Career Opportunities 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.
•  We are looking for a skilled Data Tracing Admin Clerk to support the Department of Health through direct services at the hospital, carry out data-related admin work, capture patient’s files, generate missed appointments/ defaulter reports, track/ trace missed appointments  including any other clients referred for tracing and compile monthly statistics. The successful incumbent will provide administrative and clerical services in order to ensure effective and efficient patient flow, general operations and improve adherence to care of TB/HIV patients at the hospital level by tracing the missed appointment clients back to care telephonically through brief adherence counselling.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Welcome and assist patients with queries
• Register and retrieve patients’ files
• Manage patient booking/appointment system as requested
• Verify all reported data against source documents
• Capture patient’s information into all database platforms, e.g. Tier.Net, and other DoH database applications
• File patient records as per ideal processes and filing Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
• Collate weekly collected data, DHIS data, submit to the managers
• Assist the WBPHCOT’s to trace defaulters within the communities
• Facilitate all tracing processes (telephonic and physical) 
• Assist with telephonic tracing of missed appointments and defaulters
• Compilation of all clients that were not reached telephonically to the WBPHCOT register for physical tracing
• Update tracing outcomes on Tier.Net
• Carry out data quality assessments and audits with close guidance from M&E Officer
• Coordinate and collect ad-hoc and routine weekly data from all Anova team members in the sub district

Minimum qualifications, experience and skills required:

• Grade 12 (Matric)
• Tertiary graduates an added advantage
• 3 years of experience working with PLWHA especially within the community
• Trained in basic HIV counselling and testing
• Trained in adherence counselling
• Data capturing competency through experience or training
• Able to communicate in English and other South African official language
• Always maintain highest level of confidentiality in all work activities
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines  
• Excellent administrative and organizational skills
• Be organized and have attention to detail
• Fast and accurate data capturing skills
• Proficiency in MS office

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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.
• We are looking for a skilled Data Tracing Admin Clerks to support the Department of Health through direct service at facility level, carry out data-related admin work, capture patient’s files, generate missed appointments/ defaulter reports, track/ trace missed appointments  including any other clients referred for tracing and compile monthly statistics. The successful incumbent will provide administrative and clerical services in order to ensure effective and efficient patient flow, general operations and improve adherence to care of TB/HIV patients to PHC facilities by tracing the missed appointment clients back to care telephonically through brief adherence counselling.

 Key duties and responsibilities:

• Welcome and assist patients with queries
• Register and retrieve patients’ files
• Manage patient booking/appointment system as requested
• Verify all reported data against source documents
• Capture patient’s information into all database platforms, e.g. Tier.Net, and other DoH database applications
• File patient records as per ideal clinic processes and facility filing Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
• Collate weekly collected data, DHIS data, submit to facility manager and Anova manager
• Assist the WBPHCOT’s to trace defaulters within the communities
• Facilitate all tracing processes (telephonic and physical) of the priority facilities
• Assist the PHC facility with telephonic tracing of missed appointments and defaulters
• Compilation of all clients that were not reached telephonically to the WBPHCOT register for physical tracing
• Update tracing outcomes on Tier.Net
• Carry out data quality assessments and audits with close guidance from M&E Officer
• Coordinate and collect ad-hoc and routine weekly data from facilities by all Anova team members in the sub district

Minimum qualifications, experience and skills required:

• Grade 12
• Tertiary graduates an added advantage
• 3 years of experience working with PLWHA especially within the community
• Trained in basic HIV counselling and testing
• Trained in adherence counselling
• Data capturing competency through experience or training
• Able to communicate in English and other South African official language
• Always maintain highest level of confidentiality in all work activities
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines 
• Excellent administrative and organizational skills
• Be organized and have attention to detail
• Fast and accurate data capturing skills
• Proficiency in MS office

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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.
• We are looking for a Nurse Mentor to give technical support and capacity building on Comprehensive Care, Management and Treatment (CCMT) program and mentor staff at facilities in all areas of CCMT.

Key Duties and Responsibilities
Health System Strengthening

• Mentoring of staff at facilities in all program areas of CCMT
• Initiate and organize internal training and workshops based on needs and request
• Support the Department of Health and collaborate with other NGOs on implementation of CCMT program and community events
• Ensure implementation of the recent CCMT guidelines and protocols
• Identify program support needs at facilities and advise accordingly
• Facilitate integration of different CCMT services

Monitoring and Skill Development

• Design development plan, based on identified needs and develop materials together with senior medical officers
• Support the Department of Health in conducting training 
• Empower colleagues (e.g., orientation and knowledge transfer)
• Provide solution on complicated cases together with clinic’s staff including referrals to relevant discipline at different levels of care
• Mentoring on acute service delivery in incidental cases including dispensing, recording, and counselling

Strengthening internal role and Administration

• Assist all other Anova projects with planning, organizing and execution of support activities 
• Assist with quarterly statistics collection
• Attend sub-district office meetings, all other relevant meetings/ workshops and skills development initiatives
• Submit work plans, requests, and reports timeously as agreed
• Ensure and maintain required quality of written communication including reports and emails     
• Ensure documentation of tracing activities at facility level by staff involved and at community level by WBOTs teams reporting to supported facilities
• Support QI projects as assigned
• Support other interventions prioritized at any point during the performance contract period

Research

•  Do Research work as when required 
• Any other tasks as agreed with line manager.

Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Skills Required

• Grade 12 (Matric)
• Professional Nurse with Midwifery Diploma or Degree and registered with South African Nursing Council (SANC)
• NIMART trained, mentored, and certified as competent
• 2 to 5 years’ experience in working as a Professional Nurse including work in TB/HIV/AIDS environment
• Have knowledge and experience in TB/HIV/AIDS management
• Be able to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Able to communicate in English and any other local language
• Proficiency in MS office

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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.
•  We are looking for a Linkage Officer (Adolescent and Youth Friendly Services) who will promote healthy behavior and prevent risk behavior in adolescents through the implementation of targeted interventions at sub district level including institution of higher learning. They will be responsible for mentoring and monitoring activities done by the AYFS Peer Educators as per Anova work plan strategies.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

 Health Education/Promotion

• Provide Health education to adolescents and young people at supported facilities and during
• outreach campaigns about risky behaviours and sexual reproductive Health and rights (SRHR)
• Distribute information, education, and communication (IEC) materials and other educational
• materials to adolescents and young people at supported facilities
• Facilitate Youth dialogues in collaboration with health teams

 
Outreach Campaign and mobilization

• Engage in outreach campaigns to increase uptake of HIV testing services (HTS) and other services
• Engage in other innovative campaigns in collaboration with other campus health implementing Partner
• Promote B-wise during health talks, outreach campaigns, and assist adolescents and young people at supported facilities to register on B-wise

Youth Care Clubs (YCC)

• Establish and maintain existing youth care clubs and maintain existing current Youth Care Clubs (YCCs) at supported facilities
• Facilitate disclosure process to adolescent living with HIV (ALHIV)
• Facilitate YCC in supported facilities using AYFS approach

 Adolescent Youth-friendly Service (AYFS) Youth-Friendly hours

• Establish and facilitate ‘’Youth-friendly Hours’’ at supported facilities and mentor facility-based peer educator on AYFS youth-friendly hours
• Ensure that supported facilities are adherent to 10 national AYFS standards

 Scale up Youth-Friendly health service-condom distribution

• Facilitate distribution of condoms both male and female including condom demonstration to adolescents and young people

Case Identification and linkage to care

• Screen adolescents and young people for HTS and other services and link positive clients to care using current navigation models e.g., Karabo model in nearby facilities
• Screen adolescents and young people for HTS and other services
• Link negative clients to prevention services e.g. VMMC to nearby facilities and clinics
• Link all positive clients to nearby facilities for ART and other services

 Adherence

• Ensure that all adolescents and young people living with HIV are adherent to their ARVs
• Link all defaulters to tracing team enhanced adherence counsellors
• Monitor 90-90-90 treatment plan at supported facilities where peer educators are based 

Stakeholder Engagement

• Attend Anova internal meetings
• Conduct adolescent health profile in communities
• Establish bi directional (community/facility) referral channels to AYFS
• Form Partnership (working with Anova team and linkage officer) with other implementing partners e.g. condom distributers, HEAIDS

Capacity Building

• Train and mentor health teams on AYFS, YCC 90-90-90, SRHR and CADC models
• Train and mentor facility peer educators and counsellors on YCC, child and adolescent disclosure counselling (CADC) model of HIV
• Mentor Anova clinicians and non -clinicians on peer education

Reporting

• Provide constant feedback on program development on weekly , monthly and quarterly basis to line managers and relevant people
• Weekly update of facility support visits on TA register
• Compile weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual report to adolescent Technical Advisor, Anova sub-district manager and linkage officer timely
• Any other tasks as agreed with line manager.

Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Skills Required:

• Grade 12 (Matric)
• Diploma in social science or relevant qualification
• Qualified in HIV counsellor with 2 years’ experience in working with Adolescent and Young people
• Experience with public speaking and trained on facilitation skills
• Have knowledge and experience in TB/HIV/AIDS management
• Able to communicate in English and Sepedi highly advantageous
• Excellent organizational skills
• Proficiency in MS office