Career Opportunities at National Department of Health

REQUIREMENTS :

• A Grade 12 certificate and NQF 7 qualification in Health Science registrable with a statutory council.
• A relevant post-graduate degree at NQF 8 will be an advantage.
• At least five (5) years’ experience at a middle/senior management (or equivalent) level in family health, neonatal and/or maternal health.

DUTIES :

• Reduce maternal deaths and improve maternal health outcomes. Provide leadership at National and Provincial level in terms of the reduction of maternal morbidity and mortality.
• Develop policy guidelines and facilitate the improvement in maternal health. Reduce neonatal deaths and improve neonatal health outcomes.
• Provide direction and facilitate implementation and monitoring of strategic programmes in neonatal health. Build strong partnership with maternal, new-born and VTP stakeholders.
• Support provinces with the development and monitoring of responsive implementation plans. Engage statutory councils and professional organisations for effective and efficient development of professional human resources.
• Manage the human and financial resources and the operational activities of the directorate. Develop and oversee implementation of the directorate’s annual operational plan and respond to audit queries and parliamentary questions. 

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REQUIREMENTS :

• A Grade 12 certificate and NQF 7 qualification as recognised by SAQA in Security Administration/ Security Management/ Risk Management/ Policing/Social Science or related qualification.
• At least five (5) years of experience at middle/senior managerial level in the Security field. Experience in State Security Agency will be an advantage.

DUTIES :

• Manage physical and personnel security in the department. Develop guidelines for managing access control to the Department, manage information security, and ensure compliance with OHSA specifications.
• Manage vetting in the department. Develop uniform standards for security clearance levels. Administer security appraisals and vetting of employees and contractors.
• Manage the screening process of companies and service providers as per the Departmental procurement process. Ensure effective information security management. Develop document security systems.
• Monitor and coordinate communication security matters. Manage finance, personnel, risk, and audit. Ensure risk assessments are conducted to determine security threats and ensure that current security measures comply with security policies and standards.

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REQUIREMENTS :

• A Grade 12 certificate and Diploma (NQF 6) qualification in Medical Technology or equivalent qualifications that requires registration with HPCSA.
• At least three (3) years’ experience at a supervisory level in HIV and AIDS and STIs environment. Knowledge of laboratory services, HIV/AIDS and HTS field, policy development, and government rules and regulations. 

DUTIES :

• Development, facilitation of the implementation of quality management systems approach on HIV Rapid Testing in all the public health facilities and other HCT implementing agencies. Secure funding for the Quality Assurance (QA) project through the NICD. Facilitate enrolment of all facilities on the quality assurance program.
• Review roll out plans for QA to the rest of the country and monitor implementation per provincial plan. Facilitate the correct use of rapid HIV test kits that are on national tender within public health facilities and support procurement, availability and utilization of rapid HIV test kits that are on national tender including other HTS implementing agencies.
• Capacitate counsellors on HIV Rapid Test training (HRT) and Provide Initiated Counselling and Testing (PICT) for medical professionals. Mentoring of lay counsellors to complete competency assessment leading to certification. Facilitate the roll out of HCT campaigns to the hard-to-reach communities as per the NSP, APP targets.
• Support provinces with pooling of resources to meet the set annual target. Participate on the arrangement of national HTS campaigns coupled with other services like MMC, TB and other health screening. 

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REQUIREMENTS :

• A Grade 12 certificate and NQF 6 qualification in Health Science or Social Science as recognized by SAQA. Post graduate qualification in public Health will be an advantage.
• At least three (3) years’ experience in health programme management, training or facilitation, clinical management of TB and/ or HIV patients, stakeholder management working in public health care environment. 

DUTIES :

• Strengthen integration of TB and HIV services. Provide technical support to Provinces on the implementation of the appropriate model for TPT and care at District, Facility and Community levels. Organise and conduct training.
• Provide technical assistance to Provinces and Districts in the development of their training plans. Conduct TB management training for nurses and other health care providers on the treatment of TB infection.
• Conduct support visits to priority Provinces and Districts to monitor programme implementation. Ensure uninterrupted supply of medicines used for the treatment of TB infection.
• Conduct an investigation of stock-outs in pharmacies and depots. Implementation of the end TB and closing the gap campaigns. Provide technical support on the implementation of the campaigns at provincial and district levels.

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REQUIREMENTS :

• A Grade 12 certificate and NQF 6 qualification in Health Science as recognized by SAQA.
• At least three (3) years’ experience at a supervisory level in HIV and AIDS and STIs environment. Knowledge of HIV & AIDS and HCT field, policy development, government rules and regulations.

DUTIES :

• Support the review, development and finalization of business plans. Support provinces in relation to HCT reporting, monitoring and evaluation. Coordinate monthly meetings with provinces.
• Support provinces in the management of HCT data. Coordinate and support provinces in trainings for HCT. Maintain and manage database of all operational HCT service points.
• Monitor the implementation of the business plans according to the conditional grants. Conduct quarterly conditional grant reviews

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REQUIREMENTS :

• A Grade 12 certificate and NQF 6 in Accounting/Supply Chain Management/ Logistics Management or Finance qualification.
• At least one (1) year experience working with payment of invoices within the public service. Knowledge of LOGIS and BAS, PFMA, Treasury regulation and government policies.

DUTIES :

• Process payments on LOGIS. Verify and pre-authorize all LOGIS payments within prescribed regulations and policies.
• Document control and reporting on payments. Investigate causes of late payments and supply reasons with supportive documentation.
• Provide copies of all invoices to be included in Accruals. Match and verify loaded invoices on Invoice Tracking System (ITS).
• Print invoices received on the central invoice e-mail and distribute to payment clerks.
• Finalize transactions on ITS and physical batches. Clear all transactions and attach stubs on ITS. Supervise human resources/staff.
• Ensure good office discipline and fair distribution of work. 

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REQUIREMENTS :

• A Senior Certificate (Grade 12) or equivalent NQF 4 qualifications.
• Records management certificate and experience in archiving will be an advantage.
• Knowledge of registry duties and practices as well as the ability to capture data and operate computers.
• Working knowledge and understanding of the legislative framework governing the Public Service.

DUTIES :

• Provide registry counter services. Handle incoming and outgoing correspondence. Sort, register and amalgamate transfer in the file.
• Distribute notices on registry issues. Render an effective filing and record management service.
• Opening and closing files according to record classification system. Maintain the filing tracing schedule. Handle archiving and transferring records.
• Maintain the file register. Process documents for archiving and disposal. Electronic scanning of files. Sort and package files for archives and distribution.