Clinical Advisor ( Nelson Mandela Bay) at The Aurum Institute

  Work Description

The Clinical Advisor is responsible for providing clinical advice and strategic direction to the to the support district/s and the appropriate internal and external clinical staff.  They will building capacity among HCW to strengthen the TB HIV response and ensure clinical governance standards at all times.  The position will assist the District manager and DoH HO in ensuring the quality of the technical assistance provided to DoH is of the highest quality.  He/she will further be responsible for the training in developing, managing and implementing various knowledge and skill acquisition strategies for several cadres of health care providers within the field of HIV and TB management

  Technical Work Responsibilities

• Provide clinical guidance and strategic direction to District manager and District HOD on clinical governance and training on HIV and TB clinical care
• Assist with curricula development and resource material within the field of HIV and TB management
• Assist with the implementation and adaption of training strategies for health care providers
• Set of the necessary clinical for a to ensure adherence to national guidelines
• Apply appropriate adult teaching methodologies
• Perform clinical/mortalityaudits and regular site visits
• Contribute to development of operational plans
• Liaise with internal and external customers/stakeholders
• Document challenges and successes for future utilization in the scaling up of interventions

Duties: 

• Liaise with all Internal Customers and External Customers and Suppliers when necessary towards the achievement of organizational and departmental goals
• Maintain close relations with the district and sub-district public sector services and contribute to their operational plans where relevant
• Conduct meetings with Aurum as well as clinic staff
• Support the HOD of training:
• Provide clinical guidance on HIV and TB clinical care to HOD training
• Provide clinical guidance on HIV and TB clinical care to Aurum-supported facilities and community programmes
• Assist with developing, managing and implementing various training and mentoring strategies
• Mentor other clinicians on clinical procedures and protocols relating to HIV and TB care, in accordance with the national mentoring framework
• Ability to assess and evaluate training activities
• Conduct knowledge and skills analysis
• Assist with conceptualising and coordinating the development of various resource materials
• Facilitate case discussions and refresher training
• Apply adult education methodology
• Provide formal mentoring to relevant stakeholders to ensure skills transfer
• Perform clinical audits to ensure adherence to guidelines and best practice
• Document lessons learnt and develop quality improvement plans
• Work with the Aurum and public sector management teams to ensure health systems are in place to support good clinical care
• Adapt training and mentoring skills to different models of health systems
• Keep up to date with developments in the field
• Assist with developing and managing an internal CPD programme for various cadre of health care workers
• Form and maintain close working relationships with various specialists within Aurum and other organizations to ensure curricula appropriateness and correctness
• Conduct other duties as reasonably assigned
• Developing and delivering progress reports, proposals, requirements, documentation and presentations
• Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures according to prescribed procedures and legislation
• Report all unsafe activities to Senior Management/Human Resources
• Adhere and maintain Decision making authority as allocated to the position
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals
• Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures according to prescribed legislation
• Report all unsafe activities to Senior Management/Human Resources
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals
• Adhere to decision making processes

Requirements

Education

• A medical degree and be registered Medical Practitioner with the HPCSA
• Diploma in TB or HIV management

Advantageous

• Certificate in Project Management
• Advanced Paediatric HIV and TB management experience
• Experience in management of DR TB
• Data analytics and understanding of TB HIV indicators
• Experience in Quality Improvement methodology advantageous

Experience

• At least 4 years’ experience in provision of ART and management of complex TB HIV co-infected patients
• Experience in mentoring on clinical management and practice
• Rural health experience advantageous
• Experience in developing training resource material and training aids to assist implementation 
• Good stakeholder engagement and management experience
• Ability to do presentations to management and leadership within DoH and internally
• A proven ability to be creative in knowledge transfer methodologies
• A track record of being able to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team with a willingness to learn about other medical disciplines
• Extensive experience in TB and HIV/AIDS treatment and care
• Curriculum development experience
• Training peers and other cadre of health care workers
• Training Resource Development

Requirements

• Advanced computer skills including MS Powerpoint, Teams, Outlook, Excel and Word
• Driver’s licence
• Own car
• Minimal/Moderate overnight travel (up to 30%) by land or air if required
• Willing to work overtime