Job Summary

Reporting to the facility in-charge, the main responsibility of the Adherence Counselor is to provide education on HIV and HIV-related topics and adherence counseling services at health facility level within a HIV Comprehensive Care Centre (CCC)

Roles and Responsibilities

• Participate in retesting of newly identified HIV positive clients
• Provide continuous psychosocial support as well as treatment preparation to clients in the CCC
• Coordinate patient tracking activities supported by the community health volunteers including appointment booking, defaulter tracing activities, home visits and referrals of patients where necessary
• Identify and address barriers to adherence and strengthen adherence counseling for all patient populations including patients with viremia, adolescents and children
• Organize and facilitate support group sessions for infected and affected clients including priority groups i.e. discordant couples, adolescent and young people, patients with viremia and children
• Support clients disclose their HIV status with a focus on pediatrics and adolescents
• Facilitate the delivery of Positive Health Dignity & Prevention (PHDP) information to clients enrolled in CCC
• Ensure proper documentation of client records, registers and reports.
• Ensure all contacts of index clients with unknown HIV status are tested and documented in clients’ record
• Supervise the community health volunteers and peer educators to optimize performance
• Conduct CQI activities to improve gaps identified based on data.

Required Qualifications

• Diploma in a health-related course.
• NASCOP Adherence Counselling Certificate.
• Minimum 3 years’ relevant experience.
• Strong counseling, interpersonal, and reporting skills
• HTS certification is an added advantage.

Required Documents

• Curriculum Vitae
• Mandatory

Note: Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

• Participate in retesting of newly identified HIV positive clients
• Provide continuous psychosocial support as well as treatment preparation to clients in the CCC
• Coordinate patient tracking activities supported by the community health volunteers including appointment booking, defaulter tracing activities, home visits and referrals of patients where necessary
• Identify and address barriers to adherence and strengthen adherence counseling for all patient populations including patients with viremia, adolescents and children
• Organize and facilitate support group sessions for infected and affected clients including priority groups i.e. discordant couples, adolescent and young people, patients with viremia and children
• Support clients disclose their HIV status with a focus on pediatrics and adolescents
• Facilitate the delivery of Positive Health Dignity & Prevention (PHDP) information to clients enrolled in CCC
• Ensure proper documentation of client records, registers and reports.
• Ensure all contacts of index clients with unknown HIV status are tested and documented in clients’ record
• Supervise the community health volunteers and peer educators to optimize performance
• Conduct CQI activities to improve gaps identified based on data.

• Strong counseling skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Reporting skills

• Diploma in a health-related course.
• NASCOP Adherence Counselling Certificate.
• HTS certification is an added advantage.