The 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 with the aim of addressing stigma through the community sensitization activities to leaders, community members, etc.
- Contact tracing (social and household contacts), screening and referral of presumptive TB cases to DOT sites for diagnosis and communicate test results to patients with in three days.
- Follow up patients in their respective homes, through home visits and ensure patients education on side effects, TB and HIV issues, adherence counselling and prevention including community ART refills
- Tracing of patients who have interrupted treatment, defaulters and bringing them back into care in collaboration with in-charges at DOT/ART sites
- Refer / Escort TB and HIV patients on treatment for follow - up medical appointments including sputum smears, Gene x-pert, collection of medication, viral load testing and CD4 count tests and adverse side effects
- Collect and label all specimen alongside with traditional healers and transport specimen to DOT Sites with support from field supervisors.
- Use Commcare and forms for data collection when doing home visit, sync Commcare data and submit forms (Referral Tickets, Contact Tracing Forms and Treatment Calendar) at any giving time.
- Update patient’s information into Commcare when there are changes with Age, medication, Pregnancy status etc for quality data collection.
- Work closely with EHealth team and CHW Operation and Training Coordinator.
- Work closely with HIV/ TB Clinicians, facility officers, in- charges at DOT /ART sites for quality care of all HIV and TB patients.
- 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.
- Abide by all policies and protocols set forth by the National Leprosy and TB Control Program, National Aids Control Program and Partners In Health (PIH).
