Community Linkage Officer at Anova Health Institute

The successful incumbent will be responsible for testing for HIV in communities and ensure that proper linkage to care of all HIV infected patients is done according to DoH guidelines.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Provide HIV Testing Services (HTS) to clients in communities.
• Outreach to find HIV positive persons not engaged on treatment.
• Drive to and from outreach sites.
• Link all persons who test positive to ART initiation and keep records of the linkage.
• Ensure that all clients tested HIV positive captured in HTS registers and other data management.
• Provide adherence counselling.
• Participate in meetings, as required, to discuss HTS/HIV/TB related issues.
• Collaborate with WBPHCOT teams for home visits.

Minimum qualifications and experience

• Grade 12
• Training in Basic HAST, HIV Counselling, Adherence counselling
• Driver’s license is a must
• Knowledge of DoH, HTS guidelines & protocols
• Certificate in couple counselling, RTQII, disclosure and Pediatric consent an advantage
• Good interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills are required
• Minimum 2 years’ experience working as an HTS counsellor
• Must be able to work independently and in a team
• Be able to work with little supervision
• Flexible and willing to travel to various communities and work on weekends as and when necessary