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Job description for Targeted Screening for Active Tuberculosis Technical Lead Title Targeted Screening for Active TB (Tas4TB) Technical Lead Reports to Background and Job Summary Essential Duties and Responsibilities NTP manager.

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health challenge for Zimbabwe causing significant morbidity and mortality for the country’s population.

With the advent of COVID-19 there is a case detection gap existing amongst communities.
The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC), in mitigation of this threat wishes to intensify the National Response to this disease with a strategy which focuses on intensified and early case finding for all forms of TB underpinned by a strong health system and an increased role of the community.

To intensify community screening and active TB case finding in the wake of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health and Child Care is conducting a scale-up exercise for ‘Targeted Screening for Active TB’ (TaS4TB).
The main objectives of the intervention are to close the TB case detection gap, support COVID-19 surveillance and setup robust province based MoHCC TB screening teams throughout the country.

The Tas4TB Technical Lead will work closely with the provincial teams and report to the NTP manager.
 Oversee the scale-up of targeted screening in all provinces and districts  Develop work plans for the intervention according to set targets  Develop work schedules and rosters by referring to project activities  Conduct support visits to coach implementer on site and for quality control  Mentor provincial and district teams on targeted screening according to set quality standards and procedures  Monitor project progress and make adjustments accordingly using monitoring and evaluation data  Update, share and uphold standard operating procedures (SOPs) for targeted screening  Ensure that targets are met timeously  Ensure integration of the activity with screening and linkage to care for other key NCDs  Facilitate statistical analysis of the relationship between TB and NCDs on a national level  Develop and implement systems for providing routine monitoring and evaluation (M&E) data feedback to national and sub-national implementing partners and other stakeholders levels,  Share work schedule with other projects to enable pooling of resources  Meet with Provincial Health Executive to provide feedback and coordinate activities implementation  Conduct fortnightly team feedback meetings  Ensure universal safety precautions are observed  Assist in management of emergencies and Incidences  Motivate and encourage provincial TB Screening Teams, also providing feedback and oversight administration  Develop quarterly budgets and submits  Ensure that the TAS4TB project vehicles and equipment are serviced as per schedule  Ensure that assets and stocks are managed according the provinces’ standing procedures  Complete quarterly and annual reports, analyse them and submit to the NTP  Spearhead the documentation and dissemination of “lessons learned” though technical reports, conference abstracts and manuscripts Qualifications  Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Degrees (MBChB) Knowledge, Skills Abilities and or equivalent  At least 3 years’ postgraduate working experience  Postgraduate training in public health an added advantage  Training or knowledge of NCDs an added advantage  Ability to coordinate health services at national, provincial and district levels  Proven computer competence with spreadsheet, word processing, presentation and database applications  Proven knowledge and experience working with TB and HIV in a public health setting  Strong analytical and report writing skills.
 Valid Registration with the Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe  Ability to travel regularly within and outside the country