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
- Provide Quality and Comprehensive Counselling Services to Clients, their partners and other family members (Pre-test, Post-test, Adherence support, Intensive Adherence Counselling).
- Conduct assessment of Patients for HTS and provide necessary psychosocial care.
- Participate in the process of empowering patients with skills for self-reliance and making appropriate succession plans.
- Conduct CMEs at the facility and community based on the assessed training needs.
- Provide technical support to facility and community volunteers on HIV/AIDS and TB awareness and document success stories.
- Conduct health education talks on HIV prevention and other HIV related issues.
- Conduct home visits to clients/patients and their family members.
- Offer Index client counselling & testing to house members of facility clients she/he is attached too.
- Support linkage Volunteers in linking clients to appropriate Health & Social Services.
- Document key outputs in the relevant MoH data capture tools.
- Compile weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for the facilities supported on key HIV/AIDS and TB indicators.
- 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 2 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).
