The University of Maryland Baltimore
Global Health Initiatives through its operating arm Maryland Global Initiatives
Corporation Kenya implements comprehensive HIV prevention, care and treatment
programs to facilitate the Kenya Ministries of Medical Services and Public
Health to control the spread of HIV and rapidly scale up HIV services,
institute continuous quality improvement methods as well as the M & E
infrastructure necessary to support these services.
Vacancies: HTC Counsellors
15 Positions
University of Maryland through Partnership for Advanced Care and treatment (PACT) provides technical leadership in HIV care and treatment within Nairobi County and supporting 63 health facilities. HIV testing and counseling (HTC) is one of the areas of support.
The HTC counselor’s engagement is
geared towards accelerating HIV testing and counseling at facility level.
Reports to: PACT Longitudinal Care Improvement Specialist,
Facility in charge.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide confidential HIV counseling and
testing to persons at risk for HIV infection as per Kenya HTC national
guidelines
- Conduct HTC using provider initiated testing
and counseling, voluntary counseling and testing and targeted family
testing approaches.
- Provide special group counseling e.g. couples,
discordant couples, youths and adolescents
- Address issues of behavior change in relation
to HIV and ART
- Facilitate the delivery of HIV
Prevention information to clients
- Provide psychosocial support and assist with
linkage to referral services
- Assess and document all referrals make
follow-up and report on referral outcomes
- Compile and submit monthly HTC reports
- Provide health education to outpatient clients
as a strategy of mobilizing clients for HIV testing
Deliverables
- Using the national HIV testing and counseling
protocols, provide HIV Counselling and Testing to a minimum of 15
clients on a daily basis with a focus on new testers
- Ensure confirmed linkage (target of 80%) of
HIV positive clients.
Minimum Requirements and Personal
Specifications
- Certificate in HTC Counselling (NASCOP
Certified)
- One to two years’ experience in HIV counseling
and testing
Maryland Global Initiatives
Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All applications should be
submitted on or before 29th May, 2015 to:
The HR Manager, Maryland Global
Initiatives,
hr@mgickenya.org
Documents to be included: a cover letter with the applicants current contact information, updated CV showing the names of three professional referees.
