Job Title: ART Counsellor (Fresher Job Opportunities)
Organisation: Makerere University Joint AIDS Program (MJAP)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Counsellor Team Lead
About US:
Makerere University Joint AIDS Program (MJAP) is a private-not-for profit Company under Makerere University. MJAP works to build partnerships and strengthen health systems to optimally respond to HIV/AIDS, TB, Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and other diseases of public health importance in Africa.
About the Program:
MJAP is implementing a sub-award grant from Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), for accelerating HIV/AIDS Epidemic Control in Kampala region; with funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
Job Summary: To provide quality, comprehensive nursing care and treatment to HIV/AIDS infected patients in line with program clinical guidelines and procedures.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Explain the benefits of ART/ARVs to all HIV positive clients, their dosage, possible side effects and how to manage the mild side effects and major side effects as per MJAP and MOH guidelines
- Conduct health education talks to clients on how they can live positively with HIV; through information giving on ART, prophylactic, other medications, HIV prevention.
- Monitor client’s adherence to medication and counsel them on the need for 100% adherence to medication and clinic schedules in accordance to the MJAP policy.
- Conduct both initial and ongoing counselling adherence counselling
- Explain to clients the need for laboratory tests, frequency and later explains the results e.g. viral load and interpret the meaning of each as per the MOH policy.
- Assess psychosocial needs; client might be facing with a view of helping him/her to solve these needs and if possible link them to other service providers.
- Document learning experiences from each client to be used in knowledge creation and sharing in order to improve counselling services as per the MJAP guideline.
- Implement high yield HIV case identification strategies e.g APN, SNS in identification of new HIV positive patients in care
- Counsel patients on differentiated services delivery models and recommend eligible ones for initiation and retention into the various models.
- Offer technical assistance to MJAP supported facilities to improve HIV care and treatment indicators
- Any other duties as assigned to you by your supervisor
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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant must hold a Diploma in Nursing or related discipline
- Must be registered with the Nurses council
- The position holder will have training in ART Counselling
- At least two years’ experience in a busy clinical setting
- Special knowledge in the management of HIV/AIDS and its related complications, confidentiality, team player, ability to empathize and be patient, nursing & counseling skills
How to Apply:
All interested and qualified candidates should apply via the email below clearly indicating position applied for in the subject line 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).
Please ensure that your attachments do not exceed 5 MB.
We do appreciate your interest to work with MJAP. However, we regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 4 weeks after the submission deadline.
Deadline: 21st October 2022 by 5:00pm
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