Clinical Advisor at The Aurum Institute

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

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