Linkage Officer at Anova Health Institute

 Key Duties and Responsibilities 

HIV testing and Counselling

• Provide HIV Testing and Counselling (HTC) services at facilities to reach targeted
• Conduct pre and post-test HIV counselling for all clients recruited
• Screen all clients for TB and STI
• Conduct health talks for clients that are waiting to be attended
• Distribute IEC materials related to HIV, TB and STI

Linkage to care

• Emphasise linkage to care from Pre-test counselling to avoid linkage delay
• Refer/link all positive clients to care
• Refer all positive clients to Tracing officers daily
• Refer all STI and TB suspects  to the facility for further management

 Quality assurance

• Ensure that testing site is well equipped to provide high quality testing services, records and report accurate HIV test to clients
• Ensure compliance of quality assurance procedure
• Perform routine independent quality control prior to using the HIV test kits

 Reporting requirement

•  Submit reports on a daily , weekly and Monthly basis
• Complete the approved consent forms for HIV testing and TB screening
• Safely store the copies of the consent forms

Minimum qualifications and experience

• Grade 12 (Matric)
• At least 2 years’ experience working as an HTS counsellor
• Certificate in Basic HAST, HIV Counselling, Adherence counselling
• Knowledge of DoH, HTS guidelines & protocols
• Must be able to work independently and in a team
• Be able to work with little supervision
• Good communication skills