Field Officer

Hlfppt; India; On-site; INR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Hlfppt is hiring for a field-based role to engage private providers for TB notification and patient follow-ups under the PPSA activities. You will coordinate with private and public-private linkages, collect data, and ensure reporting in Nikshay, with emphasis on capacity building and adherence monitoring.

The position requires 12th pass, willingness to travel within project areas, good communication in local languages, and experience in health projects.

Qualifications

• Basic understanding of TB intervention, data collection and reporting.
• Proficiency in local language(s) and good communication skills.
• Willingness to travel frequently within project areas.
• Ability to work with diverse communities and in challenging environments.
• Experience in working with healthcare providers or health-related projects will be added advantage.
• Familiarity with government health programs and structures.

Responsibilities

• Engage private healthcare providers for TB notification and create awareness of TB services.
• Conduct patient home visits and follow-ups per IP and CP schedules.
• Coordinate with private-private and public-private referral linkages for treatment and diagnostics.
• Collect bank details and provide linkages to free treatment and incentives; record notifications and testing data in Nikshay.
• Identify and build capacity of TC and Hub Agents; provide job aids and materials; promote diagnostics uptake.
• Maintain treatment cards and ensure follow-up and adherence tracking; record outcomes.
• Participate in district review meetings and reporting; perform other project tasks as needed.
• Perform any other tasks assigned by the Project Coordinator.

Skills

Data collection

Reporting

Communication skills

Willingness to travel

Community engagement

Healthcare projects experience

Local language proficiency

Education

12th pass (Higher Secondary Certificate)

Job description

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1. Engage private healthcare providers for TB notification.

• Engage private healthcare providers for TB notification.
• Create awareness in private sector providers about Tuberculosis (DSTB and DRTB) and available services under the project for quality TB care.
• Facilitate building trust and a cooperative attitude among private providers regarding the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model for TB services.

2. Patient Home Visits and Follow-ups:

• Conduct home visits for private sector TB patients within a week of notification.
• Conduct regular follow-ups through home visits:
• Intensive Phase (IP): Every 7 days
• Continuation Phase (CP): Every 15 days
• Conduct home visits for contact tracing, verification, and continuous follow-ups.

3. Coordination and Referral Linkages:

• Support in establishing private-private and public-private referral linkages for:
• NTEP-provisioned free treatment and diagnostics.
• Adherence mechanisms and incentives for TB patients from private providers.
• Coordinate with field staff for obtaining information on TB-positive patients.
• Ensure efficient sample collection, transportation, and reporting of test results from both private facilities and laboratories (public and private).

4. Patient Support and Financial Assistance:

• Collect bank details of TB patients for financial incentives under the scheme.
• Provide linkages to NTEP-provisioned free treatment, diagnostics, and incentives for private-sector TB patients.
• Ensure recording of TB notifications, DST, HIV, DM testing, DBT, treatment adherence, public health actions, and treatment outcomes in Nikshay.

5. Capacity Building and Training:

• Identify and build the capacity of Treatment Coordinators (TC) and Hub Agents for PPSA activities in coordination with private providers.
• Provide job aids and informational materials to private providers and TC/Hub Agents.
• Promote increased microbiological diagnosis of TB among private providers utilizing the correct diagnostic tests available.

6. Treatment Monitoring and Adherence Tracking:

• Maintain the Treatment Card and transfer patient information to the original.
• Ensure follow-up smear/culture/DST examinations of sputum are carried out as per the stipulated schedule.
• Coordinate with TC/Hub Agents for conducting follow-up visits/calls to patients for adherence tracking at regular intervals after treatment initiation.
• Record treatment adherence on a monthly basis and treatment outcomes at the end of treatment.

7. Reporting and Review:

• Participate in weekly and monthly district review meetings, highlighting progress and private sector collaborations.
• Ensure proper recording and reporting of project activities.
• Perform any other activity as per project needs.

8. Additional Responsibilities

• Perform any other tasks assigned by the Project Coordinator.

Education: 12th pass (Higher Secondary Certificate).

• Basic understanding of TB intervention, data collection and reporting.
• Proficiency in the local language(s) and good communication skills.
• Willingness to travel frequently within project areas.
• Ability to work with diverse communities and in challenging environments.
• Experience in working with healthcare providers or health-related projects will be added advantage.
• Familiarity with government health programs and structures.