Linkage Officer

Our client in the NGO sector is seeking Linkage Officers in the Zululand and Uthukela Districts

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)
• Detailed CV with full job duties
• Available immediately 

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

Due to the large number of applications, should you not receive a response within 2 weeks, kindly consider your application unsuccessful

CLOSING DATE: 01st April 2022