Professional Nurse (NIMART) Wits RHI

Main purpose of the job:

• Provide comprehensive health services (including SRHR) for Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW)
• The candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day activities within a cluster (clinic (s), schools, tertiary institutions)
• The activities include the provision of mobile PHC, HIV Prevention, Care and support services for Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW), including PrEP, ART, SRHR, linkage to care, adherence support, phlebotomy, interpretation of results, and ensuring that clients remain in care

Location:

• Motherwell – Eastern Cape

Key performance areas:

• Engagement with AGYW, and other key role players to identify areas where AGYW are found on a regular basis
• Produce a weekly work plan with a list of AGYW hotspot areas, with planned route of delivery of services
• Identification of allocated funder targets, and design outreach schedule to reach the target population, daily, weekly, monthly
• Establishment of stakeholder team and organizing meetings to include AGYW and other role players
• Produce reports on demand creation and awareness campaigns and activities used to reach AGYW
• Orientation of facilities, and involve AGYW in the project model, services available, and hours of operation
• Provision of behavior change information on issues related to HIV, TB, STI, SRHR, PrEP, ART, and other related information within the community
• Orientate DOH, and PHC facilities and inform them of project implementation
• Ensure DOH policies and guidelines are available
• Attend regular training on all guidelines and up-date changes
• Obtain a letter of authority from the DOH to receive a list of commodities required to provide PHC services for AGYW
• Order PHC drugs according to the DOH recommendations and keep a record of stock control
• Conduct risk reduction counseling
• Conduct the following screening services for HIV, TB, STI, Syphilis, HPV, pregnancy, and other minor alignments
• Registration of clients using the clinical chart for Pre-ART, and ART
• Phlebotomy-interpretation of results
• Documentation of all relevant patient results and information
• Clinical assessment of clients
• Counseling for PrEP, ART, and contraceptive choices
• Initiation of clients on PrEP, PEP, STI treatment, FP, and ART
• Adherence support groups for PrEP, PEP, and ART

Required minimum education and training:

• Professional Nursing Diploma/Degree
• A/PC 101
• Certificate in NIMART with PrEP experience
• Dispensing license
• Proficiency in MS Office
• A valid driver’s license and own vehicle
• Public Drivers Permit (PDP) is an added advantage

Required minimum work experience:

• Minimum 2 years experience working within or supporting the public health sector
• 1-year experience in A/PC 101
• Experience working with Adolescents, or on Adolescent health-focused projects
• Experience working in the community and providing PHC mobile services

Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities:

• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to navigate through complex situations
• SRH, AYFS trained or experience and certification in Good Clinical Practice is an advantage
• Demonstrate understanding of how to screen, assess, diagnose, and treat clients for HIV STI and TB
• Ability to conduct adherence support groups, contraceptive counseling, and charting and conducting quality control assessments for clinical activities

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: 08 August 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.