Job Summary
MINIMUM REQUIREMENT:
- Grade12
- A Nursing Diploma or a degree in Nursing is essential
- Current registration with the South African Nursing Council (SANC)
- Certificates in Nurse-initiated Management of ART (NIMART) and Adult Primary Care (APC) are essential
- NIMART competency certificate OR proof of POE (Portfolio of evidence) essential
- A dispensing license would be an advantage
- Valid South African Nursing Council Practice Certificate
- Drivers license essential as this is a community-based role
- Available immediately
EXPERIENCE:
- Five years’ experience in HIV prevention, treatment, care and support programmes and TB service provision
- Knowledge of HIV management, including the UNAIDS 95-95-95 goals and targets, and of TB management
- Knowledge of Ideal Clinic Realisation and Management (ICRM) and QIP frameworks
- Clinical care: understanding of the Universal Test and Treat (UTT) approach, QI processes and concepts, and competence in HIV clinical management (NIMART)
- Experience in provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC), including index case contact testing, is essential
- Experience in facilitation of HIV self-screening would be an advantage
- Good understanding of the South African public health system, including national and provincial policies and management structures
- Experience in providing supportive supervision and mentoring to junior staff working at the same facility
- Previous work experience in NGOs or funded programmes will be an advantage
- Computer literacy and sound knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide services using evidence-based HIV and TB interventions in all streams according to the National and Provincial Department of Health (DoH) policy,
guidelines and standard operational procedures
- Provide HIV Testing Services (HTS) at communities in identified target areas, and initiate patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART)
- Implement the Universal Test and Treat (UTT) policy according to the latest guidelines to support the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets
- Manage patients according to their viral load results – transitioning to DMoC, retaking of blood samples, or referring them for enhanced adherence counselling
(EAC) or for secondline treatment regimens
- Promote differentiated care options for stable patients by creating demand for the CCMDD service
- Identify and enrol eligible patients for transition to TLD
- Scale up CCMDD patient registration on the electronic SyNCH system
- Identify patients who are due for viral load tests at six and 12 months, according to the project guidelines
- Monitor viral load tests done on a weekly and monthly basis
- Support implementation of huddle meetings
- Mentor and Coach other clinicians on quality clinical care of patients
- Identify and document good facility practices from implemented Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) activities
- Actively transfer and check the successful transfer of patients to other clinics
- Participate in the facility’s weekly and monthly Operation Phuthuma huddle meetings
- Participate in data analysis (facility targets, tracer indicators, cascades)
- Submit daily, weekly and monthly data internally and to the facility
PLEASE EMAIL FULL CV WITH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS TO: recruitmentngo@gmail.com
Should you not receive a response within 2 weeks, kindly consider your application unsuccessful
CLOSING DATE: 19 June 2024