Nurse

A. TB Screening and Case Finding

• Lead and coordinate TB screening activities at health facilities, community level, and household level.
• Support the team in ensuring systematic screening of individuals with TB symptoms in accordance with national TB guidelines.
• Guide and assist staff in identifying presumptive TB cases and facilitating appropriate diagnostic testing (e.g., chest X-ray, sputum collection, GeneXpert, where available).
• Support TB case finding activities in project target areas.

B. TB Diagnosis and Linkage to Treatment

• Coordinate with health facilities and laboratories for timely TB diagnosis.
• Ensure confirmed TB patients are promptly linked to appropriate TB treatment services.
• Follow up with diagnosed TB patients to ensure treatment initiation and adherence.

C. Contact Investigation

• Lead contact investigation as per national contact investigation guidelines.
• Perform conducting household contact investigation for index TB patients within the first two weeks of anti-TB treatment.
• Visit the patient’s house, assess all household contacts, screen eligible contacts for TB symptoms and record the findings in the Contact Investigation Register.
• Provide TB health education and counselling to household members about TB symptoms, transmission, and prevention.
• Refer all household contacts to the nearest township health facility for evaluation of active TB or eligibility for TPT.

D. TB Preventive Treatment (TPT)

• Assess eligibility of contacts and other target groups for TB preventive treatment according to national guidelines.
• Facilitate initiation, linkage and follow-up of TPT at facility, field, and home visit levels.
• Monitor adherence and completion of TPT

E. Field Activities and Home Visits

• He/She will oversight TB activities in the field such as contact investigation, linkage to diagnostic facilities, linkage to treatment and treatment adherence with completion, etc.
• Conduct HE for personal prevention measures to household contacts.

F. Health Education (HE)

• Provide technical support on health education sessions on TB prevention, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment adherence, and stigma reduction at community and facility levels.
• Support community awareness activities to promote early TB detection and treatment.

G. Recording and Reporting

• Ensure accurate and timely recording of all TB related data
• Maintain project registers, forms, and databases according to project requirements.
• Prepare and submit regular activity and monthly progress reports to the supervisor.

H. Team Coordination

• Provide guidance and technical support to team members at KPSC and during field activities.
• Coordinate with the respective staff of team for proper documentation with quality.
• Proper referral of contact HTS coordinate with program teams.
• Work with Counsellor to provide psychosocial support for TB clients.
• Responsible for NCD activities of LPK such as monitoring of blood sugar, blood pressure, BMI at KPSC level, up to recording and reporting.
• Coordinate with health facilities, local health authorities, and relevant stakeholders.

I . ADMINISTRATIVE, FINANCIAL, AND LOGISTICS OVERSIGHT

• Ensure compliance with LPK finance and administrative guidelines, including HR policies, procurement procedures, stock, and cash management in assigned sites.
• Any other duty assigned by Supervisors