Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, November 07 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job summary
• Reports to the District DREAMS Coordinator/Implementation Officer (depending on the district), and works closely with the District Data Associates and other USAID CHEKUP I staff in the districts. The incumbent will work closely with community members who are at high risk of HIV infection and offer high impact HIV testing and prevention services. S/he will work in the community in close collaboration with government health facility and DREAMS centre-based staff, government, and non-governmental structures (CBOs, FBOs, CHAs, NHC etc).

Main duties
• Works closely with DHPO and other program staff in ensuring all eligible beneficiaries are provided with high impact HIV prevention services.
• Carries out routine community mappings to identify hot spots for target community mobilization and health education activities.
• Conducts health education and offers HIV testing services to all eligible individuals in the target communities.
• Distributes HIV self-test kits to eligible and willing community members using both assisted and unassisted HIV testing.
• Ensures all individuals with HIV-positive results are actively linked to care in the catchment/nearest facility.
• Ensures all individuals with HIV-positive results are offered partner notification services/index testing services.
• Ensures that all index contacts elicited are traced and offered HTS and appropriate HIV prevention services.
• Conducts data verifications with District Data Associates to ensure accuracy and completeness of data.
• Maintains confidentiality during provision of HIV services.
• Files all documents correctly, i.e. screening tools, elicitation forms, and other relevant documents.

Qualifications
• Minimum of full Grade 12 certificate.
• Ability to read and write in English.
• Working knowledge of the local language.
• Psychosocial counselling certificate and certified tester.
• Experience and skill using computers, tablets and databases is highly preferred.

Suitably qualified candidates are invited to apply. However, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

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