Enrolled Nurse - Sarah Baartman at The Aurum Institute

Work Description

The Enrolled/Staff Nurses is responsible for linkage between the community and the healthcare facilities.  They support the CHWs with increased case finding though house hold contact tracing and recall of patients who missed their appointments as well as TB screening and sputum collection in the communities.  They will oversight the work of CHWs in the community and ensure those patients identified within the community requiring care are linked to a HCF.

Technical Work Responsibilities

• Liaise with Internal and External Customers/Stakeholders
• Coordination and management of community TB activities supporting high impact facilities within a District
• Ensure the management of TB patients efficiently according to DoH guidelines.
• Improve quality standards for recording, reporting of TB data in the community
• Ensure patients who are diagnosed with TB in community are linked to care
• Coordinate the down referral of patients diagnosed in the hospital and follow up to confirm that they reached the clinic and close contacts are traced.
• Human capital management through supervision and monitor capturing of TB data in the information system by the data capturer.
• Work closely with information officers
• Promote the provision of treatment for latent TB infection (LTBI) in eligible patients.
• Participate in district quarterly TB and data review meetings to provide detail of the community contribution to TB case finding and linkage to care
• Work closely with the PNs and Data Monitors to ensure quality TB community data is reporte

Requirements

Education

• Registered with SANC as an Enrolled Nurse/Staff Nurse

Experience

• At least three years’ experience working with TB/HIV program within public health care sector.

Requirements

• Registration with the South African Nursing Council as an Enrolled/Staff Nurse
• SA Citizen or valid work permit to work in South Africa
• Sound knowledge on TB/HIV data tools and systems
• Basic computer skills in Microsoft Office packages
• Valid driver’s license
• Own car
• Minimal/Moderate/Excessive overnight travel (up to 30%) by land or air if required
• Willing to work overtime

Advantageous

• Qualification in TB and/or HIV management
• Experience on working on TB data systems used in public health care sector eg., TIER.Net, EDR.web 

Skills and competencies

• Innovative thinking, initiative, and leadership skills.
• Good conflict resolution skills
• Leadership and people management skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Time management skills 
• Stakeholder management skills
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.