Professional Nurse at Anova Health Institute

Job Description

• Anova is an NGO that empowers people and changes lives. Good health and quality of life is what motivates us to provide healthcare solutions and support for those who need it most.
• The Ivan Toms Centre of Health has provided HIV and health services to Men who have sex with Men (MSM) in the Cape Town metro for over 14 years. We are looking for an energetic and dynamic NIMART Professional Nurse to be a part of nurse-led clinical services offered through the centre as well as its community-based mobile services teams.
   

Provide Clinical Services to clients at the Ivan Toms Centre and its 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, counseled, and initiated onto ART or PrEP as required.
• Maintain service points and spaces according to clinical guidelines including all COVID precautions.
• Conduct quality assurance procedures to ensure NDOH guidelines and programme requirements are fully implemented.
   

Engagement & Retention of Clients  

• 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.
   

Provide Reports and Support to the Programme

• Accurately record and collate patient-level data daily through established reporting and management systems.
• Provide weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on HTS, ART and other facility activity report.
   

Any other tasks as agreed with line manager.

Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Skills Required

• Proven experience providing competent clinical care for men who have sex with men or other key populations is required.
• Registration as a Professional Nurse with the South African Nursing Council
• 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 the facility as well as on community-based mobile units is required.
• Willingness to work flexible hours as and when 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.