Linkage Officer

A vacancy for Linkage Officers has become available in the Zululand District in the following Sub- Districts: 2x Abaqulusi, 1x Nkonjeni and 1x Pongola

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Grade 12
• Certification as an Enrolled Nurse is Essential
• Current Registration with South African Nursing Council (SANC)
• HIV/ AIDS Counselling Certificate and other courses are an advantage
• Minimum 1 - 2 years’ experience (excluding practical’s)
• Clear Criminal Record
• Detailed CV with full job duties
• Available immediately (Unemployed due to this being a contract position)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Link patients that tested positive in the community and facility into the facility for care and treatment
• Track and trace defaulting (early missed, late, unconfirmed LTFU) patients
• Facilitate data flow to outreach teams and map community outreach accordingly
• Provide health education

oDemand creation in the community:

o Testing

o Treatment

o Differentiated care modalities

o Health campaigns / wellness days

• Identify hotspots for testing campaigns
• Stakeholder engagement
• Attend and represent facility at community fora – WAC and War rooms

Tasks / Activities:

• Linking positive clients into care

o Same day Initiation

• Coordinate a “handshake handover” to clinician for treatment for all patients tested positive in the community and in the facility
• If not ready for linkage, record in linkage register for follow up

• Daily - draw a list of patients initiated onto treatment from linkage register
• Review 7 day follow up - Follow up with any patients that had identified clinical issue/reason that they have not been attended to at the clinic
• Review linkage register for tested but not initiated and send reminder for initiation
• Tracing LTFU

o Draw patient list of LTF (early missed, late, ULTFU)

o Call each patient 3 x over 3 days

CLOSING DATE: 17th January 2022