3 weeks ago
Job title : Professional Nurse
Job Location : Mpumalanga,
Deadline : October 25, 2024
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Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Training and Mentoring
- Forecasting of training and mentoring plans for the province
- Mentoring of clinical and non-clinical internal and DoH staff on MSM health issues at facilities supported by Anova, using the Standard National Treatment and Mentorship Guidelines
Technical Support
- On site-in-service trainings of professional and non- professional health care workers on expanded programs for the care and treatment of MSM
- Prepare and present articles and interesting case studies at stakeholder engagement meetings
- Supervision of enrolled nurses on quality control and PT assessments
Clinical Management
- Provide comprehensive care for Men who have sex with Men through physical examination, clinical staging and formulating an appropriate clinical diagnosis
- Provide MSM specific materials, condoms and sachets of water based lubricants
- Ensure prompt referral for further management of advanced MSM related problems
- PrEP initiation and ART initiations
- Identify barriers to service delivery, and make recommendations
Quality Control
- Make sure referral systems are functioning
- Ensure facilities have all the guidelines and MSM specific IEC materials
- Identify additional trainings needed at facilities, and organize the training
- Work closely with M and E team to review facility data, and provide feedback to sites;
Stakeholder Management
- Represent Anova and present progress reports at partner district review meetings and district HAST meetings
- Co-ordinate and supervise activities of the district outreach team
Any other tasks as agreed with the line manager.
Qualifications and Experience
- Professional nurse registered with the South African Nursing Council
- NIMART competent
- 5-8 years’ experience in working as a professional nurse and or midwife
- Experience in working with MSM and related issues
- Experience in working in an ART programme, CCMT and or PMTCT, as well as good understanding of the problems faced by individuals infected and affected by HIV
- Sufficient experience in STIs, family planning and immunisation programmes
- Ability to communicate in English and at least on one two other vernacular languages
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