Community Health Worker

The home based care community health worker has a big role to play in supporting patients and communities, including educating patients and community members, providing psychological and social support, serving as the link between the clinic and the community, and performing home visits.

Requirements

• Increase level of awareness about TB/HIV and available services
• Contact tracing (social and household contacts), screening and referral of presumptive TB cases
• Follow up patients in their respective homes, through home visits
• Tracing of patients who have interrupted treatment, defaulters and bringing them back into care
• Refer / Escort TB and HIV patients on treatment for follow - up medical appointments
• Collect and label all specimen alongside with traditional healers and transport specimen to DOT Sites
• Use Commcare and forms for data collection when doing home visit
• Update patient’s information into Commcare when there are changes
• Work closely with EHealth team and CHW Operation and Training Coordinator
• Maintain patient’s confidentiality and be empathetic toward patients and families
• Work closely with Acute Need Program staff to address the social needs of vulnerable HIV/TB Patients
• Attend all meetings and trainings organized by the Community Based Program and HIV/TB clinical team

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Health insurance
• Opportunity to work with a global health and social justice organization