Professional Nurse - Thabo Mofutsanyane at Right to Care

Description

• To provide Comprehensive Quality Nursing Care to patients at all service delivery points, including pre, intra and post circumcision.

Requirements

Minimum Required Qualifications and Experience :

• Diploma in Nursing (General, Community, Psychiatry) and Midwifery.
• A valid South African driver’s license endorsed with a PrDP (Professional Driving Permit) is compulsory.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience :

• A Diploma in Nursing and VMMC Certificate.
• Two to three years working experience as Professional Nurse in the surgical environment.
• Two years NGO working experience, Infection Control
• Certificate, VMMC Certificate, HIV Management Certificate.

 Key Performance Areas:

• Assist to align demand creation and clinical efforts to ensure collaboration in working towards targets.
• Assist in provision of coaching and mentorship to Demand Creation Officers and Social Mobilisers regarding demand creation programme performance.
• Assist in drafting of annual Operational plan.
• Assist in drafting demand creation plans as required.
• Ensure availability of suppliers and equipment’s
• Assist to develop and implement planning and reporting systems for the VMMC MOVE team to ensure that they perform and reach allocated targets.
• Ensure vehicle inspection is done weekly and report is submitted to line manager.
• Ensure stock and suppliers management/control and timely reporting of any missing or broken to line manager.

Clinical Output:

• Implement Voluntary Male Circumcision Programme (VMMC) at facility level in accordance with provincial and SA national guidelines.
• Ensure comprehensive package of VMMC services available.
• Maintain and respond to QA assessments.
• Chair/attend staff meetings.
• Ensure all Circumcised Clients are followed up as per SA/WHO guidelines.
• Management of VMMC related adverse events effectively.
• 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.

Linkage to Care and Treatment:

• 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.

Quality Assurance:

• Ensure all source documents are available and well utilised by the Roving team.
• Ensure utilisation of PPE materials by all staff at the facility.
• Ensure clinical staff conducts Medical Circumcision in line with Minimum Surgical Procedure Standards.
• Ensure adherence to Infection Prevention and Control Standards.
• Ensure all follow-up and review of clients are conducted and documented accordingly.
• Ensure availability and correct Supply Chain Management processes of Supplies, Equipment and Environment.
• Ensure Emergency Management/Referral Protocol are adhered to.
• Assist in verification of all data before reporting.