Current Opportunities at Right to Care

Description

• Conduct ongoing situational analysis to identify gaps within the supply chain system
• Implement systems and strategies to manage pharmaceutical stock in the clinics
• Mentor and coach pharmacist assistants and nurses to manage stock and maintain cold chain in the clinic
• Assist facilities with stock re-distribution and maintaining sufficient stock in the facility
• Ensure compliance with good pharmacy practices and good dispensing practices
• Train, Mentor and Support DOH initiatives to provide alternative access to chronic medicines (e.g. Adherence clubs, CCMDD & SyNCH, CDU/PCU, PUP’s) and any other related projects
• Ensure medicine safety systems are implemented at facility level
• Perform site visits at least daily
• Familiarise self with rules and regulations relating to Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP), Pharmacy Act 53 of 1974, Medicine and related substances Act 101 of 1965, as amended and other relevant legislation.
• Familiarise self with Right to Care standards, policies and procedures
• Ensure availability of provincial primary health care (PHC) pharmacy standard operating procedures (SOPs), Standard Treatment Guidelines (STGs) and Essential Medicines List (EML)
• Ensure that all supported clinics have stock cards and files for managing stock
• Support implementation and functionality of pharmaceutical information management systems used in the district
• Ensure that stock management files and records are available at facilities
• Documentation and reporting of discrepancies from suppliers
• Assist the facilities to maintain data and ensure accurate statistics

Requirements

Minimum and Desirable Required Qualifications and Experience

• Grade 12
• Post Basic Qualification as a Pharmacist Assistant
• 5 Years experience post qualification as a post basic pharmacist assistant
• HIV/AIDS Management Course

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Description

• To ensure that patients newly diagnosed with HIV and/or as TB or STI symptomatic by Informal Settlement Program HAST counsellors present to the referral DOH facility timeously for further Management

Requirements

       Minimum Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Matric (Senior Certificate)
• 2 years’ experience in TB or HIV field
• Computer Certificate

Desirable Qualifications and Experience: 

• Previous qualification or experience in Adherence Counselling
• Previous experience of working with Communities, Home Based Care, WBOT’s or Community Based Organisation

   Key Performance Areas

• Ensuring that patients diagnosed within the community are linked to care and commenced on ART as applicable.
• Improve Linkage to Care
• Assist facility staff to implement services which will increase retention in care of clients initiated on ART
• Networking
• Compiling of statistics
• Capturing of HIV patient data
• General departmental support

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Description

• To capture, update, clean, and maintain quality of patients’ medical records, relating to the delivery of Right to Care-supported HIV services at the clinic, on the relevant electronic/paper patient register/database used in the clinic

Requirements

  Minimum Required Qualifications and Experience

• Matric
• Post matric certificate in computer literacy including Excel, Or equivalent experience
• Basic knowledge of HIV/AIDS
• Proficiency in English
• 1 Year experience in data capturing

Key Performance Areas

• Capture all relevant patient data relating to HIV /TB services from paper files /paper patient register onto the relevant
• electronic data base on a daily basis, including data relating to current visits as well as data relating to past visits (historical
• data).
• Obtain guidance from supervisors / managers in case of uncertainty about patient data entry.
• Reach daily targets for number of files captured and/or updated, as agreed upon with Line Managers.
• Record stats relating to daily work performance (‘data entry stats’), to enable line manager to manage the employee’s work performance.
• Respect patient confidentiality at all times.
• Compile Data Verification Report for own portion of the electronic/paper patient register/ database
• Make correction of errors and double-checking of queried data on the relevant electronic/paper patient register/database

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KEY PERFORMANCES

• Ensure all nurses and data capturers are trained on EVDS, this applies for the DOH staff in all assigned DOH facilities and the RTC team.
• Provide training to those DOH or RTC staff not yet trained.
• Provide on the job mentoring to the DOH and RTC staff on EVDS to ensure all vaccinations are being captured accurately using the correct facility on the MFL.
• Ensure the correct application of EVDS credentials at the facility level – including password management.
• Assist with process and implementation of the Covid-19 vaccination program
• Ensure all nurses and data capturers are trained on the undocumented citizens platform, this applies for the
• DOH staff in all assigned DOH facilities and the RTC team.
• Provide training to those DOH or RTC staff not yet trained.
• Provide on the job mentoring to the DOH and RTC staff on undocumented citizens capturing to ensure all such vaccinations are being captured accurately using the correct facility on the MFL.
• Ensure the correct application of undocumented citizens platform credentials at the facility level – including password management.
• Support the back capture of vaccinations
• Document Management
• Vaccine Integration Reporting & Performance Monitoring
• Effective Self-Management & Performance Ownership

Requirements

Minimum Required Qualifications and Experience

• Matric
• Trained on EVDS
• Experience working with EVDS and the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Gauteng
• Qualification and/or experience with data capturing

Desirable Required Qualifications and Experience

• Diploma/Degree in Social Sciences/Information Management, Statistics or Epidemiology with proven extensive
• work experience in working with the Department of Health (DoH).
• Knowledge of existing HMIS platforms and biometric system is an added advantage

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Description

• Right to Care requires the services of a suitable qualified, well-motivated and results-driven candidate to be appointed in the above-mentioned vacant position based in Kwa Zulu Natal

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Create collaborative relations with key DOH and other stakeholders (CSOs, CBOs, NGOs, private and business sector, DSD, DBE, COGTA including other government departments and institutions) Demand Acceleration Leads at Provincial and District levels
• Create a map and list of key demand acceleration partners and stakeholders and ensure each district has a Stakeholder Matrix and Contact List
• Support advocacy and campaigning activities and ensure civil society participation in community dialogues, trainings and digital advocacy (Vax Champs) activities
• Implement community engagement activities and community mobilisation strategies for different programmes at RTC.
• Align Community Engagement, mobilisation and retention plans to the various district contexts as well as audience needs in a human-centric design approach
• Develop recruitment plans and ensure that campaigns are aligned to various district contexts as well as audience needs in a human-centric design approach.
• Develop and implement an induction programme to the integration of behavioural change and context-specific approaches to biomedical applications.   Develop and implement a strategy for linking unvaccinated individuals including undocumented individuals and people with other vulnerabilities into vaccination in liaison with RTC team and other provincial vaccinating teams 
• Develop and monitor the implementation of a hybrid model to ensure that social mobilization/demand creation activities are happening at facility level, also through ward-based/community mobilization..
• Implement community engagement activities and community mobilization strategies for the ADAPT programmes.
• Develop social mobilization plans and ensure that they are aligned to the district/sub-district and facility vaccine plans..
• Ensure that social mobilization plans are aligned with the ADAPT integration strategy.
• Work with Community-Based Organizations and Faith-Based Organizations (CBO/FBO) to support social mobilization activities in the D2 health facilities, schools and surrounding communities in the supported district and facilities.
• Track district demand acceleration plans and targets for RTC and CBO teams and ensure remedial plans are developed and implemented weekly
• Provide support demand creation support to CBO/FBO and implementing partners
• Develop implementation models that address programmatic gaps within DATT in the supported district, sub-districts and facilities.
• Work with Vaccination DSD teams to align demand creation plans with vaccination plans
• Organize relevant demand creation supplies, and equipment for supported facilities
• Develop and adapt provincial demand acceleration tools, SOPs and other management tools
• Ensure that community engagements and advocacy efforts are well documented and produce one success story per district per month
• Ensure District Demand Acceleration Plans and schedules for RTC and CBO teams are synchronised with vaccine teams from RTC and other partners schedules
• Work closely and liaise with the RTC Provincial Vaccination Team Lead, the District leads and the direct line manager
• Ensure increase community vaccination up-take
• Document all collected issues in order to empower the broader community so as to overcome social determinants of health and thereby attain health equity and social well-being     Monitor, track and report on RTC provincial demand acceleration activities weekly, monthly and quarterly
• A comprehensive understanding of all RTC programmes, its key personnel and focus areas to identify opportunities for an integrated approach to programme implementation.
• Develop and implement, in collaboration with other technical specialist for integrated strategies to incorporate behaviour and social science in different RTC programmes.
• Develop implementation models that address programmatic gaps across various partnerships.
• Implement evidence-informed social science approaches to RTC programmes. This includes the documentation of evidence and results for program interventions.
• Assist with the development of an M&E platform to monitor and strengthen RTC’s research department.
• Develop a platform of innovation hunting that is easily accessible to all RTC programmes to share success stories and build a knowledge-centre on-demand creation successes and opportunities.
• Assist in building and managing an energetic and motivated team of reliable professionals who develop, pilot, experiment and report on inter-disciplinary approaches to RTC programmes.

Requirements

• Matric (Grade 12) and a diploma/Degree in Marketing, Communications or Public Health
• A valid South African driver’s license endorsed with a  PrDP(Professional Driving Permit) is compulsory
• Two years experience in organising and overseeing health promotion events, activities and projects at a community level cultural specific context
• Excellent written and verbal communication in both English and local vernaculars

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Description

• We are hiring X1 Post Basic Pharmacist Assistant to support vaccine logistics and distribution processes to enable COVID-19 vaccines to be integrated into the routine immunization services in the district.

Programme Outcomes

• Working in a TA team handling all the pharmaceutical supply chain requirements, working with the pharmacist in charge of the TA teams
• Ensure the availability and efficient management of vaccine stocks and waste management through real-time data
• Improve accuracy and compliance of SVS reporting through training
• Advise and train on vaccine expiry date management and associated waste management
• Support the implementation of the ideal pharmacy at the facility level
• Identify training needs for good pharmacy practices and provide training 
• Ongoing coordination of cold-chain support activities, including gaps identification, training
• Working in a TA team handling all the pharmaceutical supply chain requirements, working with the pharmacist in charge of the TA teams
• Ensure the availability and efficient management of vaccine stocks and waste management through real-time data
• Improve accuracy and compliance of SVS reporting through training
• Advise and train on vaccine expiry date management and associated waste management
• Support the implementation of the ideal pharmacy at the facility level
• Identify training needs for good pharmacy practices and provide training 
• Ongoing coordination of cold-chain support activities, including gaps identification, training

Vaccine Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Distribution

• Ordering of stock and vaccines from the main supplier or the pharmaceutical depot.
• Distribution of ancillary stock and vaccines from the supplier to the pharmacy and clinics
• Receive stock and ensure storage of medication and vaccines paying attention to batch numbers and expiry dates.
• Store medication according to storage requirements and temperatures.
• Perform temperature control daily for relevant medication.
• Conduct daily, weekly or bi-weekly stock takes and complete relevant inventory forms and reporting systems as may be required.
• Check stock dates and if expired, remove from shelves for disposal.
• Inform and advise the Pharmacist of stock to be ordered and stock rotations.

Cold Chain Management and Maintenance

• Support the pharmacist with conducting cold chain equipment surveys and facility assessments to determine cold chain capacity.
• Ensure that proper temperature monitoring tools for vaccine distribution to clinics and secondary sites are available and used appropriately.
• Conduct training on appropriate use of cold chain equipment
• Ensure compliance to SOPs and guidelines for cold chain equipment.

Data control

• Entering of data on the pharmacy data system
• Preparing of the monthly reports
• Comparison of Pharmacy data to EVDS data and taking appropriate action.

Effective self-management and performance ownership

• Take ownership and accountability for tasks and demonstrate 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 for driving own career development by participating in ongoing training and development activities such as workshops, forums, conferences etc.
• Participate and give input in ad hoc projects and initiatives.

Requirements

Required minimum education and training.

• Grade 12 and a Certificate as Post Basic Pharmacist Assistant (1 years) 

Required minimum work experience

• Completion of in-service training and examination as required by above certification

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• We are hiring Project Coordinator (EVDS & Data Management) to be responsible for routine validation including data quality audits and verifications, supervision of data capturers, support to DOH Provincial and District Information Management Team and implementation of all health information systems as defined by the National Department of Health (NDoH) including data analytics.

KEY PERFORMANCE

• Oversee the Data Quality Mentors in the Integration TA teams.
• Ensure all nurses and data capturers are trained on EVDS
• Ensure the correct application of EVDS credentials at the facility level – including password management
• Identify and support the reduction in paper-based vaccinations
• Support the back capture of vaccinations
• Support the training on undocumented citizens
• Monitor daily performance and report back to the facility, sub-district, and district
• Responsible for routine validation including data quality audits and verifications, supervision of data capturers, support to DOH Provincial and District Information Management Team and implementation of all health information systems as defined by the National Department of Health (NDoH) including data analytics.
• Oversee the Data Quality Mentors
• Offering constant feedback to staff and keeping everyone in sync
• Ensuring adequate staff performance
• Keeping staff morale high and taking steps to improve retention
• Managing staff schedules and assigning individual responsibilities
• Ensuring workforce is satisfied in their roles

Requirements
Minimum Required Qualifications and Experience

• Grade 12
• Trained on EVDS data capturing;
• A Diploma/ Degree
• Qualification and/or experience with data capturing
• Experience working with EVDS and the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Gauteng;
• 2 years’ experience in implementing Health Programmes.
• 2 years’ experience in clinical program supervision, Monitoring & Evaluation, report writing and presentations at District or Sub District Levels.

Desirable Required Qualifications and Experience

• Data Quality diploma or degree
• Diploma/Degree in Social Sciences/Information Management, Statistics or Epidemiology with proven extensive work experience in working With the Department of Health (DoH).
• At least 4 years’ experience in systems design, management and analysis
• 4 years’ experience in implementing Health Programmes.
• 4 years’ experience in clinical program management, Monitoring & Evaluation, report writing and presentations at District or Sub District
• 4 years of operations management experience, including managing projects, people, and finance
• Experience in the COVID-19 vaccination programme.

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Description

• We are hiring X3 Data Quality Mentor to be responsible for routine validation including data quality audits and verifications, supervision of data capturers, support to DOH Provincial and District Information Management Team and implementation of all health information systems as defined by the National Department of Health (NDoH) including data analytics.

KEY PERFORMANCES

• Ensure all nurses and data capturers are trained on EVDS, this applies for the DOH staff in all assigned DOH facilities and the RTC team.
• Provide training to those DOH or RTC staff not yet trained.
• Provide on the job mentoring to the DOH and RTC staff on EVDS to ensure all vaccinations are being captured accurately using the correct facility on the MFL.
• Ensure the correct application of EVDS credentials at the facility level – including password management.
• Assist with process and implementation of the Covid-19 vaccination program
• Ensure all nurses and data capturers are trained on the undocumented citizens platform, this applies for the
• DOH staff in all assigned DOH facilities and the RTC team.
• Provide training to those DOH or RTC staff not yet trained.
• Provide on the job mentoring to the DOH and RTC staff on undocumented citizens capturing to ensure all such vaccinations are being captured accurately using the correct facility on the MFL.
• Ensure the correct application of undocumented citizens platform credentials at the facility level – including password management.
• Support the back capture of vaccinations
• Document Management
• Vaccine Integration Reporting & Performance Monitoring
• Effective Self-Management & Performance Ownership

Requirements
Minimum Required Qualifications and Experience

• Matric
• Trained on EVDS
• Experience working with EVDS and the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Gauteng
• Qualification and/or experience with data capturing

Desirable Required Qualifications and Experience

• Diploma/Degree in Social Sciences/Information Management, Statistics or Epidemiology with proven extensive work experience in working with the Department of Health (DoH).
• Knowledge of existing HMIS platforms and biometric system is an added advantage