To provide comprehensive HIV counselling to clients, their families, Community members and to mobilize and support communities to respond to the HIV epidemic.
Specific duties and responsibilities
1. Provide Quality and Comprehensive Counselling Services to Clients, their partners and other
family members (Pre-test, Post-test, Adherence support, Intensive Adherence Counselling).
2. Conduct assessment of Patients for HTS and provide necessary psychosocial care.
3. Participate in the process of empowering patients with skills for self-reliance and making appropriate succession plans.
4. Conduct CMEs at the facility and community based on the assessed training needs.
5. Provide technical support to facility and community volunteers on HIV/AIDS and TB awareness
and document success stories.
6. Conduct health education talks on HIV prevention and other HIV related issues.
7. Conduct home visits to clients/patients and their family members.
8. Offer Index client counselling & testing to house members of facility clients she/he is attached
too.
9. Support linkage Volunteers in linking clients to appropriate Health & Social Services.
10. Document key outputs in the relevant MOH data capture tools.
11. Compile weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for the facilities supported on key HIV/AIDS and
TB indicators.
12. Participate in facility and program meetings as may be scheduled by the supervisor.
Minimum qualifications, and Job requirements.
• Diploma in Nursing, Counselling from a recognized institution.
• At least 1 years’ experience in HIV counseling in a busy clinical setting.
Mentorship, Counseling, and Communication skills.
• Must be willing to travel and provide care services at selected health facilities and outreaches.
• Willingness to work and live in rural areas is required.
• Special knowledge in the management of adverse events following circumcision and its related
complication.
• Confidentiality, team player and ability to empathize.
• Ability to communicate in the language dialects used in East Central region (Lusoga, Lugweri,
Swahili, Samia, Luganda)
