Job Description
Title: Field Level Staff (Tuberculosis)
Company Name: Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BGMEA)
Vacancy: 01
Age: at most 35 years
Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh
Maximum Salary: Tk. 31126 (Monthly)
Experience:
∎ At least 1 year
Published: 25 Feb 2024
Education:
∎ Bachelor/Honors
Requirements:
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 35 years
∎ Other requirements for the above post: Community mobilization and outreach activities. Organizational Values, Vision, Mission and Policies. Computer Skills-MS Office. Presentation Skills Field Reporting. Maintain high morale with integrity and honest· 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 XperVTruenat/ Microscopy testing through extensive field visit
∎ Ensure treatment initiation, regular follow-up of ongoing patients and ensure quality DOTby monitoring Shasthya Shebika/ DOT provider/ community health workers
∎ Perform contact investigation (Cl) 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 theDR-TB treatment initiation centers
∎ Ensure ambulatory treatment initiation at community level as early as possible incoordination 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, Hl, 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
∎ 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 XperVTruenat/ Microscopy testing through extensive field visit
∎ Ensure treatment initiation, regular follow-up of ongoing patients and ensure quality DOTby monitoring Shasthya Shebika/ DOT provider/ community health workers
∎ Perform contact investigation (Cl) 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 theDR-TB treatment initiation centers
∎ Ensure ambulatory treatment initiation at community level as early as possible incoordination 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, Hl, 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 (KPls): a. No. of case notification b. No. of report preparation c. No. of outreach center organized d. No. of quality DOT organized e. No. of TPT enrolment f. No. of HIV/COVID-19 screening of TB patient
∎ Reporting and dissemination: a. Ensure disease reports weekly, monthly and quarterly timely, accurate and complete reporting as per the agreement b. Ensure any other report to BRAC and NTP as and when necessary.
Skills & Expertise:
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Read before Apply: -Consolidated Salary: BDT 31126/ (Thirty-One Thousand One Hundred and Twenty Six) only per month.-TA, DA Will be provided as per provision of Project.- The post is contractual up to 31st December 2024 but may be extended depending on performance.-Minimum one month's prior notice is required from either side to quit the job.- Only online application with CV will be granted.- Any kind of persuasion will be deemed as the incapability of the candidate.
Employment Status: Full Time
Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh
Company Information:
∎ Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BGMEA)
∎ BGMEA Complex, House # 7/7A, Block # H1, Sector # 17, Uttara, Dhaka-1230
∎ Association
Address::
∎ BGMEA Complex, House # 7/7A, Block # H1, Sector # 17, Uttara, Dhaka-1230
∎ Association
Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job
Application Deadline: 1 Mar 2024
Category: Medical/Pharma
