Enrolled Nurse - Cape Town at Anova Health Institute

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform PICT for clients presenting at health facilities and/or their partners; and appropriate referral;
• Screen clients for STIs, TB, Hypertension, Diabetes and refer for provision of symptomatic management in facility and community
• Provide phlebotomy services as needed for baseline bloods (pre-ART patients), VL and other monitoring bloods for patients already on ART in decanted modalities or general follow-up care
• Supervise the implementation of Anova’s APACE support activities at facility and community level, in line with 959595 strategy and workplan
• Support Anova and/or DOH counsellors providing case finding and linkage to care services as well as adherence clubs/DMOC activities.
• Supervise Internal Quality control, Proficiency Testing Survey and other Rapid Testing Quality Improvement activities at facility and community level.
• Supervise and perform monitoring activities including updating of registers and collection of data and validating of data.
• Adhere to individual target requirements as per team lead/supervisor directive and maintain data collection requirements.
• Together with HTS (HIV Testing Services) Coordinator, attend to meetings with community leaders, community members and other stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Skills Required

• Enrolled Nursing qualification
• At least 3 years’ experience in Enrolled Nurse duties
• At least 3 years’ experience in HIV or public health environment
• Able to demonstrate ability to manage data collection and reporting.
• Computer Literate – MS Office Packages (MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel & PowerPoint)
• Excellent Communication skills and ability to speak one of the local languages, English, Afrikaans and IsiXhosa
• Valid driver’s license is an advantage.
• Innovative, organized, analytical and excellent interpretation data skills.
• Knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention and community health issues
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Attention to detail.

 Closing date 27 June 2023