Consultant - Care and Treatment

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Consultant - Care and Treatment

General description:

FHI 360 Vietnam is recruiting a full-time Vietnamese consultant to support the implementation of HIV/AIDS care and treatment activities under the USAID SHIFT project in collaboration with the Vietnam Authority for HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC). The consultant’s scope of work will align with VAAC’s objectives and demands to undertake technical assignment that will support the national HIV program in same-day ART and multi-month scripting scale-up, viral load scale-up, PrEP expansion and TLD implementation and care and treatment data management. The consultants will coordinate and follow-up with related stakeholders, specialists to complete tasks and deliver the expected results as follows:

Key tasks and deliverables:

The consultant will support to scale up same-day ART and multi-month scripting, viral load, PREP expansion and TLT implementation

  • Same-day ART and multi-month scripting scale-up:
    • Updated guidance and information provided
    • Refresher trainings for CDC/PAC and turned-over HTF staff conducted in selected provinces
    • Routine TA provided
  • VL scale-up, PrEP expansion and TLD implementation
    • Updated guidance and information provided
    • Facilitate trainings for CDC/PAC and turned-over HTF staff conducted in selected provinces
    • Routine TA provided to facilitate SHI VL reimbursement, PrEP expansion and TLD implementation
  • C&T data management: The C&T data including TX_NEW and TX_CUR every 2 months to measure and monitoring the patient attrition status shared
  • Liaison between VAAC Treatment department and USAID SHIFT Clinical team
  • Other tasks upon request

Qualification requirements:

  • Education: Degree in Medicine or Public Health (Master’s degree is a preference)
  • At least 5 years of work experience in providing clinical and/or programmatic management of HIV within prevention and care & treatment programs in Vietnam
  • Understand the health system and ability to work well with implementing partners and government counterparts
  • Preferably direct knowledge and prior experience from working with PEPAR-funded programs, or at least with US government-funded programs
  • Good written and oral communication skills in both Vietnamese and English;
  • Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
  • Capable to work independently and travel as required

Duration: Initial duration of approx.4 months with expected starting time from June 2020.

Working location: The consultant will be placed at VAAC office

Reporting: Consultant will submit the written report to the assigned co-monitors from VAAC and FHI 360 on monthly basis

Application Deadline:

Interested candidates are encouraged to provide their detailed curriculum vitae with letter of application in English to [email protected] by June 5, 2020.

*Please specify the position you are applying for in your application.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Job Details
Organisation Name: 
FHI 360
Location: 
Hanoi
Application Deadline: 
Fri, 2020-06-05