Enrolled Nurse X3 - Cape Town District at Right to Care

Description

Right To Care is looking for a suitable qualified Enrolled Nurse/Counsellor to be part of the team in Cape Town District 

• Obtain informed consent from clients by providing them with essential information as per the National Department of Health (NDoH) and PEPFAR VMMC/HTS guidelines. 
• Provide age- and culturally appropriate group and individual counselling to clients within language of their understanding.
• Screen patients for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) as per current STI guidelines and Tuberculosis (TB) by asking the four standard TB screening questions and refer patients accordingly.
• Ensure that the key elements of VMMC education are included in counselling sessions (i.e. risks, benefits, description of surgery, explanation of partial protective effect of VMMC procedure, VMMC being a permanent procedure, importance of knowing HIV status, and post-operative care).
• Conduct pre- and post-HIV counselling and testing as per most recent NDoH HTS guidelines.
• Respect and ensure client confidentiality

• Provide Health Care to all VMMC clients, in line with your Enrolled Nursing scope of practice and WHO/NDOH Guidelines.
• Provide follow-up care in line VMMC SAG/WHO guidelines.
• Conduct wound care management in all VMMC clients
• Conduct and record Pre, and Post-operative care for all clients.

Provide health education to all clients

• Record personal and contact information of newly tested HIV positive clients in the linkage to care and treatment register.
• Conduct Active and/or supported linkage to care and treatment of all newly diagnosed HIV positive clients.
• Ensure all clients tested HIV positive are linked to care and started treatment and record on the register accordingly
• Confirm that all linked clients have reached a care and treatment facility within a week of referral.
• Follow up on all linked clients at one-, three- and six months into care and treatment.
• Verify that all linked clients are still in care and treatment and adhere to their treatment.

Receive and process all HIV negative clients that are referred from HTS partners for VMMC services. 

• Conduct regular proficiency tests on HIV testing kits as per most recent guidelines.
• Ensure participation in HIV Rapid Testing Quality Improvement Initiative (RTQII)
• Conduct quality assurance procedures on each testing kit.  These procedures must include checking the expiry date and integrity of the test kits before use.
• Adhere to the National HIV testing algorithm and process as per the most recent HTS guidelines.
• Ensure all required documents are available for a client to be circumcised
• Ensure the use of job aids during counselling/MMC education
• Ensure all follow-up and review of clients are conducted and documented accordingly.
• Ensure Emergency Management/Referral Protocol are adhered to.
• Ensure completeness of client records
• Adherence to Infection Prevention and Control Standards.
• Assist in making sure that clinic is prepared according to QA requirements.

Adhere to the set standards of the program

• Properly and accurately record all clients’ essential personal and demographic details in the NDoH client VMMC Input Tool, Right to Care consent form (Lynx Form) and HTS registers.
• Properly and accurately fill in the Right to Care consent forms.

Ensure that all informed consent forms have been properly signed by clients or their parents / guardians

• Compile and submit monthly reports of all linked clients as required.
• Compile and submit monthly reports of HTS indicators as per the agreed reporting template and submission deadline.
• Assist in verification of all data before reporting.

Requirements

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Enrolled Nurse Certificate 
• Basic Counselling Qualification
• Code B or C1 driver’s licences

Desirable Qualifications

• Matric (Senior Certificate)
• Enrolled nurse Certificate
• HTS Certificate (10-day certificate)
• VMMC counselling certificate

Minimum Experience

• Two to three years working experience as an Enrolled Nurse.
• One-year counselling experience.

closing date: 20 November 2023