams (WITS
• Lead MNCH team in generation, compilation and utilization of data

• Strong communication and documentation skills

• Diploma in Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse (KRCHN), Degree is an added advantage
• Registration with the Nursing Council
• Valid practicing license
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in clinical practice.
• HIV/TB program experience preferred.