Community Coordinator - Chris Hani at TB HIV Care

Purpose of the position:

The Community Coordinator will provide operational management of the HIV/TB/STI comprehensive prevention package of service. The package focuses on HIV and TB prevention, in active case finding & same day ART initiations and TB preventive therapy (TPT). The HIV newly diagnosed and the TB contacts are to be case managed by the mobile team. The mobile teams provide screening for HIV, TB, Covid-19, STI’s, non-communicable diseases, condom promotion and distribution with navigation of referrals into a facility and laying the HIV negative girl & women with priorities population prevention programmes. They are responsible for executing the Index Testing modality & sexual partner/s case finding with the biological children =<19 years old and the HIV self-screening modality with distribution in primary assisted and secondary unassisted methodology.

Minimum Requirements    

• Diploma in Nursing or Bachelor's degree (B. Cur) in Nursing
• HIV Management Diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience
• NIMART and preferred dispensing licence
• Current SANC registration
• 3 yrs experience in HAST programme coordination
• Valid code 08 driver’s licence
• Clear criminal record

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Provides operational and technical support to the Nurse Clinician in the CB HTS programme
• Meet weekly and monthly with Programme Director: HTS and Care & Treatment
• Index testing and HIVSS modalities with same day ART initiations of HIV newly diagnosed client, sexual partners & biological children, commence adherence support and monitor ART care.
• Meet quarterly with DOH (sub district, district and province) managers, community stakeholders and other service providers, so as to engage them in scaling up the THC package of service provision
• Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement activities
• Provide programme reports to Programme Director, HTS Project Coordinator and indirectly to Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
• Provides mentorship to Nurse Clinicians
• Adheres to Infection control standards

Skills and Competencies    

• Cost Consciousness - Works within approved budget \
• Excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Knowledge on budgets & forecasting
• Excellent organisational and administration skills
• Solid people management with empathy