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Essential Job Responsibilities

• The incumbent should have a full-time presence at the mobile screening camp for providing Xpert test services to beneficiaries coming to the camp.
• The incumbent will be working 6 days a week and moving from one district to another to conduct screening camps for TB patients.
• Taking sputum samples from the presumptive TB cases identified through camps, advise the patient how to provide a good quality sputum sample.
• Prepare sputum samples for the Gene Xpert test as per SOPs.
• Maintain the temperature of sputum samples and cartridges as per national guidelines.
• Ensure daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance of the Gene Xpert machine.
• Follow SOPs for regularly checking equipment for malfunction/errors and immediate reporting.
• Ensure that the calibration of the Gene Xpert machine is done well on time.
• Keep the equipment neat and clean and avoid dust entry by properly covering the equipment after camp.
• Ensure the safety and security of the Gene Xpert machine and its accessories.
• Inform the District Field supervisors about the results of the Xpert test and ensure the registration of B+ve patients.
• Prepare monthly statistical records of the screened, presumptive, and positive TB cases and submit them to the Program Officer.
• Attend training on the handling of the Gene Xpert machine.
• Perform other required tasks assigned by the supervisor.

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