Clinical Nurse Practitioner - Cape Town at Anova Health Institute

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide Clinical Services to Clients at our Facility and Community-Based Mobile Teams.
• Ensure all clinical service provision remains in line with national, provincial and site-level guidelines.
• Provide key population competent and sensitive care to all clients to ensure an enabling and welcoming environment.
• Ensure clients are appropriately screened, counselled and initiated onto ART or PrEP as required.
• Maintain service points and spaces according to clinical guidelines including all COVID-19 precautions.
• Conduct quality assurance procedures to ensure NDOH guidelines and programme requirements are fully implemented.

Client Engagement & Retention

• Maintain client engagement to support long-term retention in care.
• Facilitate client referrals and confirmed linkage for supplemental care as required by site-level and project guidelines.
• Work closely with project managers to ensure appropriate coverage of clinical services across all client access points.

Reporting and Support

• Accurately record and daily collate patient-level data through established reporting and management systems.
• Provide reports on HTS, ART and other facility activity reports as and when required.

Any other tasks as agreed with line manager.
Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Skills Required

• A Clinical Nurse Practitioner qualification.
• Proven experience in providing competent clinical care for men who have sex with men or other key populations is required.
• Experience in HIV, STI and TB management is required. 
• NIMART trained and certified as competent to work independently with at least two years’ experience is preferred.
• Registration with the South African Nursing Council is required.
• Experience working in target-driven, PEPFAR-funded environment is strongly preferred.
• Previous PrEP implementation and training is highly advantageous.
• Willingness to provide clinical services in facility as well as on community-based mobile units is required.
• Willingness to work flexible hours is required.
• Ability to work independently with strong patient triage skills.
• Valid driver’s license and willing to travel as and when required.
• Computer literate – MS Office (Outlook, word, excel & PowerPoint).
• Ability and willingness to work with a wide variety of diverse team members and clients.
• Good report writing skills.