COUNSELLOR – 1 POSITION
Job Purpose
The Counsellor provides professional psychosocial support, counselling, emotional support, and appropriate referral services to patients and, where appropriate, their families.
Key Activities and Responsibilities
- Conduct counselling assessments and identify patients' psychosocial needs.
- Provide individual and appropriate group counselling.
- Support patients experiencing emotional distress, grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, or other psychosocial difficulties.
- Provide counselling related to illness, diagnosis, treatment, bereavement, and other life challenges.
- Maintain professional confidentiality and appropriate counselling records.
- Identify patients requiring specialised mental health or medical intervention and make appropriate referrals.
- Provide psychosocial support to patients and families.
- Participate in multidisciplinary case management.
- Provide health education and psychosocial awareness.
- Support vulnerable patients in accessing appropriate services.
- Follow professional ethical standards and hospital policies.
- Participate in community outreach and health promotion activities where required.
Qualifications and Experience
- Recognised qualification in Counselling, Psychology, Social Work, or a relevant field.
- Appropriate professional registration where applicable.
- Counselling experience in a healthcare environment is desirable.
- Strong communication, listening, interpersonal, and confidentiality skills.
Vacancy title:
Counselor
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Hospitality, and Tourism, Category: Healthcare, Human Resources]
Jobs at:
Uganda Martyrs' Hospital (UMH) Diocese of Jinja
Deadline of this Job:
Friday, September 4 2026
Duty Station:
Jinja, Uganda | Jinja
Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, August 22 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
COUNSELLOR – 1 POSITION
Job Purpose
The Counsellor provides professional psychosocial support, counselling, emotional support, and appropriate referral services to patients and, where appropriate, their families.
Key Activities and Responsibilities
- Conduct counselling assessments and identify patients' psychosocial needs.
- Provide individual and appropriate group counselling.
- Support patients experiencing emotional distress, grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, or other psychosocial difficulties.
- Provide counselling related to illness, diagnosis, treatment, bereavement, and other life challenges.
- Maintain professional confidentiality and appropriate counselling records.
- Identify patients requiring specialised mental health or medical intervention and make appropriate referrals.
- Provide psychosocial support to patients and families.
- Participate in multidisciplinary case management.
- Provide health education and psychosocial awareness.
- Support vulnerable patients in accessing appropriate services.
- Follow professional ethical standards and hospital policies.
- Participate in community outreach and health promotion activities where required.
Qualifications and Experience
- Recognised qualification in Counselling, Psychology, Social Work, or a relevant field.
- Appropriate professional registration where applicable.
- Counselling experience in a healthcare environment is desirable.
- Strong communication, listening, interpersonal, and confidentiality skills.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 12
Level of Education: bachelor degree
Job application procedure
Interested in applying for this job?
Click here to submit your application now
.
Interested and qualified candidates should submit:
An application letter, detailed curriculum vitae (C.V) including contact details of 3 professional referees. Send the application physically or via the e-address.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. All successful candidates will undergo reference checks and safeguarding screening in accordance with Diocesan recruitment policies.
|