Main purpose of the job:

• To provide individualized support for patients newly diagnosed with HIV and those already on ART, including follow-up contacts to ensure the retention of clients in HIV services

Location:

• Folang Clinic, Pretoria – Tshwane

Key performance areas:

• Work together with the Counsellor to identify patients tested HIV positive and initiated on ART in the allocated facility and catchment area and enroll them into treatment navigator care
• Provide individualised support for patients newly diagnosed with HIV and initiated on ART, including follow up contact through regular meetings, phone calls and SMS
• Remind the patients about their next visit appointments for first and subsequent follow up visits for the first 12 months through SMS, phone call and home visits
• Send SMS's and make telephonic call reminders to the patient about the next appointment date, 1st SMS and call at 7 days prior the appointment date and the 2nd SMS and call to be at 2 days prior the next appointment date
• Provide information to patients on other health services available in the clinic or community
• Trace all clients who missed appointments within 24 to 72 hours to avoid early, late and unconfirmed missed appointments (SMS, call and home visit)
• Refer all HIV positive clients with different needs to multi-disciplinary teams (psychosocial, nutrition, etc.)
• Provide health talks on HIV, TB, Sexual Reproductive Health topics and other related health services
• Participate in health promotion campaigns, including holiday programmes and youth events. These will occasionally occur on the weekend
• Distribute condoms and IEC material within the community
• Recruit clients for HIV counselling and testing, and other health screening services in the community
• Motivate individuals and groups to bring their partners and children for HIV/TB and other health services
• Organise community awareness, screening, mop up and tracing campaigns on quarterly basis to improve the management of HIV clients and retention into care activities
• Compile reports of activities and patient outcomes
• Keep a record of daily activities
• Share all reports and records timeously

Required minimum education and training:

• Grade 12 or equivalent

Required minimum work experience:

• At least 6 months of volunteer relevant experience in the health field, or related post

Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills

Demands of the job:

• Teamwork and collaboration

Communications and relationships:

• Able to work in a highly pressurised and challenging environment
• May be required to work at sites that are under Confidentiality, tact with discretion to be maintained at all times

TO APPLY:

• Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
• Please Apply Online and complete your registration on Ditto Hire (our application tracking system) to enable and protect you as a candidate to accept the new POPIA terms and conditions. This will then create your permanent profile with which you can apply for all jobs as advertised by AJ PERSONNEL. However, you may remove your profile from AJ PERSONNEL when you are no longer in the job market.
• Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
• The closing date for all applications: 21 November 2024.
• Note WHC, in accordance with their Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.

Please note:

• AJ PERSONNEL is only responsible for the advertising of the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.
• Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
• Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful.
• AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.