HTS COUNSELLOR - KAINUK HEALTH CENTER WITH LOKICHAR HEALTH SERVICE - Lokichar
(2020 - 2022-11)
- Health talk both at facility and community level
- Screening of all clients who are eligible for various services e.g Cervical cancer screening, TB, and services, VMMC, Preps sensitization
- Offering HIV testing and counselling services to those eligible
- Conducting outreach testing services for key population
- Conducting home visits for APNs services
- Assisting drug dispensation at pharmacy
- Collaborating with ccc staff to STF and IIT clients line listing for possible testing of their partners
- Championing of HTS services in stakeholders forums
- Preparing monthly reports both for programme and MOH
- Training other staffs on screening and APNs strategy
HTS counsellor - AMPATHPLUS PROGRAM - Kalokol
(2020-09 - 2020-10)
- Offering knowledge of HIV status to all eligible person and providing quality counselling and clients testing
- HTS service provisioning at all service delivery points to ensure 100% coverage
- Providing suitable help on partner's notification services to partners of people living with HIV while protecting rights and observing professional ethics
- Ensuring enough facilitation of individuals and couples counselling sessions is well followed
- Making and facilitating referrals and linkages for clients tested positive to care and treatment services that are necessary for them
- Observation of NASCOP operational protocols, guidelines and SOPs in provision of HIV testing services
- Healthy working relationship with health care workers in the service delivery points
- Correct documentation on generated data in the approved data tools as required by NASCOP and AMPATHPLUS Program
- To participate in all levels of internal and external quality assessment as required by the ministry of health and sanitation in collaboration with Ampathplus program
- Observing professional ethics and principals at all time i.e. confidentiality, consent counselling by protecting the client served from any form of harm and abuse
- Working with minimal supervision ready for any task assigned to me
Adherence Counsellor - MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION - Kenya Red Cross society Kalobeyei Health Centre - Kalobeyei
(2019-07 - 2019-12)
Trained on emergency response and disaster management by Kenya Red Cross Societies in Kakuma Refugee Hospital.
- Conducting adherence counselling and retention activities' at all facilities coordinating with CCC in charge/facility in charge
- Follow ups and monitoring on routine viral loads suppression strategists are met effectively
- Conducting Enhanced adherence counselling to client on high viremia
- Helping TB/HIV clients on adherence processes leading to good adherence
- Helping in disclosure to clients leading to viral suppression
- Conducting MDT to those clients of very high viremia in order to improve their health seeking behavior and to monitor their viral loads after three months of good adherence
- Conducting an audit of appointment cards on missed appointment dates Defaulters tracing and home visit through peer educators, phone calls and sms reminders Providing supports on RTCP by giving booster adherence counselling and HIV information
- Participate in counselling support on supervision session and group therapies as scheduled in line with NASCOP requirements
- Able to confirm patients appointment cards are updated as the diary and ensure completeness and accuracy in documentation of the diary
- Able to compile Daily summary report on patients attendance and page summaries on relevant registers
- Manage the sms reminders prior to appointment date. And complete and update locator form in the patients files
VCT, CCC and ADHERENCE Staff / Adherence Counsellor - MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION - Lodwar County and Referral Hospital - Lodwar
(2016 - 2019-06)
Attachment, Voluntary engagement, and Contract positions with EGPAF (3 months) and Turkana AMPATHPLUS (3 months declined December 2019).
- Helping TB/HIV clients on adherence processes leading to good adherence
- Helping in disclosure to clients leading to viral suppression
- Conducting MDT to those clients of vey high viremia in order to improve their health seeking behaviours and to monitor their viral loads after three months of good adherence
- Conducting an audit of appointment cards on missed appointment dates
- Defaulters tracing and home visit through peer educators, phone calls and sms reminders
- Providing supports on RTCP by giving booster adherence counselling and HIV information
- Participate in counselling support on supervision session and group therapies as scheduled in line with NASCOP requirements
- Able to confirm patients appointment cards are updated as the diary and ensure completeness and accuracy in documentation of the diary
Voluntary Mobilizer and Interpreter - SPANISH DOCTORS - Lodwar County Referral Hospital Camp
(2018-02 - 2018-03)
Camp for surgery.
- Mobilizing patients for cancers screening (pap smear)
- Evaluating patient and assessing them according to places where they are coming from e.g. remote areas
- Assessing factors contributing to serious diseases especially to those booked according to their names tags, sick patients suffering LIPOMA, SCROTAL SWELL, GOITURE and HYDATIDOSIS patients, STOMACH HANIA AND THOSE WITH KALAZER
- Directing those booked patients for surgery
Field Data Clerk - Sight Savers - Loima and Central sub County
(2017-09 - 2017-10)
Trachoma programs Survey (16 days, Super School of five).
- Taking data on school aged children on washing hands and hygiene practices lead to Trachoma eradication
- Taking an audit to evaluate teachers on pupils' enrolments in school to ensure there is good water, sanitation and waste management
- Observation of children faces and hands washing vessels
- Taking data on environmental hygiene, waste management, accessibility of health care services and water availability in the community
HTS Provider - World Vision, Turkana - Kanamkemer Ward and Township Ward
(2017 - 2017)
Outreach HTS services (21 days).
- Keeping of clients record safely and ensures confidentiality
- Daily submission of reports
- Advice and Counselling clients on Health Management in HIV& AIDS
HTS Provider - Impact Research Development Organization (IRDO) - Turkana County, Turkana South in Lokichar, Katilu
(2016 - 2017)
6 months.
- Providing Health talks to the community on HIV, Mobilization and sensitization of male circumcision
- Providing Outreach community HTS services
- Implementation of policies and plans
- Keeping of clients records safely and ensure confidentiality
- Timely submission of monthly reports
- Clients linkages to nearby facilities
Field Staff - SPANISH DOCTORS - Turkana
(2016-05 - 2016-05)
Eye Campaign field and Camps.
- Observation of visual Acuity of the eye in response towards light
- Diagnosis and treatment
- Health talks (General Hygiene)
- Surgery on clients suffering from cataracts
Staff - Lodwar County Referral Hospital of Turkana - Lodwar
Department of public Health, VCT and disease Surveillance.
- Work closely with HTS counsellors to ensure optimization register is regularly reviewed
- Registering reactive clients and linking them for further medication
- Education on diseases such as measles, polio, new natal tetanus
- Obtain screened and tested clients test results from the HTS laboratory register, booklet filled accurately and tally them with tallying sheet
