Prof Nurse (NIMART) x2 (6 Months FTC) - FREE STATE

One of our clients, Wits Health Consortium (RHI) is busy with a School-Based HIV and Violence Prevention Programme countrywide. This Project created career opportunities for Professional Nurses (NIMART) for a 6 months contract period with the potential to become permanent depending on funding.

Required minimum education and training:

• Relevant Nursing diploma or equivalent
• South African Nursing Council 
• Minimum 3 years experience in public health and Nimart certificate or at least 2 years managing ART clients and in the process of getting NIMART certificate; dispensing license

Location: FREE STATE (Bethlehem - Thabo Mofutsanyane) - (2 positions available in this region)

Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities:

• Essential: Certification/experience in sexual and reproductive health (particularly contraception and STI management); and HIV prevention and management. Sound technical knowledge of PEP, PrEP, ARV, TB-HIV integration, treatment, and care of infectious diseases.
• Desirable: Knowledge of national, provincial, and district health structures.
• Experience working in a donor-funded organization / NGO or project-based environment and desirable to have experience working with schools and institutions of higher learning.
• Knowledge of clinical systems and data management.
• Exceptional organizational and administrative skills together with working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Ordered and systematic in approach to tasks.
• Attention to detail.
• Proactive, able to exercise discretion and independent decision-making.
• Able to prioritize own workload and work towards deadlines.
• Self-motivated, able to work independently, and work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Able to speak other African languages. 

The main purpose of the job:

• To initiate PrEP, manage SRHR client needs, screen for TB and NCDs, provide HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) and manage minor ailments in support of the achievement of School-Based HIV and Violence prevention programme targets; to lead the community-level team in the implementation of the programme, and in quality improvement activities to ensure the quality of care for HIV/TB clients ( youth and adults) and AGYW

Key Performance:

• Clinical care and treatment
• Quality improvement (QI) needs assessment and program implementation.
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Assist Clinical Mentor with maintaining good pharmacy practice
• Effective self-management and performance ownership

TO APPLY:

• Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
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• CLOSING DATE - 24 May 2022
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