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Role Overview

The main purpose of this position is to work as a nurse on HIV/STIs and other emerging work areas prioritized by IHRI such as gender-affirming hormone therapy, harm reduction and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and implementation research projects for key populations being conducted at Pribta Tangerine Clinic. The duties include but are not limited to: providing primary and preventive healthcare services in HIV/STIs and other health-related services for clients to receive appropriate assessment, maintaining medical records, managing follow-up appointments, administering medications and vaccines, and performing sample collection and cancer screening in accordance with proper standards under the technical direction of a physician. The nurse will also participate in implementation research projects in enrolling study participants, obtaining informed consent, completing study procedures, collecting samples, collecting data, and entering data to the system according to study protocols, based on good clinical practice principles.

Core Accountability & Responsibility

1. To provide advice, information, education, and counseling to clients who receive HIV/STIs and other health-related services.
2. To interpret and notify lab results to clients.
3. To provide services, such as vaccine injection and STI treatment.
4. To manage appointments with clients.
5. To make appropriate referrals within the multidisciplinary team and to external agencies for supports and other needs.
6. To promote sexual health and wellbeing by raising awareness of sexual health services, liaising with colleagues as required.
7. To screen, enroll, and follow-up clients in the related studies.
8. To perform assigned tasks related to the study procedures in compliance with the protocol.
9. To enter clients’ information into the database.
10. To coordinate with the data team to ensure the completion and high quality of dataset.
11. To develop SOPs as requested, such as retention SOP.
12. Assist in site preparation, participant recruitment, screening, enrollment and follow-ups of assigned research studies.
13. To adhere to IHRI research policies, regulations, and GCP/HSP principles.
14. To manage the medical supply inventory for clinic.
15. Other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications and Experience

1. Bachelor degree of nursing science.
2. Minimum 3 years of clinical experience or research experience.
3. Good understanding and sensitivity to gender diversity, people living with HIV, and other vulnerable populations as well as good understanding of the political and ethical issues surrounding HIV and AIDS.
4. Good knowledge of HIV/AIDS and STI Prevention.
5. Actively keeping up to date with new knowledge and findings related to the field of HIV/STIs.
6. Must possess knowledge of other emerging work area including harm reduction, mental health, and SRH.
7. Possess competency over all streams of services including HIV/ADIS and STIs, gender-affirming hormone therapy, harm reduction, mental health, and SRH.
8. Ability to perform tasks with minimal supervision and ability to manage workload under pressure.
9. Computer literacy in Microsoft Office applications and relevant computer software skills.
10. Able to provide the services to clients with sensitivity to gender diversity and their social contexts.
11. Able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of clinical and implementation research.

Location

Pribta Clinic, 319 Chamchuri Square Building, 11st Floor, Unit 1109-1116 
Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand
**Convenient located near the MRT (Samyan Station)**