Job ID: 298349

Index Testing Coordinator

Jabalpur Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS

Location: Rewa, Madhya Pradesh

Apply by: 12 Jul 2026

Relevant Sectors

Administration, HR, Management, Accounting/Finance

Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS, Nutrition

Private Sector, Corporate Social Responsibility

Position: Index Testing Coordinator
Location: Rewa
Salary : 12000/-
Travel: As per budget

Educational Qualification and Experience
Graduate in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, Nursing, Public Health, or any related discipline.
Candidates with relevant experience may be considered even if they do not fully meet the educational qualification
3 Years work Experience in HIV Programmes, community health and counselling
Experience of working with CSC, TI, or community-based organisation is desirable.
Persons Living with/KP individual with relevant programme experience are strongly encouraged to apply.

Roles and Responsibilities
The Index Testing Coordinator shall be responsible for implementing all activities related to Index Testing under the CSC.
Community Outreach and Partner Identification
Strengthen community outreach to improve Index Testing coverage.
Identify eligible sexual partners, injecting partners, and other priority at risk contacts of PLHIV.
Conduct systematic partner elicitation using approved national guidelines.
Build trust and rapport with clients to encourage voluntary disclosure of partner information.
Ensure confidentiality throughout the Index Testing process.

Counselling and Risk Assessment
Provide confidential pre-test and post-test counselling.
Conduct comprehensive risk assessments.
Explain the benefits of Index Testing and obtain informed consent.
Address fears, stigma, discrimination, and confidentiality concerns.
Promote voluntary partner notification using client-preferred approaches.

HIV Screening and Referral
Conduct Community-Based HIV Screening (CBS) where applicable.
Facilitate HIV screening through approved screening methods.
Ensure timely referral of all reactive clients to designated ICTCs for confirmatory HIV testing.
Coordinate with ICTCs to ensure completion of confirmatory testing.

Linkage to Treatment
Ensure immediate linkage of all confirmed HIV-positive individuals to ART Centres.
Facilitate ART registration and treatment initiation.
Support newly diagnosed individuals through treatment preparedness counselling.
Coordinate with CSC staff to provide adherence counselling and follow-up services.
Ensure follow-up of clients who miss appointments or are lost to follow-up.

Coordination
Coordinate regularly with:
Care and Support Centres (CSC)
ICTCs
ART Centres
DAPCU
SACS
Community-Based Organisations (CBOs)
Targeted Intervention (TI) projects
PLHIV Networks
Participate in district review meetings and programme planning meetings.

Job Email ID:

rewacsc(at)gsnpplus.org