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3 Mar 2022

HIV Counselor at Makerere University Joint AIDS Program (MJAP)

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Job Description


To provide comprehensive HIV counselling and psychosocial support to clients, their families, Community members and to mobilize and support communities to respond to the HIV epidemic.

Specific duties and responsibilities:
• Provide Quality and Comprehensive Counselling Services to Clients, their partners and other family members (Pre-test, Post-test, Adherence support, Intensive Adherence Counselling).
Conduct assessment of Patients for HTS and provide necessary psychosocial care.
• Participate in the process of empowering patients with skills for self-reliance and making appropriate succession plans.
• Refer & link Clients to appropriate medical and psychosocial support.
• Conduct CMEs at the facility and community based on the assessed training needs.
• Provide technical support to facility and community volunteers on HIV/AIDS and TB awareness and document success stories.
Conduct health education talks on HIV prevention and other HIV related issues.
• Conduct home visits to clients/patients and their family members.
• Offer Index client counselling & testing to house members of facility clients she/he is attached too. Support linkage Volunteers in linking clients to appropriate Health & Social Services.
• Counsel and initiate PrEP to HIV high risk populations at facilities and the communities served.
Document key outputs in the relevant MOH data capture tools.
• Compile weekly, monthly and quarterly reports for the facilities supported on key HIV/AIDS and TB indicators.
• Participate in facility and program meetings as may be scheduled by the supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications, Job requirements and competencies
• Certificate in Counselling from a recognized institution.
• At least 1-year experience in HIV counseling in a busy clinical setting.
• Mentorship, Counseling, and Communication skills.
• Must be willing to travel and provide care services at selected health facilities and outreaches.
• Willingness to work and live in rural areas is required.
• Special knowledge in the management of adverse events following circumcision and its related
• complication.
• Confidentiality, team player and ability to empathize.
• Ability to communicate in the language dialects used in East Central region (Lusoga, Lugweri,
• Swahili, Samia, Luganda)

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Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should apply via the email below and submit their cover letters, a detailed curriculum vita and copies of relevant academic documents to: [email protected]  addressed

to; The Human Resource Manager, Makerere University Joint AIDS Program (MJAP), not later than 10th March 2022 at 5:00pm.




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