Professional Nurse (NIMART) Key Populations Programme (WRHI)

Main purpose of the job:

• The Professional Nurse will provide comprehensive quality HIV and Primary Health Care services to sex workers within fixed and mobile clinical settings

Location:

• Pretoria - Tshwane

Key performance areas:

• Provide comprehensive sex worker-friendly clinical services within a multi-disciplinary team
• Provide Primary Health services, counseling for and promoting risk reduction and holistic patient care
• Provide HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT), Nurse-initiated and managed antiretroviral therapy (ART), and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) according to DoH guidelines; identify and refer patients with ART failure or complications and support Counsellors to promote patient adherence to ART
• Provide Sexual Reproductive Health Care (SRH) including Family Planning and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) screening and treatment
• Conduct TB screening
• Prescribe and dispense appropriate treatment in line with good pharmacy practice
• Support and guide Peer Educators to provide support to clients prior to, during and post-treatment
• Support delivery of health promotion and education programs
• Perform and comply with administrative procedures associated with accurate clinical record keeping and reporting including patient records and confidentiality
• Implement and comply with relevant policies, procedures & protocols
• Assist in standardization of procedures, tools & infrastructure
• Take part in ongoing Quality Improvement Planning and quality assurance of the operational activities of the clinic
• Support the development of project plans and timelines for addressing identified needs and priorities
• Contribute to accurate Monitoring and Evaluation (ME) processes
• Support the review of challenges and achievements in implementing donor-funded programs
• Participate in research studies conducted at the clinic
• Compile or give input into relevant donor and Wits RHI reports
• Integrate feedback from quarterly reports into the program implementation plan and subsequent progress reports
• Participate in short-term rotations to other Wits RHI clinics within the district in times of staff shortages when needed

Required minimum education and training:

• Diploma/Degree in Nursing (NQF Level 5)
• Dispensing License
• NIMART trained
• PrEP trained

Required minimum work experience:

• 5 years’ experience working in an NGO setting/primary health care setting

Professional body registration:

• South African Nursing Council

Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities:

• Understanding of the challenges facing sex workers/transgender people in the health context
• An ability to communicate and work well with sex workers/transgender people
• Willingness to work in unconventional community settings, brothels, and hot spots
• Previous experience in Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) services and ART adherence support
• Knowledge of national, provincial, and district health structures
• Knowledge in clinical and data management and analysis
• Able to prioritize own workload and work towards deadlines
• Self-motivated, able to work independently, takes initiative and works as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Pro-active, able to exercise discretion and independent decision making
• Able to speak African languages
• Attention to detail
• Report writing skills

Demands of the job:

• May be required to travel from time to time
• May be required to work at sites that are under-resourced and operate in a highly pressurized environment

Communications and relationships:

• Maintain effective working relationships with Senior Management and WITS RHI staff at all levels
• Communicate effectively with all external stakeholders such as donors, the Department of Health (DoH), medical and academic institutions, the community, and other partner organizations

TO APPLY:

• Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
• 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.
• AJ Personnel is fully POPIA Compliant.
• Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
• The closing date for all applications: 14 November 2022.
• Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
• Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful.

Please note:

• Our Client, WHC - RHI, maintains mandatory Covid-19 requirements, and as such only Covid-19 vaccinated incumbents will be considered for positions.
• WHC, in accordance with its 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.
• AJ Personnel is only responsible for advertising the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.
• AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.