Site Team Leader/SMC Nurse Infectious Diseases Institute

General Summary
The STL/SMC Nurse will lead the VMMC team at the supported site and support the provision of Safe Male Circumcision services as part of quality Male Sexual Health services in his / her, ensure the achievement of the site targets as well as timely documentation and reporting of data.

Key Responsibilities
• Lead the scale up of Safe Male Circumcision as part of quality Male Sexual Health service, and provide leadership to the site when assigned.
• Ensure accurate documentation of all surgical and/or device circumcision services and related follow-up procedures.
Ensure that all SMC services provided in accordance with standard operating procedures, guidelines, policies and related ethical requirements.
• Participate with other members of the SMC team in service delivery e.g. during SMC procedures.
• Assess recipients of care for eligibility of SMC and for any other clinical patient problems with appropriate referral.
• Treat all recipients of care with dignity, respect and understanding in accordance with IDI’s core values.
• Communicate professionally to different stakeholders.
• Be willing to support other project related duties as required.
• Provide post-operative care to SMC clients including management of Adverse events.

Person Specification
• Ability to communicate with recipients of care in their local dialect- desirable.
• Must be knowledgeable in the combination prevention approaches for HIV including Safe Male circumcision- required.
• Has demonstrable leadership skills in a health care setting with the ability to work in a multidisciplinary teams- required. .
• Has demonstrable skills in Quality improvement for SMC service provision in line with MOH standards- essential.
• Has the ability to use computer applications such as Word, Power point, Excel, Outlook and general use of a computer.
• Has experience and basic skills and knowledge in inventory management for medical supplies and logistics.