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5 Locum Peer Mothers Job at Baylor - Uganda - Career Opportunity in Uganda


Vacancy title:
Locum Peer Mothers

Jobs at:
Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation

Deadline of this Job:
17th January 2018

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda



JOB DETAILS:
Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda) is an indigenous not-for-profit child health and development organisation affiliated to the Baylor College of Medicine International Paediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI), a Network of paediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment Children’s Clinical Centres of Excellence and international program offices in 11 countries across Africa, Eastern Europe and North America

Role Position: Locum Peer Mothers
(05 positions, Kampala) - 6 months
Reports to the Study Midwife

Overall responsibilities: Support the study midwives and counsellors at the different health facilities to ensure smooth recruitment activities, share personal experiences with study participants on participation in research studies as well as disclosure of HIV status to their partners and other close family members, Encourage participant adherence to care and those with adherence problems to share their experiences, Share information with study participants regarding psycho-social support so as to support their retention in the study, Guide study participants to various clinic units or hospitals as may be required, Perform any other duty as may be required from time to time.
Required Qualification, Experience and Competencies:
  • The candidate must have at least two (2) years’ experience as a peer mother
Job application procedure
If you believe that you are the right candidate for the above positions, please email your application to: applications@baylor-Uganda.org Applications should include a cover letter, CV, daytime telephone contact and three traceable professional references; and should be emailed or hand delivered by Wednesday, 17 January 2018. You must have at least a Credit 6 in MATHEMATICS and ENGLISH at Ordinary Level (UCE). Only short listed candidates will be contacted for interview. An approved Medical Check up from a recommended health centre for successful candidates is a requirement at entry.
Applications should be addressed to:
The Head of Human Resources '
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION-UGANDA
BLOCK 5 MULAGO HOSPITAL,
P. O. BOX 72052, CLOCK TOWER, KAMPALA

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