Job Description

Report To: Directly to SIC/Clinical Services Mentor/Assistant Technical Officer/ Provincial Technical Officer
Location:Matabeleland North Province – Mbuma Mission Hospital, Nkayi
Closing:Thursday 21st March 2024

Job Summary
This post supports the site to attain it’s 95, 95,95 targets through implementation of high yield HIV case finding strategies, facilitating linkages to prevention services, ART, and other HIV related services. The position supports adherence, and retention strategies through utilization of advanced counselling skills and psycho-social support activities.

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities
• Support HIV case finding activities through strengthening targeted HIV testing including index contact testing.
• Support linkages, adherence, and retention strategies at site level
• Support Adolescent Triple Zero activities (training, mentorship, and supervision of ATZ Champions) and day to day ATZ programming at site level including reporting. The CARO will also lead other treatment support activities like support groups, facility clubs, CATs and YMMs
• Support mental health screening among PLHIV / other at-risk persons and reporting.
• Facilitate home visits for ART delivery, Viral load Monitoring and Enhanced Adherence Counselling for clients with advanced HIV disease.
• Support community dialogues for targeted population groups
• Utilize counselling for Index contact testing (contacts elicitation, Intimate partner violence (IPV) and gender-based violence (GBV) screening.
• Enrol eligible clients in DSD models and provide psychosocial support services to patients in DSD models.
• Demand creation for HIV services and related services like TPT, CCST through referrals to clinicians and client follow up.
• Support retention activities such as effective referral through use of referral slips and defaulter identification and tracking registers.
• Documentation of case finding, adherence and retention activities conducted in all relevant registers (HTS, HIVST, Appointment diaries, Defaulter tracking, EAC, Contact Tracing etc). The CARO will work in close collaboration with the data entry clerk for reporting purposes.
• Mentor & work with ATZ leaders, YMMs, CATS on documentation in relevant registers and reporting
• Provide daily/weekly/monthly/ quarterly updates to the Nurse in charge, Assistant Technical Officer /Provincial Technical Officer and Treatment Support Services Coordinator on daily/weekly activities and identify challenges so that they are addressed on time.
• Support routine data collection, weekly and monthly timely reporting through the ZACH App, MRFs and customized excels. The CARO will also respond to ad-hoc requests.
• Any other duties and responsibilities as tasked by the supervisor.

Qualifications and Experience

Required Qualifications
• Minimum of a relevant, MOHCC Counselling Certificate (Diploma or degree in counselling is an added advantage)
• HIV Rapid testing qualification is a must.
• Previous mobilizing, HIV testing, and M&E experience is an added advantage.
• HIV programming experience in HIV Case Finding, ART adherence and retention including adolescent programming is an added advantage.
• Good standing with the community being served.
• Good communication skills and report writing skills required.

Key Result Areas/ZACH Competencies
• Producing results through measuring progress in attaining the 95,95,95 targets especially index contact testing, adherence among CAYPLHIV and overall retention in care
• Moving forward in a changing environment
• Fostering integration and teamwork
• Knowing and managing self
• Communicating in a credible and effective way