• Company: University of Maryland Zambia
• Location: Livingstone, Southern Province, Zambia
• State: Livingstone
• Job type: Full-Time
• Job Category: Healthcare/Medical Jobs in Zambia

Position: Nurse Educator:

Responsibilities

• Provide on-site mentoring to nursing and other clinical staff in the project supported health facilities in the management of HIV with ART, PMTCT and other HIV care services.
• Provide mentorship to the Community Liaison Officers (CLO) and Community Health Workers (CHW) in HTS services
• Provide training and mentorship to facility staff, CHWs and Community Data Workers (CDW) in the use of SmartCare including the lite SmartCare version running on electronic tablets
• Support the Medical Technical Advisors to improve nursing care and treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS;
• Provide input in the formulation of the work plans at the hub level and monthly activity calendar to ensure the goal and objectives of the project are met.
• Participate in nursing care programmes for nursing care, i.e., triage and management of patient records;
• Conduct MoH approved trainings;
• Work with the district medical office staff and other technical partners to introduce, complete and use quality assurance and improvement (QA/QI) information for improved performance and continue to mentor point of service staff in the application of this information;
• Any other duties as may be assigned by management.

Qualifications:

• RN, EN, Mid-wife, preference for HIV Nurse Prescriber (HNP)
• Registered with General Nursing Council of Zambia
• Minimum of three (3) years working experience in HIV/PMTCT programs
• Ability to provide a written communication (adjusted to various levels of comprehension) – must be computer literate
• Familiarity in adult learning principles/techniques and demonstrated ability to design and facilitate learning opportunities for adults.
• Preferred fluency in Tonga

How to Apply

Please send all Applications and CVs to [email protected]. Clearly state job title applying for on Subject line.

Application deadline is Thursday, July 12th, 2018, 5 pm.