Nurse Clinician at TB HIV Care

Purpose of the position: 

The nurse clinician ensures linkage to care and ARV initiation within the inmate population across multiple correctional centres.  The nurse clinician will provide quality assurance around HIV testing (RT-CQI) and mentorship of correctional service staff on HIV management and ARV initiation.

Minimum Requirements    

• Grade 12 / matric
• Nursing degree (4 years) / diploma
• Proven supervisory / management experience (3 years)
• SANC Registered (current)
• NIMART (with PoE) certified with a proven track record of ARV initiations
• Dispensing licence - an advantage
• Proficiency in English & isiZulu languages
• Valid code driver’s licence & own transport
• Clear criminal record

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Provides HTS support, linkage to care and NIMART to inmates and remand detainees
• Ensures that HIV positive inmates have CD4 counts, are staged, started on ART as per guidelines. 
• Ensures 100% of inmates living with HIV receive ART
• Proactively manages viral load suppression of inmates on ARVs
• Ensures that eligible inmates are offered isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT)
• Ensures linkage officers are capacitated to follow current HIV, TB and STI screening guidelines. This includes NSP (2017 – 2022) ; 95-95-95 strategy; plus NDoH initiatives eg: Operation Phuthuma
• Provides onsite training and mentoring of clinical staff (linkage officers) to ensure HTS targets are reached
• Works in close collaboration with DCS staff to meet annual performance plan (APP) for HTS and linkage to care targets
• Works closely with the QA/QI manager to support correctional centre-based QA/QI initiatives. Assess local data to identify gaps (PDSA) and implement change ideas
• Supports HTS based quality assurance (RT-CQI)
• Interacts regularly with each correctional centre across the allocated management areas on a rotation basis
• Ensure all THC centre-based staff submit monthly narrative timesheets, leave applications (annual / sick / family responsibility)
• Submits centre-based reports on HTS linked targets
• Supports national / regional / management area / centre programme meetings where required
• Coordinate regular staff meetings with linkage officers and clinic staff (on site);
• Attends technical team meetings.  Maintain a current understanding of all HTS linked guidelines, and NDoH developments with respect to procedures, protocols and clinical care

Skills and Competencies    

• Communication skills – verbal and written
• Problem solving
• Analytical
• Interpersonal skills
• Business acumen
• Planning and organising
• Teamwork
• Initiative
• Innovation

Closing Date: 8th, April 2022