Enrolled Nurse (Western Cape) needed at Right to Care

Description

• Obtain informed consent from clients by providing them with essential information as per the National Department of Health (NDoH) and PEPFAR VMMC/HTS guidelines.
• Provide age- and culturally appropriate group and individual counselling to clients within language of their understanding.
• Screen patients for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) as per current STI guidelines and Tuberculosis (TB) by asking the four standard TB screening questions and refer patients accordingly.
• Ensure that the key elements of VMMC education are included in counselling sessions (i.e. risks, benefits, description of surgery, explanation of partial protective effect of VMMC procedure, VMMC being a permanent procedure, importance of knowing HIV status, and post-operative care).
• Conduct pre- and post-HIV counselling and testing as per most recent NDoH HTS guidelines.
• Respect and ensure client confidentiality
• Provide Health Care to all VMMC clients, in line with your Enrolled Nursing scope of practice and WHO/NDOH Guidelines.
• Provide follow-up care in line VMMC SAG/WHO guidelines.
• Conduct wound care management in all VMMC clients
• Conduct and record Pre, and Post-operative care for all clients.
• Provide health education to all clients
• Ensure all clients tested HIV positive are linked to care and started treatment and record on the register accordingly
• Confirm that all linked clients have reached a care and treatment facility within a week of referral.
• Follow up on all linked clients at one-, three- and six months into care and treatment.
• Verify that all linked clients are still in care and treatment and adhere to their treatment.
• Receive and process all HIV negative clients that are referred from HTS partners for VMMC services. 
• Conduct regular proficiency tests on HIV testing kits as per most recent guidelines.
• Ensure participation in HIV Rapid Testing Quality Improvement Initiative (RTQII)
• Conduct quality assurance procedures on each testing kit.  These procedures must include checking the expiry date and integrity of the test kits before use.
• Adhere to the National HIV testing algorithm and process as per the most recent HTS guidelines.
• Ensure all required documents are available for a client to be circumcised
• Ensure the use of job aids during counselling/MMC education
• Ensure all follow-up and review of clients are conducted and documented accordingly.
• Ensure Emergency Management/Referral Protocol are adhered to.
• Ensure completeness of client records
• Adherence to Infection Prevention and Control Standards.
• Assist in making sure that clinic is prepared according to QA requirements.
• Adhere to the set standards of the program

Requirements

• Enrolled Nursing Diploma/Certificate
• 2-3 Years as an Enrolled Nurse in the NGO/Community or a Hospital Environment