Nurse Counsellor / Adherence Officer at Diadem Consults Ltd

Locations: Ahoada, Eleme, Obio-Akpor - Rivers

Job Summary

• To provide technical support and capacity strengthening in HIV counseling and testing, HIV/STI prevention education, STI syndromic management, ART and PrEP adherence counseling, care and psycho-social support group services and HIV related health care services at the community and the clinic.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the review of clinical records to evaluate the necessary level of patient care for HIV/AIDs prevention, care, and treatment in Diadem clinics.
• Provide treatment care and support to all PLHIV on the program
• Follow up and ensure the retention of clients on treatment in the OSS.
• Elicit for sexual partners from all clients newly enrolled and currently on treatment.
• Contribute to local capacity strengthening of the clinical team in adherence counseling and case management.
• Support the project implementation team in coordinating and supervising support group meetings and commodity management within the OSS.
• Contribute to the development and documentation of best practices, lessons learned and results and highlight the success of community based comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment and care among key populations.
• Provide psychosocial support and trauma informed care and support ,treatment, and referral services to Key affected population.
• Provide STI syndomic management to PLHIV on the field and in the OSS.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Clinician and Technical officer.

Qualifications

• Level of Education - Bachelor of Nursing Degree. MPH is an advantage.
• Minimum of 3 years relevant working experience in HIV and Sexual & Reproductive programming in the public or private health sector.
• Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria
• Knowledge of MS application soft wares.
• Ability and willingness to travel within the state and country when needed
• Trained and certified HIV and AIDS counselor
• Strong analytic and communication skills, ability to write clearly under time pressure.