• Ensure quality (dHTS) is provided as per the National Testing Algorithm and dHTS guidelines.
• Ensure dHTS testing protocols are followed with fidelity: 6Cs, safe and ethical index testing.
• Work with MOH staff to ensure all mothers and children accessing services in MCH have a known HIV status and promote HTS to those with unknown HIV status.
• Conduct risk-based/eligibility screening and testing of all clients.
• Support referral and linkage of all high-risk negative clients and their partners to high-impact prevention services including PrEP, PEP, and OVC.
• Provide index testing and elicitation of sexual partners and biological children of index clients, SNS and offer HIVST.
• Participate in EQA activities including observed practice and proficiency testing.
• Utilize dHTS ledgers to document all clients tested, review entries made at all dHTS service points.
• Ensure intra and inter-facility referral and linkages for all newly identified clients and ensure their longitudinal follow-up.
• Support the M&E framework by reviewing and maintenance of dHTS ledgers, wall charts, data entry, reports, timeliness, and accuracy.
• Participate in monthly HIV care and treatment meetings, quarterly TB/HIV TWG meeting and review facility dHTS performances against the target.
• Support bimonthly forecasting, quantification, and reporting of dHTS test kits.
• Ensure availability all HTS protocols, SOPs, tools and guidelines.
• Accompany CHT TB/HIV team during community dHTS campaigns, workshops & trainings.
• Support Maryland NACP mentor and dHTS activities and contribute on strategies on attaining CHT goals and targets.
• Ensures self-professional development.

• Registered nurse, diploma in counselling or community health.
• Certificate in HIV Testing Services from certified institution is mandatory.
• Demonstrated 2 years’ experience in HTS service provision.
• Familiarity with donor HIV program implementation, documentation and reporting.
• Good communication skills, integrity and humility.
• Good understanding on equity, diversity and inclusion.
• Glebo, French languages are added advantage.

PartnersInHealth (PIH) is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee. It is the policy of PIH not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex and gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. PIH works in and with a number of governments in and outside the U.S., and to the extent applicable, this statement is intended to incorporate the prohibition of any unlawful discrimination covered by applicable laws in such countries, states and municipalities.

Commitment to Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment:

At Partners in Health, we are committed to ensuring that those who benefit from our work- including our patients, families and community members – as well as our staff are treated with dignity and respect and protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Partner in Health’s PSEAH policy. Partner in Health will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

PIH currently has implementation programs in Haiti, Rwanda, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Sierra Leone and Navajo Nation. Through our partnership with Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we support a wide range of programs in dozens of other countries around the world.

PartnersInHealth (PIH) is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee. It is the policy of PIH not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex and gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. PIH works in and with a number of governments in and outside the U.S., and to the extent applicable, this statement is intended to incorporate the prohibition of any unlawful discrimination covered by applicable laws in such countries, states and municipalities.