Professional Nurse Counsellor, Khayelitsha - Cape Town at TB HIV Care

• To provide Integrated Health and Wellness services as set out in the TPA and Dept of Health NPO Service Package for NPO finding 2023/24 and within the scope of practice, including implementing and coordinating Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC) within a defined geographic node. Duties focus on wellness, health promotion, prevention of ill health and home-based care services, and supervising and coordinating the team of community health workers to address primary health care services for individuals, families and community.

Minimum Requirements    

• Degree/Diploma in Nursing qualification
• Registration with the South African Nursing Council as a Professional Nurse
• 3 years’ experience in clinical trial/research coordination
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in nursing, post registration
• NIMART accreditation would be an advantage
• Drivers licence
• Clear criminal record
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Fluent in English or any other South African languages

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Define the health status of the community. 
• Builds relationships and works closely with the HCBS DOH staff, health facility, facility managers and facility staff
• Develops partnerships and working relationships with community structures, NGO's, community leaders, schools, workplaces, and other community resources to implement primary health care in a holistic way
• Ensures that services related to Health Care 2030 priorities are provided including the life course approach
• Plans and allocates the CHW workload according to health campaigns, patient referrals, community mapping and caseload required, to ensure optimal care
• Coordinates all the activities of the Community Health Workers in the allocated area
• Conducts quality assurance visits by conducting client file and household assessment audits, follows up of adherence or bed-bound clients and adherence support groups
• Provides feedback on observations at these visits to the Community Health Worker on a one to one basis
• Identifies gaps and provides the necessary on the job coaching and training
• Maintains healthy relations with facility managers, workplace EAP programmes and school life skills teachers
• Plans and coordinates regular visits to ECD centres to promote health, administer immunisations and vitamin A treatment
• Coordinates the community activations and health promotion activities in line with health priorities and campaigns 
• Conducts community-based health promotion and prevention activities including wellness services, health screening, SRH services, TB screening and HIV testing and tracking and tracing of index cases contacts.
• Ensures all cases identified in the community are referred to a facility or other appropriate services for further management.

Skills and Competencies    

• Excellent communication skills
• Leadership
• Attention to detail
• Computer literacy and IT skills
• Problem-solving
• Stakeholder management
• Excellent organisational and administration skills

Closing Date    
2023/07/14