About the program:
The Joint
Effort for Elimination of TB (JEET) 2.0with support from The Global Fund aims to accelerate the
progress of the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP)
towards TB elimination by improving quality of care and increasing
patient access to drugs and diagnostics through technology-driven
interventions and partnerships with the private sector.
Specifically, the project will address gaps in Latent TB Infection
(LTBI) care cascade, measure and improve quality of care across the
cascade and build NTEP capacity with the objective to address the
LTBI burden by establishing mechanisms for household contact tracing
of adults and children in contact with Pulmonary TB patients and
ensuring access to comprehensive TB prevention, care and support services.
CHRI under this project will cover 33 NTEP
districts across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir,
Kerala and Ladakh.
Role & Responsibilities:
• Coordinate with Tele
counsellors, program staff (STS, TB HV, etc.), and PPSA staff to
obtain information on notified TB patients
• Conduct home
visit within 15 days of treatment initiation and meet with patient
and contacts to counsel them on LTBI, undertake symptom screening
and answer their queries on TB and LTBI treatment
• Link
symptomatic contacts for X-ray at nearest public or private health
facility
• Provide LTBI drugs to all contacts
• Conduct
follow-up visits to contacts for tracking adherence and delivering
drug refills
• Provide additional support for contacts who
have left the treatment mid-way for resuming the treatment
•
Provide necessary support to patients in case of adverse drug
reaction
• Counsel patients and family members for the
continuous and complete course of treatment
• Record treatment
adherence on a monthly basis and treatment outcome at the end of
treatment
• Maintain duly completed patient records and share
them with MIS Assistant on a periodic basis
• Provide
information on social support/security schemes for which patients
are eligible
• Education qualification –
Graduate or above, MSW preferred
• Prior work experience of
2-3 years as a Treatment counsellor
• Proficiency in the
local language, Basic knowledge of English (written) is
required
• Effective communications skills
• Empathy and dedication