Current Vacancies at Wits Health Consortium

Key performance areas

• Perform study related duties as specified by the protocol.
• Complete the case report forms.
• Assist with obtaining informed consent from study participants.
• Perform voluntary HIV counselling and testing including rapid fingerpick testing as per protocol.
• Assist with follow-up of participants who fail to attend their study visits.
• Conduct home visit if required.
• Ensure that all (blood, urine and sputum) specimens are taken to the laboratory and that it reaches the laboratory
• timeously.
• Ensure laboratory results are tracked, received and signed by the Investigator/s.
• Ensure that each signed laboratory results filed correctly in its respective participant binder.
• Explain the use and maintenance of diary cards (paper and electronic) and reconcile the written/captured solicited
• symptoms versus verbal data.
• Provide direct clinical care and treatment oversight to the study participants including family planning and administration of
• STI treatment.
• Attend and resolve queries that are generated by data management staff.
• Attend to all the DCF (Data Clarification Forms) timeously as they are raised by the laboratory and ensure all the amended
• results are filed correctly.
• Record and maintain a complete inventory record of all kits received and ensure laboratory kits are always available on
• site.
• Maintain and monitor the Emergency Trolley.
• Record/maintain temperature records of areas where kits and Emergency Trolley is stored.
• Communicate routinely as needed to the Study Coordinator, Team Coordinator and investigators regarding clinical
• management of subjects.

Required minimum education and training

• Grade 12.
• Qualified as a Professional Nurse.
• Computer literacy (Outlook, Microsoft Excel and word - moderate).

Professional body registration

• Registered with the South African Nursing Council.
• The Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates. Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the
• closing date can consider their applications unsuccessful.

Required minimum work experience

• 1-2 years working in a clinical environment.
• Phlebotomy experience.
• A valid driver’s licence, as candidate will be required to collect participants from their home or conduct a home visit.
• Work in a stressful environment.
• Work after hours and weekends if required.
• Oversee/manage and train junior team members.
• Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities
• HIV and VCT experience.
• Valid GCP.
• Experience on vaccine or HIV prevention clinical trials will be advantageous.
• Empathy and Understanding to participants.
• Ability to speak in local languages

The subject heading of the email must read DM – 007 – Professional Nurse

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Key performance areas

• Create Recruitment strategies in conjunction with line management in order to target and secure participant
• targets for each project.
• Schedule dates and target various hot spots to canvass, section house areas.
• Actively engage with Project Managers of other PHRU projects to assess for cross referrals to/ from other
• projects.
• Complete recruitment Log by patient – manual and electronic, as per project requirements.
• Give insight to the project either verbally on the job, or offer the presentation of the project.
• Participate in the completion of the Informed consent forms (if protocol allows) ensuring GCP is adhered to at
• all times.
• Inform the participants of the project requirements.
• Facilitate questions as required.
• Check list of enrolled participants and highlight all deviants from within window period.
• Update info on the electronic and manual log.
• Confirm visits via telephone and SMS, as agreed with line management.
• Note all interactions on retention log.
• Reconciliation of those visited and those still not in attendance.
• Facilitate the dynamics if psycho social needs are the obstruction.
• Update the chat note on a daily basis.
• Ensure daily, weekly and monthly reports are submitted timeously as required.
• Take ownership and accountability for tasks & activities and demonstrates effective self-management.
• Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of own work are consistently and accurately
• maintained. ·
• Inform relevant parties in the event of tasks or deadlines not met and provides appropriate means of resolution
• Support and drives the business’ core values.
• Maintain a positive attitude.
• Respond openly to feedback.
• Take ownership for own career development.
• Manage colleagues and client’s expectation and communicate appropriately.
• Willing to help others and go the extra mile to meet team targets and objectives.
• Manage own disruptive emotions (handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact on the team).

Required minimum education and training

• Matric.
• HIV Management course an advantage, counselling course specific to role (if required).
• Good understanding of English – writing, reading and speaking.
• Ability to read, write and speak at least another two languages.
• Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities
• Clinical Trial and general Project Management exposure/ experience.
• Time Management.
• Ability to engage with people at all levels, working in the community, ability to influence people – recruiting.
• High level of interpersonal skills required.
• Meet with various stakeholders: CBO, NGO etc, Dynamic person – ability to relate at all levels, high level of
• listening skills.
• Strong empathy required.
• Some knowledge of Psycho Social referrals required.

Required minimum work experience

• A minimum of one year working experience an advantage within an administration, counselling role