HIV Testing & Counselors at Taita Taveta County Public Service Board

Job Group CPSB 15 ‘D’

Terms of Service    : Three (3) Years Contract

Basic Salary Scale : Kshs.14, 610 rising to Kshs. 16,250 per Month

Other Allowances: As provided for by the Salaries and Remunerations Commission

Job description

Reporting to the Facility in charge, the HTC Service Provider will support HIV testing and Counselling (HTC), drug adherence counselling, HIV Aids data recording and reporting, client referral/linkage to care and treatment, community outreach and promotion of behaviour change. S/he will assist in implementing HIV counselling and testing, services at the facility level.

Responsibilities

• Perform pre-test counselling, rapid testing and post-test counselling and address psychosocial effects as related to the client diagnosis at the facility and community
• Provide drug adherence counselling for the client and appropriate referral and
• Conduct client needs assessment in promotion of behaviour change and linkage to support groups.
• Promote preventive interventions through distribution of Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials and other commodities like condoms and demonstration on correct
• Defaulter prevention, identification and tracking to ensure compliance with health interventions.
• Obtain and document psychosocial information from the client which might be useful to the treatment plan, the implementation of the client’s treatment programme and follow
• Daily recording of the activities in relevant HTC tools, prepare monthly and quarterly HTC data summaries and report through the facility in-charge.
• Conducting HTC related health talks. 9. Follow up of clients and counselling and testing of family

Qualifications

• Be in possession of a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) with a minimum of D+ for certificate holders.
• Have a minimum of a certificate in medical training from a recognized institution OR a minimum of a certificate in psychological counselling or an equivalent qualification from a recognized
• Have a certificate in HTC from NASCOP
• Have current registration with relevant professional
• Have a certificate in computer applications from a recognized
• Work experience at a HIV testing and counselling (HTC) setting will be an added advantage