TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING PACKAGE WITH SOPs FOR TRAINING OF EXPERT PATIENTS FOR HIV TREATMENT
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Job Description
TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING PACKAGE WITH SOPs FOR TRAINING OF EXPERT PATIENTS FOR HIV TREATMENT, CARE AND SUPPORT, MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE IN ZIMBABWE
Location : Harare, ZIMBABWE
Application Deadline : 16-Sep-21 (Midnight New York, USA)
Additional Category : Gender Equality
Type of Contract : Individual Contract
Post Level : National Consultant
Languages Required : English
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) 30-Sep-2021
Duration of Initial Contract : 21 days
Expected Duration of Assignment : 21 days
Background
Project Description
Zimbabwe’s national HIV care and treatment program has seen vast improvement as the country scaled up and decentralized HIV treatment since 2004. Decentralization and integration of HIV prevention, care and treatment activities across all levels of the health system has required a critical review of the roles and responsibilities of health care workers. With the further scale up of ART demanded by the 2016 Guidelines for Antiretroviral Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV in Zimbabwe and the introduction of “Treat All”, further review of the tasks and working practices of health workers was required. Reviewing the scope of practice of health workers, not only had the potential of improving access and retention, but could also allow clinicians (doctors and nurses) to spend more time with clients with more complex medical needs. Evidence from the literature has demonstrated that there is no difference in clinical outcomes, including mortality or losses to follow up, when nurses initiate or manage people on ART relative to physician-led care. Quality of care is ensured through adequate training, ongoing mentorship, and clear indications for referral to higher levels of care, and monitoring and evaluation systems that are utilized for improving client management. Together with the reviewing of roles for HCWs, roles for community health workers, expert clients and other community-based cadres were reviewed and elaborated in the 2016 Operational and Service Delivery Manual (OSDM). These roles include the following:
Conducting community mobilization to increase uptake of HIV testing and counselling, care and treatment
Acting as a link between outreach and community-based activities and the facility to support linkage and retention to treatment services
Providing community-based treatment literacy to support adherence and retention, including supporting clients with high viral load
Linking with the facility to provide defaulter tracing for clients utilizing the AIDS and TB referral form to support effective communication
Facilitating the formation and running of community-based ART delivery models where implemented
Ensuring that monitoring and evaluation of community-based activities is linked to the respective facility.
A preliminary assessment into the work and capacities of the current community health workers showed marginal to significant differences between cadres depending on who provided the capacity building. Further analysis revealed a lack of standardization in the capacity building tools, especially a curriculum for training expert patients as their offer HIV related services. Clear and concise curricular exists for facility health workers but none for expert clients. With this background, the MoHCC will like to develop a curriculum for training expert patients, equipping them for their designated tasks as elaborated in the operational and service delivery manual so that comprehensive HIV services are provided with the same quality standards across the country.
Broad Objective: To develop a training package with SOPs for expert patients with focus on adherence and retention in care for PLHIV on ART through provision of psychosocial support, defaulter tracking, client education, facility navigation, and bi-directional facility - community linkages
Specific Objectives:
Facilitate stakeholder consensus on the development of a training package for expert patients
Share a work outline and inception report for the task at hand
Review current training curricular used by different stakeholders
Share progress updates at specified intervals
Develop standardised curriculum complete with participant handbook, workbook and facilitator guide
Develop SOPs for facility navigation and bidirectional facility - community linkages
Make recommendations for the national roll out of the trainings
Develop a protocol and plan to evaluate the roll out and effectiveness of the training programme
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
Duty Station
Consultative work will be done locally in Zimbabwe and include field work for key informant interviews. Physical meetings will be called for where necessary and under observation of COVID infection prevention and control measures if the situation permits. Virtual meetings will be conducted depending on the COVID situation.
Scope of Work
The consultant will be responsible for:
Content development of the expert clients training curriculum
Working in collaboration with MoHCC to adapt content used by various stakeholders and come up with a standardised curriculum
Identifying learning approaches to be used for the training
Creating pre and post-test quizzes and cases scenarios to support the content
Provide guidance on administration of training (facilitation, using discussion groups)
Finalization of the training package complete with participant handbook, workbook and facilitator guide
Make recommendations for roll out of the trainings
Develop a protocol and plan to evaluate the roll out and effectiveness of the training programme
Institutional Arrangement
MoHCC:
Provide training curriculum used by different stakeholders, ensuring that the content are appropriate and aligned to the Operational and Service Delivery Manual, Ministry Policies and Guidelines.
Ensure the development of the training manual is done timeously against set road map.
Provide overall leadership and direction.
Training and Clinical Mentorship Technical Working Group: Sub working group on blended learning
Vet the material to ensure technical accuracy
Provide all up to date content to be included
Review and give feedback on design drafts
Adapt, edit or revise training content
Ensure appropriate flow of content and activities
Ensure the quality of the training content meets the learning objectives
Ensure the necessary reviews are done timeously according to set milestones
Consultancy
Facilitate stakeholder consensus on the training package to be developed
Collaborate with relevant stakeholders
Meet with technical working group to incorporate feedback from MoHCC and stakeholders
Conduct field work for key informant interviews
Make recommendations for the national roll out of the trainings
Work with MoHCC to create the complete package
Develop a protocol and plan to evaluate the roll out and effectiveness of the training programme
Duration of the Work
The development of the training curriculum is expected to be done for a total of 21 days in September 2021.
The IC modality is expected to be used only for short-term consultancy engagements. If the duration of the IC for the same TOR exceeds twelve (12) months, the duration must be justified and be subjected to the approval of the Director of the Regional Bureau, or a different contract modality must be considered. This policy applies regardless of the delegated procurement authority of the Head of the Business Unit.
Qualifications and Experience
Required Skills and Experience
Scope of Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments
An agreement will be signed between the UNDP and the consultant.
The consultant will be paid as a daily rate as proposed/accepted for 21 days all inclusive.
Time Sheet will be attached and verified by the direct supervisor, and Final tranche upon performance evaluation from the direct supervisor.
Recommended Presentation of Offer
Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP;
Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references;
Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment, and a methodology, if applicable, on how they will approach and complete the assignment. A methodology is recommended.
Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided. If an Offeror is employed by an organization/company/institution, and he/she expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the Offeror must indicate at this point, and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial proposal submitted to UNDP.
