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JOB TITLE: HTS Counsellor / Tester
JOB LOCATION: Lagos
Employment Type: Contract
Number of Staff Needed: 10
Direct Supervisor: Program Officer
Indirect Supervisor: Monitoring & Evaluation Officer.
Supervisees: Nil
JOB DETAILS
- Mobile Foundation for Health Security & Rehabilitation (MHSR) are seeking to recruit HTS Counselor Testerswill be responsible for providing HIV Testing Services to patients and clients seeking services at the community and OSS using provider-initiated testing and counselling (PITC), voluntary counselling and testing (VCT), Safe and Ethical Index Testing, HIV Self Testing, and other novel HTS approaches.
- Candidate will be responsible for working closely with other service providers to ensure that the quality of HTS services is sustained as defined by the HTS National standards.
- The HTS Counselor Tester will also be responsible in providing the holistic Prevention Package interventions such as Pre- Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), Condoms, Lubricants, STI/ TB Screening and referral for further syndromic management, Behavioral Interventions, Post- Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP), Accompanied referral for all identified GBV cases and other linkage services through HIV Testing Services (HTS).
Specific Roles and Responsibilities
- Create awareness and provide education about the existence of HIV testing services
- Support in the identification of New Key Population Hotspot
- 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
- Screen all Key Population for STI, TB and refer for further management.
- Provide confidential HIV testing to clients, as per national HTS guidelines
- Provide on-going counselling and make relevant referrals for on-going support
- Always ensure quality of HTS services
- Document and maintain accurate HTS records including referrals and report on referral outcomes
- Compile and submit HTS reports on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis to the supervisor
- Timely requests for all the necessary consumables for undertaking HTS activities
- Ensure HTS optimization in the community and 100% linkage to ART Services
- 100% offer rate of safe and ethical index testing Services
- Provide Information Education Communication services to Key Population
- Perform any other duties as directed by the supervisor
Key Working Relationships:
- Direct Supervisor: Program Officer
- Indirect Supervisor: Monitoring & Evaluation Officer.
- Supervisees: Nil.
Qualifications and Skills
- A Minimum of College School Degree (WAEC, NECO), BSc in any relevant Health related or Social Sciences field with a minimum of 2 years’ relevant experience in implementing targeted community HIV Testing Services for Key Population.
- Previous or current experince with Key Population programming
- Certificate in HTS accredited by SACA, NASCP, or NACA.
- Conducted and Passed Proficiency Tests
- Demonstrated ability to work within a team environment.
- Excellent written, listening and oral communications skills.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks and work well under pressure.
- Excellent use of android application and computer literacy, particularly in the use of MS Office.
- Proficiency in both written and spoken English and other Nigerian languages.
- Ability to conceptualize and understand program needs.
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Deadline: March 25, 2022
Job Features
Job Category | Administration/ Office/ Operations |