Fresher CDC Project Jobs – Linkage and Referral Assistant – Ministry of Health (MOH)

Job Title: Linkage and Referral Assistant (Fresher Jobs)

Organisation: Ministry of Health (MOH)

Funding Source: Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC)

Duty Station: Hoima, Uganda

Reports to: In Charge Art Clinic

About US:

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has received a grant from the Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) Cooperative Agreement (CoAg), a strategic mechanism of the United States Government (USG) to implement activities in line with its mandate in support of the Public health response to HIV/AIDS and other health systems. CDC will be supporting a pool of Human Resources that are expected to lead the implementation of the grant. The staff to be recruited under this grant will be contracted by the MOH.

Job Summary: The Linkage and Referral Assistant will be conducting the intra-facility, inter-facility and bi-direction community-facility linkages and referrals component at the hospital and verifying that the clients/patients reached their referral points and their needs were met, or if not, the reason why their needs were not met and next step.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Registering all referral cases into the referral register.
Collecting all feedback receipt and completing the outcome column in the referral register.
Ensuring that referring organization has received the feedback at the appropriate time.
Tracking patients in case feedback was not received after 4-week period, through phone calls or emails and again recording the findings in the referral register
Documenting and updating all community component related registers.
Compiling monthly summary report and presenting to the Committee that deals with referrals.
Establishing partnership with client that can be long-term, based on client’s needs.
In charge of identifying client needs and referring them for services.
Referring client for treatment and services, follow up with client and document referral activities.
Advocating for client to meet needs across the continuum of care.
Conducting quality assurance.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

He / she must hold an “O” Level Certificate or its equivalent in Nursing, Public health or HIV/AIDS related courses.
One (1) year working experience in a similar position

How to Apply:

All candidates should send their handwritten applications should be Delivered to the Reception Desk, Ground Floor, Wing A- AIDS Control Program Offices, Lourdel Towers, Plot 1, Lourdel Road Kampala, MOH Headquarters-Kampala between 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Friday addressed to:

The Permanent Secretary

Ministry of Health Plot 6, Lourdel Road, Wandegeya

Tel. +256414-697366/0414-697367/0414-664469

Please include your telephone number and email contacts on the application. Applicants should attach the following:

Recent passport-size photograph.
Copy of the National Identity Card.
Detailed curriculum Vitae.
Certified copies of the academic certificates and transcripts.
Two recommendation letters from two of the most recent supervisors/employers.
A photocopy of your appointment letter for your most recent position.

Deadline: Friday, 7^th October 2022 by 5:00Pm

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The list of shortlisted candidates will be displayed on the MOH Noticeboard

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