Professional Nurse - Johannesburg at Anova Health Institute

Key duties and responsibilities:

Technical Support and Capacity Building

• Support PMTCT guideline implementation in line with Anova, SA DoH NSP for HIV/TB/STI (2017 – 2025) and 95-95-95HIV/TB strategy and Donor requirements.
• Routinely monitor performance & audit registers and files at facility level to ensure quality PMTCT care is provided (especially indicators that measure performance against 959595 targets) and provide mentorship & technical support where required.
• Work with Anova sub-district team to use data to identify poorly performing facilities, put together QI plans and implement QI plans as agreed upon with the team & facilities
• Identify training needs at facility level and advocate for off-site training where needed & arrange in-service training where needed
• Support the implementation of Postnatal Clubs and other interventions to improve the linkage and retention in care of pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Direct Service Delivery & Clinical Mentoring

• Provide integrated care to postnatal women and their infants in postnatal clubs together with transferring skills to facility PHCN.
• Mentor professional nurses at DoH facilities on providing integrated care to HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women and their infants which includes family planning and pap smears.
• Mentor on use of correct clinical and programme stationery (TB/HIV/PMTCT) including ensuring good recording of the details of PMTCT takes place in mother’s facility records.
• Evaluate the performance of NIMART mentees and provide monthly feedback on progress of mentees to line manager in resolving them or referring to the relevant reporting lines

Health Systems Strengthening

• Oversee and support CLOs testing and re-testing pregnant and breastfeeding women for HIV at health facilities
• Support the CLO: PMTCT to link all HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women to ART and other care and to retain them in care and virologically suppress them until their infant is 18m old and/or has stopped breastfeeding.
• Identify gaps in the care of HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women at supported facilities and implement corrective measures where possible
• Understand and improve the referral pathways of HIV-infected pregnant women and linkage back into care following delivery.
• Support the implementation of MomConnect, PMTCT Connect and other communication interventions to improve the care of pregnant women, mothers and their infants.
• Provide support to the Gauteng Mentor Mothers Programme  

Administration

• Form part of Anova sub-district team and contribute in these meetings and activities as required
• Attend external trainings, workshops, and symposia as requested
• Represent Anova in external meetings as requested
• Participate in and present at Anova CME sessions

Reporting

• Provide monthly facility/mentee progress report to line manager
• Report daily to the roving team leader and the cluster PMTCT technical advisor.

Qualifications and Experience

• Registration as a Professional Nurse with the South African Nursing Council
• Clinical Assessment Treatment & Care (PHC Nurse Clinician)
• NIMART trained and mentored
• 2 to 5 years’ experience working as a professional nurse in PMTCT/ HIV/AIDS environment
• Experience in managing HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women on ART
• Experience in training an advantage
• Experience in engaging with HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women and their partners
• Ability to communicate in local languages (an advantage)
• An interest in community outreach and skills development

Skills, competencies, and attributes:

• Must be able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to manage relationships.
• Strong organisational skills, including task and time management, ability to multi-task, establish priorities, and meet deadlines; and work without daily supervision.
• Excellent communication and report-writing skills