About the position
Background:
- The Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI) is a renowned African-led research institute that seeks solutions to Africa’s health challenges
- It is located within the University of the Witwatersrand and addresses some of the greatest public health concerns affecting our region, including HIV and its related problems, sexual and reproductive health, and vaccinology
Main purpose of the job:
- To optimize the testing and linkage to care of HIV exposed infants
- To implement quality improvement programmes within the facility to improve performance towards CDC targets for early infant diagnosis
Location:
Key performance areas:
- Screen all HIV exposed infants in the unit and ensure that they are tested for HIV
- Identify and liaise for training facility staff on the collection of DBS PCR tests and HIV rapid tests where appropriate
- Improve the quality of data collected on blood requisition forms for infants and children including data to ensure tracing if the child tests HIV+
- Facilitate processes to trace HIV+ infants into HIV care to ensure ART initiation as soon as possible
- Promote adherence to ART and prophylaxis according to DoH guidelines
- Identify and refer infants and mothers with ART failure or complications
- Support counsellors in the management of adherence issues in patients
- Review difficult cases with the RHI DDA and DoH staff
- Facilitate and follow up services such as down - and up-referrals in accordance with the District Referral policy
- Share and discuss SOP’s that will improve the early infant diagnosis in the hospitals and clinics
- Identify and refer patients with HIV and other concomitant diseases
- Conduct ongoing assessments of needs for health systems improvement in the unit
- In conjunction with the clinical team, implement CCMT programmes within the clinic
- Implement the programme area in HCT and non-clinical prevention such as testing for HIV in TB patients, FP and STI, condom distribution, male circumcision and pre- and post-treatment adherence
- Monitor and report for review the implementation and progress of the programme work plans in conjunction with relevant stakeholders
- Review challenges and achievements
- Track changes made that lead to improved outcome measures at the clinic level
- Compile and disseminate monthly reports to the Programme Manager-Hospitals
- Integrate feedback from quarterly reports into programme implementation plan and subsequent progress reports
- Transfer quality improvement skills and methodology to clinic counterparts and identify gaps in knowledge
- Participate in monitoring activities mandated by the Training Department
- Provide ongoing coaching, mentoring, feedback, and support
- Participate in ongoing mentorship programmes initiated by other WRHI stakeholders
- Take ownership and accountability for tasks and demonstrates effective self-management
- Follow thorugh to ensure that quality and productivity standards of won work are sonsistently and accurately maintained
- Maintain a positive attitude
- Take ownership for driving own career development
Required minimum education and training:
- Enrolled Nursing Qualification
Required minimum work experience:
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in public health
Professional body registration:
- South African Nursing Council
Demands of the job:
- May be required to travel from time to time
- Must be contactable after working hours
- 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 WRHI staff at all levels
- Communicate effectively with all external stakeholders such as Department of Health (DoH), medical officers, community, and other partner organisations
TO APPLY:
- Only if you meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV
- Please Apply Online and complete your registration via our website to enable and protect you as a candidate, and 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
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position
- 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
- Closing date: 29 April 2025
- Note: No CV will be accepted after the closing date
Please note:
- 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 and the response handling on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium
- AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position
Desired Skills:
- South African Nursing Council
- Public Health
- Tshwane
- Enrolled Nurse
- SANC
- Immediately
- HIV Care
