Job Description

Title: Field Level Staff

Company Name: HEED Bangladesh

Vacancy: 5

Age: at most 35 years

Location: Habiganj, Sunamganj ...

Minimum Salary: Tk. 21271 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ At least 1 year

Published: 17 Apr 2024

Education:
∎ Educational Requirements Bachelor's degree from a recognized university. /Diploma in Medical Faculty/Medical assistant (04 years)Any third division/class in an academic career will lead to ineligibility.
∎ Bachelor's degree from a recognized university. /Diploma in Medical Faculty/Medical assistant (04 years)
∎ Any third division/class in an academic career will lead to ineligibility.
∎ Educational Requirements
∎ Bachelor's degree from a recognized university. /Diploma in Medical Faculty/Medical assistant (04 years)
∎ Any third division/class in an academic career will lead to ineligibility.
∎

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 35 years
∎ Minimum 01-year experience in a relevant field/ managerial role.
∎ Community mobilization and outreach activities Organizational Values, Vision, Mission and Policies Computer skills- MS Office
∎ Communication skills
∎ Presentation skills
∎ Field reporting
∎ Maintain high morale with integrity and honesty Organizing and planning skills
∎ Local networking and relationship building skills
∎ Minimum 01-year experience in a relevant field/ managerial role.
∎ Community mobilization and outreach activities Organizational Values, Vision, Mission and Policies Computer skills- MS Office
∎ Communication skills
∎ Presentation skills
∎ Field reporting
∎ Maintain high morale with integrity and honesty Organizing and planning skills
∎ Local networking and relationship building skills

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Prepare monthly work-plan to implement the project activities
∎ Perform community mobilization for ACF (active case finding), organize outreach centers, collection of samples and transport them to the nearby facilities for Xpert/ Truenat/ Microscopy testing through extensive field visit
∎ Ensure treatment initiation, regular follow-up of ongoing patients and ensure quality DOT by monitoring Shasthya Shebika/ DOT provider/ community health workers
∎ Perform contact investigation (CI) of bacteriologically-confirmed pulmonary TB patients (both DS-TB and DR-TB)
∎ Refer contacts of index cases to the physician for screening the eligibility of TPT and ensure enrolment
∎ Guide community health workers/ volunteers to identify Child TB presumptive in the community and refer them to the facilities for testing
∎ Ensure HIV screening of TB patients in the respective working area
∎ Ensure referral of microscopy positive TB cases to molecular diagnostic sites for re-testing
∎ Ensure referral of retreatment cases for Xpert/ Truenat testing and link them with the DR-TB treatment initiation centers
∎ Ensure ambulatory treatment initiation at community level as early as possible in coordination with UH&FPO and MODC
∎ Organize courtyard meetings, TB campaigns, special outreach centers for key and vulnerable populations to enhance case detection
∎ Update private sector mapping including formal and informal healthcare facilities/ providers and visit them in a regular basis to enhance presumptive and case referral
∎ Ensure incentives for Shasthya Shebika/ DOT providers and social support for eligible TB presumptive and patients
∎ Maintain regular coordination, communication, and liaison with upazila/ union level stakeholders including HA, HI, CHCP etc.
∎ Contribute in the preparation of monthly/quarterly reports and submit them in due time
∎ Practice and promote the organization's gender policy and support implementation of gender equality and women empowerment at all levels
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the organization's goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise in safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, and encourage others to do so
∎ Accept relocation of the workstation or transfer anywhere based on the need of the project.
∎ No. of case notification
∎ No. of reports preparation
∎ No. of outreach centers organized
∎ No. of quality DOT organized
∎ No. of TPT enrollment
∎ No. of HIV/ COVID-19 screening of TB patients
∎ Ensure disease reports weekly, monthly and quarterly timely, accurate and complete reporting as per the agreement
∎ Ensure any other report to BRAC and NTP as and when necessary.
∎ HEED Bangladesh is Non-Government and non-political National Organization working in the field of Health, Education and Economic Development for more the 49 (forty-nine) years. The Organization invites applications from the suitable candidates for its TB Control Program in Sylhet division of GFATM project as a sub-recipient NGO of BRAC.
∎ **Job Responsibilities**
∎ Prepare monthly work-plan to implement the project activities
∎ Perform community mobilization for ACF (active case finding), organize outreach centers, collection of samples and transport them to the nearby facilities for Xpert/ Truenat/ Microscopy testing through extensive field visit
∎ Ensure treatment initiation, regular follow-up of ongoing patients and ensure quality DOT by monitoring Shasthya Shebika/ DOT provider/ community health workers
∎ Perform contact investigation (CI) of bacteriologically-confirmed pulmonary TB patients (both DS-TB and DR-TB)
∎ Refer contacts of index cases to the physician for screening the eligibility of TPT and ensure enrolment
∎ Guide community health workers/ volunteers to identify Child TB presumptive in the community and refer them to the facilities for testing
∎ Ensure HIV screening of TB patients in the respective working area
∎ Ensure referral of microscopy positive TB cases to molecular diagnostic sites for re-testing
∎ Ensure referral of retreatment cases for Xpert/ Truenat testing and link them with the DR-TB treatment initiation centers
∎ Ensure ambulatory treatment initiation at community level as early as possible in coordination with UH&FPO and MODC
∎ Organize courtyard meetings, TB campaigns, special outreach centers for key and vulnerable populations to enhance case detection
∎ Update private sector mapping including formal and informal healthcare facilities/ providers and visit them in a regular basis to enhance presumptive and case referral
∎ Ensure incentives for Shasthya Shebika/ DOT providers and social support for eligible TB presumptive and patients
∎ Maintain regular coordination, communication, and liaison with upazila/ union level stakeholders including HA, HI, CHCP etc.
∎ Contribute in the preparation of monthly/quarterly reports and submit them in due time
∎ Practice and promote the organization's gender policy and support implementation of gender equality and women empowerment at all levels
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the organization's goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise in safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, and encourage others to do so
∎ Accept relocation of the workstation or transfer anywhere based on the need of the project.
∎ Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):
∎ No. of case notification
∎ No. of reports preparation
∎ No. of outreach centers organized
∎ No. of quality DOT organized
∎ No. of TPT enrollment
∎ No. of HIV/ COVID-19 screening of TB patients
∎ Reporting and dissemination:
∎ Ensure disease reports weekly, monthly and quarterly timely, accurate and complete reporting as per the agreement
∎ Ensure any other report to BRAC and NTP as and when necessary.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ As per HEED Policy

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Habiganj, Sunamganj, Sylhet

Apply Procedure:

Hard Copy:

Company Information:
∎ HEED Bangladesh
∎ Main Road, Plot#19, Section-11,Block - A, Mirpur, Dhaka-1216

Address::
∎ Main Road, Plot#19, Section-11,Block - A, Mirpur, Dhaka-1216

Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job

Application Deadline: 25 Apr 2024

Category: NGO/Development