Multiple Job Opportunities at The University of Maryland - MGIC

. Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide confidential HIV counseling and testing to persons at risk for HIV infection as per Kenya HTS national guidelines
• Conduct HTS 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 HTS reports
• Provide health education to outpatient clients as a strategy of mobilizing clients for HIV testing

2. 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.

Qualifications

• Certificate in HTC Counselling (NASCOP Certified)
• One to two years’ experience in HIV counseling and testing ;