Position: Counselor – One Position for Kapilvastu, Taulihawa

Counselor is responsible to provide comprehensive care, counseling and data management at the AHF collaborative clinic at Nepal Government’s Hospital. S/he should collaborate with other health care professionals, PLHIV network and KP groups; provide psychosocial counseling; maintain record of patients care; conduct training to PLHIV and their family; and conduct assigned meetings at respective clinic.

Required qualifications and skills:

• Intermediate (Proficiency Certificate) in General Medicine (Health Assistant) or Nursing (Staff Nurse) from recognized institution and registered in concerned professional council
• One years of experience in Health related program. Experience in program related to HIV prevention, testing, treatment and care services
• Provide ongoing counseling to clients attending the clinic, ability to record data and prepare reports
• Ability to interact with technical experts and experience of working with Government Systems and Structures and support to facilitate continued medical education and technical working group meetings in the assigned clinic / location
• Collaborate with other health care professionals (medical officer, nurse, social worker, community health care worker, home-based caregiver, and psychologist) to adhere treatment protocol adopted by Nepal Government
• Computer literate with the workable knowledge on MS Office package and E-mail
• Able to work to meet deadlines and cope with a large number of tasks at one time