HTS Supervisors (2 Positions) at The Center for International Health, Education and Biosecurity (CIHEB)

Overall Job Description:

The HTS Supervisor will provide direct supervision to HTS Counselors who provide HIV testing services and linkage of HIV infected clients to care in PACT Endeleza supported facilities. S/he will oversee quality of implementation of HTC services in all health service delivery points

Key Responsibilities:

• Enhance the provision of quality HTS services by HTS service counselors in all service delivery points as per Kenya HTS national guidelines leading to HIV testing of 100% of eligible facility attendants.
• Strengthen referral and enrollment of all clients who test HIV positive in HIV care resulting on 95% of clients linked to HIV care.
• Coordinate defaulter tracing of pre-enrollment clients not linked to care in supported facilities.
• Ensure optimization in testing of elicited contacts in assisted partner notification services.
• Coordinate and participate community targeted testing as appropriate.
• Coordinate monthly counsellor testing observed sessions.
• Participate in counsellor supervision sessions/meeting to handle counsellors’ burn out issues.
• Coordinate HTS data collection and reporting from allocated facilities as per PACT Endeleza timelines.
• Ensure maintenance of well-documented HTC registers and HTC wall charts in allocated sites.

Reports Expected:

• Daily HTS data from all supported counsellors
• Weekly aPNS data from all allocated facilities
• Test kit consumption data including available balances per sites

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Counselling/Psychology
• NASCOP certified HIV Counselling and Testing certificate
• Five (5) years’ experience in Providing HIV testing Services and assisted partner notification services