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| Makerere University Joint AIDS Program (MJAP) |
HIV Counselor job Post
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2021 - 2022
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
UGX
No. of vacancies: 01
Deadline: 10 March 2022
Hiring Organization: Makerere University Joint AIDS Program (MJAP)
Job Details:
To provide comprehensive HIV counselling and psychosocial support 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.
• Refer & link Clients to appropriate medical and psychosocial support.
• 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.
• Counsel and initiate PrEP to HIV high risk populations at facilities and the communities served.
• 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, Job requirements and competencies
• Certificate in Counselling from a recognized institution.
• At least 1-year 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)
Application procedure
Interested and qualified candidates should apply via the email below and submit their cover letters, a
detailed curriculum vita and copies of relevant academic documents to: hr@mjap.mak.ac.ug addressed
to; The Human Resource Manager, Makerere University Joint AIDS Program (MJAP), not later than
10th March 2022 at 5:00pm.
Date Posted: 2022-03-03
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