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 provide individualised support for male patients newly diagnosed with HIV and those already on ART, including follow-up contacts to ensure retention of clients into HIV services.
Location:
Key performance areas:
- Work together with the linkage officer Identify patients tested HIV positive and initiated on ART in the allocated facility and catchment area and enrol them into treatment navigator care
- Provide individualised support for patients newly diagnosed with HIV and initiated on ART, including follow up contact through regular meetings, phone calls and SMS
- Remind the patients about their next visit appointments for first and subsequent follow up visits for the first 12 months through SMS, phone call and home visits
- Send the SMS and make telephonic call reminders to the patient about the next appointment date,1st SMS and call at 7 days prior the appointment date and the 2nd SMS and call to be at 2 days prior the next appointment date)
- Provide information to patients on other health services available in the clinic or community
- Trace all clients who missed appointments within 24 to 72 hours to avoid early, late and unconfirmed missed appointments (SMS, call and home visit)
- Refer all HIV positive clients with different needs to multi-disciplinary teams (psychosocial, nutrition etc.)
- Always Maintain patient confidentiality
- Provide health talks on HIV, TB, Sexual Reproductive Health topics and other related health services
- Participate in health promotion campaigns, including holiday programmes and youth events. These will occasionally occur on the weekend
- Distribute condoms and IEC material within the community
- Recruit clients for HIV counselling and testing, and other health screening services in the community
- Motivate individuals and groups to bring their partners and children for HIV/TB and other health services
- Organise community awareness, screening, mop up and tracing campaigns on quarterly basis to improve the management of HIV clients and retention into care activities
- Compile reports of activities and patient outcomes
- Keep a record of daily activities
- Share all reports and records timeously
- Take ownership, responsibility and accountability for tasks and demonstrates effective self-management
- Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of own work are consistently and accurately maintained
- Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
- Take ownership, responsibility and accountability for tasks and demonstrates effective self-management
Required minimum education and training
Required minimum work experience
- At least 6 months volunteer relevant experience in the health field, or related post
Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
Demands of the job
- Teamwork and collaboration
Communications and relationships
- Working overtime or over weekends may be required from time to time
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: 30 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:
- 6 months volunteer experience in the Health field
- Immediately available
- Laudium / Pretoria
- Treatment Navigator
- Public Health
- HIV
- TB
