HTS Counsellor at Centre for Health Solutions - Kenya (CHS)

Overall Function:

The HTS Counselor will be responsible for providing HIV Testing Services to patients and clients seeking services in their respective health facilities using provider-initiated testing and counselling, voluntary counselling and testing, targeted family and partner testing/partner notification services and other novel HTS approaches.

Key responsibilities:

• Create awareness and provide education about the existence of HIV testing services
• Lead in the mobilization of clients for HTS
• Provide pre/post-test HIV counselling ensuring that clients understand risk factors, prevention methods and other relevant issues
• Provide confidential HIV testing to clients, as per national HTS guidelines
• Provide on-going counselling and make relevant referrals for on-going support
• Ensure quality of HTS services at all times
• Document and maintain accurate HTS records including referrals and report on referral outcomes
• Compile and submit HTS reports on weekly, monthly and quarterly basis to the supervisor
• Timely request for all the necessary consumables for undertaking HTS activities
• Participate in HTS QA activities like PT, counselling supervision etc.
• Ensure HTS Optimization in the facility
• Perform any other duties as directed by the supervisor

 Qualifications and Requirements

• Diploma in guidance and counselling, health-related or social science field.
• HTS Counselor certification from NASCOP
• Should be self-motivated
• Should have good interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision
• Work experience as an HTS Counselor in a health setting is an added advantage

Successful candidates will be supervised by their respective Hospital/Facility Health Management Team (HMT) from the Ministry of Health in conjunction with the CHS program team.