Job Details
Field Officer Cum Treatment Counsellor
- Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust (HLFPPT)
- Cuttack, Khordha-Rural, BMC-Bhubaneshwar, ODISHA
Location
ODISHA
Date posted
17th January, 2023
Apply by
31st January, 2023
Job Description
About HLFPPT
Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust (HLFPPT) is an Indian 'not for profit' organisation, promoted by HLL Lifecare Ltd (a Mini Ratna Public Sector Enterprise of Govt of India). It was founded in 1992 and registered under the Travancore-Cochi Literary, Scientific, Charitable Societies Registration Act 1955.
At HLFPPT, we are passionate about ensuring safe motherhood and better child health, ultimately building happier and healthy future generations. Our expertise lies in adopting novel approaches for improving Maternal and Child Health, HIV Prevention and Control, Family Planning and Adolescent Health through direct programme implementations, technical assistance and capacity building.
For over two decades, our relentless commitment has made HLFPPT emerge as India's leading organisation in Reproductive & Child Healthcare and a pioneer in promoting Public Health through Social Marketing & Social Franchising strategies. HLFPPT actively contributes towards the goals of the National Health Mission, NACP, FP 2020, UHC and Post 2015 MDG Agenda.
Owing to its diverse technical experience and proven track record of impact-driven and scalable interventions, HLFPPT is a chosen collaborator for designing, implementation and evaluation of programmes for the Government, several National & Global Development Agencies as well as top PSEs and corporate for CSR, including Fortune India 500 Companies like Jindal, Cairn, Suzlon, Essar, etc. We have a dedicated team of experienced professionals in the fields of Social Marketing, Social Franchising, Capacity Building, Community Development, Public Health, Programme Management, Branding and Product Development, Research, Behavior Change Communication, Monitoring & Evaluation, Hospital Management and Skill Development in the Health Sector.
About Project:
HLFPPT shall be taking care of all the patients in the private sector with notification, public health action, NPY, linkages of service and treatment support and shall be providing services like adherence management, free diagnostics and drugs and support services like counselling till the end of the treatment. To provide the TB related services under National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP), HLFPPT is implementing the TB Care programme in Gujarat in 12-districts (Cluster-2, Mahesana, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Arvalli, Gandhinagar districts) & (Cluster-3, Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Junagarh, Morbi, Surendranagar, Patan districts)/ Odisha/ Chhattisgarh.
The basic objective is to increase notification of TB patients, seeking care in the private health sector and ensuring successful treatment outcomes. To provide TB related services in under National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) in three Clusters of UP with the aim of increasing notification of TB patients who seeks care in private sector and ensuring successful treatment outcomes. HLFPPT shall be working as an interface agency between State RNTCP department (NHM-UP- TB Cell) and District Tuberculosis Centre (DTC) and the private health care ecosystem in each of the districts (s).
Client: National Health Mission.
Project: Private Provider Support Agencies (PPSA), Gujarat, Odisha, Chhattisgarh.
Job Title: Field Officer cum Treatment Counsellor.
No. of Position: 18 (Eighteen)
Location- 1: Gujarat in 12-districts (MORBI, Surendranagar, Mahesana, Banaskantha, Rajkot, Junagarh, Jamnagar, Sabarkantha, Arvalli, Bhavnagar, Patan, Gandhinagar districts).
Location- 2: Odisha in 3-districts (Cuttack, Khordha-Rural, BMC-Bhuvneshwar)
Location- 3: Chhattisgarh in 3-districts (Bilaspur, Durg, Raipur)
Remuneration: Salary will commensurate with experience of the candidate and past salary drawn.
Job Specification/ Responsibilities:
• Ensure regularity of DOT for all types of TB patients, as per RNTCP guidelines
• Coordinate with all concerned to ensure that all contacts of sputum positive patients are screened for TB
• Maintain the TB Register, incorporating required information with respect to all cases diagnosed in the Block/TB Unit; Ensure notification of TB Cases in his/her assigned TB Unit
• Verify address of all diagnosed TB patients and educate patients and their families on the plan of treatment.
• Provide health education and counselling to the patients and family members registered with the project.
• Conduct follow-up visits / calls to patients for tracking adherence on regular intervals after treatment initiation.
• Record treatment adherence on a monthly basis and treatment outcome at the end of treatment.
• Provide information on social support/security schemes for which patients are eligible.
• Coordinate with government officials and departments to ensure social support and schemes for TB patients
• Implementation and management support for partnerships with private partners at district and sub-district level.
• Conducting workshops /meetings for improving involvement of private partners in RNTCP.
• Arrange time and place for DOT, according to the patient’s convenience.
• Ensure that follow-up smear/culture/DST examinations of sputum are carried out as per the stipulated schedule.
• Maintain the Treatment Card and record information & transfer this information to the original
• Assist the DTO in establishing TB Surveillance systems (TB Case Notification activities, ICT)
• Take steps for immediate retrieval of defaulters; During the intensive phase it should be no later than the day after the default, and during the continuation phase within a week of the default.
• Assist STS in PMDT, TB/HIV collaborative activities and PPM activities
• Maintain relevant records.
• Line-listing of PP/NGO, one-to-one interactions/sensitization for involvement
• To facilitate change management with respect to use of ICT & Nikshay tools for concerned data entry, validation & its use for public health action
• Coordinate with private Doctors and Nikshay Mitra on daily basis for daily reporting and sharing of data
• Any other job assigned as per programme need.
Essential Qualification:
1. Bachelor’s Degree OR Recognized sanitary inspector’s course.
2. Knowledge in basic computer applications MS Word, Excel and PPT
3. Permanent two wheeler driving license & should be able to drive two wheeler
Desired Skills & Requirement:
• Good Verbal and written communication skills preferably in English & Local language
• Excellent counselling skills, Interpersonal skills, Documentation and Report writing skills
• Ability to travel extensively within the project area.
• Smart phone is compulsory for this position as all the reporting will be through mobile application.
Prefer working experience in TB program
Pls. Note: The interested candidates could apply by 31st January 2023 along with their detailed application and CV
*Candidates with CB-NNAT LAB Technician experience may be considered for other position (Like- Lab Technician), Sputum Collection Agent & PC Position subject to the availability of vacancy.
Manager- HR
Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust
B-14 A, 2nd Floor, Sector 62,
NOIDA, UP – 201307
or E-mail at careers@hlfppt.org mentioning “Application for the post of ” in the subject line of E-mail or on the top of the envelop if sent by post.
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