HIV Diagnostic Assistant (HDA) at Right to Care

Job Description

 

Position : HIV Diagnostic Assistant (HDA)

 

Duty Station : Various (Ntchisi, Mzimba, Nkhatabay, Rumphi & Likoma)

Job Summary :

The HIV Diagnostic Assistant will provide basic HIV information to clients, provide HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B
testing to clients in Antenatal, OPD, Maternity, Post Natal, U5C, In-Patient Wards, STI & TB Clinics as well as in community settings through Index and Social Network Testing strategies. Additionally, the HDA will ensure effective referrals and linkage of clients to prevention, care and treatment services. He/she will document, keep accurate records, and report on all testing-related activities while complying with an approved quality standard for the provision of testing services. Additionally, the HDA will effectively manage testing commodities to facilitate uninterrupted service delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Provide pre – test education sessions to clients

• Conduct demonstration and distribution of HIVSTK.

• Provide HIV Testing and other related test including but not limited to HIV, Syphilis, HBsAg while adhering
to WHO’s 5 C’s.

• Collect DBS samples for VL, DNA-PCR

• Actively support linkage to care and treatment services for all HIV+ clients.

• Actively offer and provide referrals to prevention services – PrEP, PEP, Condoms, STI and TB services

• Ensure proper recording and storage of documentation of all client services in standard M&E tools

• Reporting of monthly aggregate service data following MOH standards. Data management (collect, store, and
analyze data).

• Coordinate effectively with all the team members within a facility.

• Offer Index testing services to all newly diagnosed and previously HIV positive clients.

• Elicitation of contacts for active / passive index testing, follow-up, and HIV status ascertainment of contacts,
including HIV testing, active referral for HIV infected contacts for care and treatment services and prevention services for clients who test HIV negative

• Documentation and reporting of stock and utilization data for all commodities at the service delivery point.

• Conduct bi – weekly Quality Controls for all tests performed at the facility

• Conduct bi annual Proficiency Testing of blind samples provided by MoH

Minimum qualifications

• Should be a holder of MSCE with credits in Science Subjects and English.

• Certified HIV Testing and Counseling provider by MoH with 12 months hands on experience

· Training in the MOH Scan Form Technology and 3 Test Algorithm “a must”

Required competencies, skills, and experience.

• Proficient in writing and speaking English and any local language.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Strict adherence to confidentiality of client information

• Culturally sensitive to gender norms

• Team player

• Numerical skills

• Should require minimum supervision.

• Experience working in a PEPFAR funded HIV program will be an added advantage.

• Knowledge of computer skills e.g., MS Word, Excel will be an added advantage