Care and Support Assistants at Pro-Health International

Job Responsibilities

• Develop an effective relationship through clear communication and building trust with HCWs in all supported facilities and communities.
• Ensures that adolescents/adult at different points of care are provided with HTS services (PITC, IT and PNS) and such also extended to family members and loved ones.
• Provide the HCWs at the facility level with necessary support and counselling to enable the newly tested positive come to terms with the diagnosis.
• Follow up with all testing points within the facility to ensure all clients testing positive newly, are linked to treatment.
• Follow up on tracking appointment defaulters and help HCWs set up appointment reminders to ensure all clients on ARV in all facilities are accounted for.
• Assist Adolescent champions/peer educators in graded disclosure to adolescents where necessary.
• Ensure that transitioning process is ongoing and eligible adolescents are successfully transitioned to adult clinic.
• Follow up on facility counselor in educating patients on HIV, ART, Nutrition, Stigma and other related topics.
• Support adherence counselling when necessary.
• Follow up on support group, caregiver’s forum and OTZ club meetings
• Follow up on PMTCT services at the facility and community level.
• Ensure timely EAC to virally unsuppressed clients at the facility level.
• Follow up on GBV services at the facility with report collation and submission.

Qualifications and Skills

• Registered Nurse / Midwife (RN) / (RM), or Bachelor of Nursing Science (BNSc.)
• Candidate must have 1 to 2 years USG funded PEPFAR HIV Prevention care and support implementation experience
• Candidate should have strong interpersonal skill and communication skills
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Demonstrated willingness to work in a team.
• Demonstrated initiative and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to use all micro soft packages including excel and PowerPoint