TB Peer Counsellor
Advertised: 16 May 2025
Burnet Institute
Medical and Healthcare, Non Government Organisations (NGOs) | National Capital District
We are seeking a qualified and experienced professional to fill the role of TB Peer Counsellor under the Child TB/HIV Project in Port Moresby, NCD.
Role Purpose:
The Peer Counsellor is responsible for providing a range of patient education and counselling services for people on treatment for TB disease and latent TB infection, and their families. Additionally, the Peer Counsellor will facilitate patient referrals, ensuring linkages to various care and support services, and lead peer-support group sessions.
Key Responsibility Areas (KRA’s)
- Provision of education and counselling support
- Referral and collaboration
- Documentation and reporting
- Community engagement
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Applicants must submit a covering letter including a statement outlining suitability against the responsibility areas and key competencies and qualities (2 pages max) and a current CV including qualifications, recent positions and two referees (3 pages max).
Applications by email only to [email protected] on or before 28th May 2025.
Please note: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
More information
Job ID: #23483
Industry: Medical and Healthcare, Non Government Organisations (NGOs)
Location: National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
Company: Burnet Institute
Company Description: Burnet Institute is a leading not-for-profit, unaligned, and independent Australian medical research and public health organisation focused on achieving better health for vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally by accelerating the translation of research, discovery, and evidence into sustainable health solutions. The Institute is headquartered in Melbourne with programs that run across Asia, the Pacific and in Africa. This includes technical specialists, scientists and researchers based in our Melbourne office and international staff working through international offices in Myanmar and Papua New Guinea. The Burnet’s work in PNG is guided by the Burnet PNG 2030 Strategy which has equity at its centre as it aims to “Reach for the many”. The Strategy has four key pillars – Health Impacts, Organisational Capacity, Our People, and Our Partners. For more than a decade, Burnet has addressed some of PNG’s critical health problems by implementing community-based programs using international development and public health principles. We have also undertaken social and clinical research, supporting the development of an improved evidence base to inform policy development. Partnering with both government and nongovernment health agencies and regional research networks, we have focused programming on major health issues including maternal, child and adolescent health; sexual and reproductive health; immunisation; vector-borne diseases such as malaria; and major public health threats such as HIV and tuberculosis.
Company Website: https://www.burnet.edu.au
Source: www.pngworkforce.com