Vacancy title:
Counselor

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Research, Category: Management]

Jobs at:
Joint Clinical Research Centre ( JCRC )

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, September 12 2025

Duty Station:
Uganda | Kampala | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, September 9 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
▪ Provide targeted HIV screening & testing services, quality Pre-ART/ adherence and IACS counseling for newly enrolled and established clients in care.
▪ Work closely with health workers and expert clients to provide or mobilize clients for TB, PrEP in MCH, cancer cervix, NCDs literacy, screening & treatment services.
▪ Offer quality and client centered psychosocial support to caregivers of children, adolescents & adult PLHIV in care clients and their families.
▪ Work with community health workers to support client linkages to ART/TB Treatment, retention & completion of treatment and adherence for sustained viral load suppression.
▪ Work with facility health workers to sustain a good appointment and follow up system at the facility and the community to ensure TB patients/HIV client continuity in care
▪ Conduct integrated community outreaches for non-suppressed clients as entry for index clients testing, home based IAC, TPT, TB/HIV treatment refills, client follow up
▪ Conduct Household/social contacts TB conduct tracing and Community TB Screening at mapped hotspots.
▪ Engage and refer/link clients to other health, social and para legal services to ensure continuum of care and maintain accurate up to date daily activity logs and reports.
▪ Optimize use of the audit tool working with data clerk/HIA to plan for community activities, collect quality community data, monitor and report on priority HIV testing, adult & pediatric Care & Treatment, PMTCT/EID and TB services.
▪ Any other duties may be assigned to your supervisor for the wellbeing of the patient/clients. Person Specifications: Minimum Academic

Qualifications:
• HIV/AIDS Counselling Certificate or diploma in Counselling and Guidance • Medical training in nursing or midwifery will be an added advantage
•Experience and willingness to work in rural health facilities
• Knowledge and understanding of most current MOH HIV/TB guidelines and donor priorities
• Must have knowledge and understanding of the local language.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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