YRG Care
Location
Pune | India
Job description
The Medical Officer (MO) leads service delivery in a community-friendly and stigma-free environment to the community members works in close coordination with the Clinic Coordinator and is a key member of the clinic team. The MO examines the patients, advises required investigations, reviews, and prescribes the treatment. It includes referral services such as surgical interventions.
Key Responsibilities:
The Medical Officer (MO) leads service delivery in a community-friendly and stigma-free environment
The MO examines the patients, advises required investigations, reviews, and prescribes the treatment. It includes referral services such as surgical interventions. Provides follow-up services to clients who have undergone procedures such as gender reassignment surgery
Willing to get trained/updated on service delivery components such as PrEP and HRT
Perform internal examination; sample collection of relevant tests such as pap smear
MO shall prescribe medications including STI, PrEP, ART, OIs, and HRT. Assists the clinic staff in the proper dispensation of medicines, stock management, planning individualized adherence support, and monitoring the adherence of prescribed medicines
Ensure that the SOP /guidelines/ best practices are followed in managing the clients and supervising the treatment services including laser therapy
Deliver services through community-level camps/site visits in neighbouring districts (2-days a month to begin with) including clinical examination and client literacy; and through teleconsultation /virtual medium
Support in managing the client in the areas of NCD, substance use, alcohol dependency
Supports case management and supervises the medical functions of the clinic on a day-to-day basis and provides technical and mentoring support to staff to deliver the services effectively
Closely work with the YRG Integrated Care Centre (ICC) team for STI/HIV-related services including laboratory screening for HIV, syphilis, Tuberculosis, OI, HBV, and HCV
Support in index testing and HIV self-testing initiatives of the clinic attendees
Identify and refer difficult/ complicated patient care scenarios to the network of providers mapped by the clinic and to the government facilities, as appropriate, for expert opinion and interventions including admission and inpatient care, if required
MO shall coordinate with government facilities such as ART centres (or link ART centres); Designated Microscopy centres (tuberculosis care); community care centres (CCC) and private clinicians for effective management of patients on ART (from the public or private sector), including OI care, adherence, retention and follow up investigations such as Viral load test
MO shall support the M&E functions of the clinic including data quality audits, and ensure that all treatment-related records, registers, cards, and PLHIV data are updated daily and kept confidential. Support the team in preparation for the accreditation of the clinic (NABH)
Participate in review meetings; and assist the team in identifying and addressing the gap areas in patient care and clinic management
Assist the team in generating presentations and reports (quantitative and qualitative) of the clinic as per the requirements of the project
The MO shall support the clinic manager in building network and referral linkages with the partners (private sector and public health facilities) and with development partners and community networks
Any other duty assigned by the supervisor of the clinic services and project activities.
Qualification, Experience and Competencies;
General Physician who is LGBT friendly with 3-5yrs of practice in Govt or a Pvt setup
Experienced and updated knowledge of HIV/STI diagnosis and treatment as per the national guidelines
Experienced and updated knowledge of Hormone Replacement Therapy in gender dysphoric clients as per the WPATH guidelines
Knowledge of Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People, The World Professional Association for Transgender Health, 7 th version
Trans identified person preferred for this position with knowledge of English, Marathi, and Hindi language
Maintains professionalism and confidentiality of the client/clinic data and records.
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