Community Health Worker (Wits RHI)

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Main purpose of the job:

• To recruit study participants from the community into a study, maintain retention of study participants through home visits/telephone tracking, participate in the process of raising awareness about the study and creating a relationship between the WRHI and the community

Location:

• 22 Esselen street, Hillbrow, Johannesburg

Key performance areas:

Support study Recruitment

• Promote studies and recruit participants
• Address potential participants in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOP)
• Inform willing participants that participation in the study is voluntary
• Address relevant concerns and misconceptions about the study
• Conduct prescreening interviews to determine eligibility into study
• Schedule appointment/s with eligible participants to attend further screening at study clinic
• Contact participants prior to their scheduled visits to remind them of their visit

Support Study Retention

• Prepare list of home visits according to priority and living area
• Contact participants telephonically to reschedule visits
• Accompany research staff to the dwellings or clinics
• Conduct counselling sessions with participants to ensure retention
• Support participant surveys
• Support translations

Support Research Literacy

• Conduct study awareness sessions in waiting areas
• Support focus groups/interviews/translation if needed
• Promote research within the community and community structures

Effective Self-Management

• Take ownership and accountability for tasks and demonstrates effective self-management
• Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of own work are consistently and accurately maintained
• Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
• Take ownership for driving own career development by participating in on-going training and development activities such as forums, conferences, policy setting workshops, etc.

Required minimum education and training:

• Grade 12
• Valid driver’s license
• Fluent in English and other African languages (Sesotho and Zulu preferable)

Required minimum work experience:

• Minimum 2 years working experience

Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities:

• Certification in Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
• Empathetic with good communication and interpersonal skills
• Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Be tactful, respectful and maintain confidentiality
• Able to work independently and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Demands of the job:

• Travelling and working over weekends (Saturdays) may be required
• Must be able to work in the community with participants who are HIV positive or negative and emotional because of HIV or other illnesses

TO APPLY:

• Only if you meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
• Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above requirements will not be considered for the respective position.
• 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.
• The closing date for all applications: 24 January 2025.
• 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 and response handling of the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.
• AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.
• Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
• Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks from the closing date can consider their application to be unsuccessful.