Open Positions at Anova Health Institute

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical Services

• Perform PICT for Anova clients and/or their partners; and give appropriate referral.
• Ensure quality test results are issued to clients.
• Screen clients for STIs and TB, refer for provision of symptomatic management.
• Provide, promote and demonstrate correct and consistent use of condoms.
• Ensure clients are linked to competent facilities.
• Age-appropriate HIV risk reduction counselling.
• Perform any other duties that will contribute to the efficient running of the programme as may be assigned by management.
• Identify potential risks and their management.
• Adhere to infection control standards and coordinate waste management with sharp containers to clinics

Technical support and capacity building

• Coordinate and supervise outreach workers with HCT.
• Support the implementation of 90-90-90 strategies as per DOH protocols.
• Supervise and perform monitoring activities including updating of registers and collection of statistics, validating of data and report writing.
• Provide in-service training to subordinates on clinical topics.
• Ensure ethics – confidentiality, dignity, are considered at all times.
• Linkage follows ups.
• Mentoring of the teams in counselling and testing
• Capturing of forms from outreach teams.
• Capture and submit linkage spreadsheet and cohort reporting.
• Ensure adequate stock is available.
• Ensure timeous requisition of supplies.
• Complete, compile and submit relevant data forms.
• Audit client forms to ensure correct stationary is used and completed in correct order.

Quality Control for HTS testing

• Maintain the storage and test kits.
• Arrange ordering of test kits.
• Perform and coordinate weekly QIC.
• Arrange and coordinate the proficiency testing for the teams.

Administrative Tasks

• Capturing of forms from outreach teams.
• Capture and submit linkage spreadsheet and cohort reporting.
• Ensure adequate stock is available.
• Ensure timeous requisition of supplies.
• Complete, compile and submit relevant data forms.
• Audit client forms to ensure correct stationary is used and completed in correct order.

Other relevant tasks as agreed with the line manager.

Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Skills Required

• Matric
• Enrolled Nursing certificate or equivalent qualification.
• Valid registration with South African Nursing Council as an Enrolled Nurse.
• Minimum of two years related experience and/or training: or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2 years’ experience in clinical HIV/Aids and TB related work.
• 2 years’ experience in a primary health care setting.
• Previous experience in a surgical environment and counselling skills (an advantage).
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Computer literacy especially electronic mail, and or willingness to learn.
• Basic organizational and administrative skill.
• Empathy and understanding of issues of people living with HIV/AIDS.
• Friendly and able to engage people.

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Key duties and responsibilities:

Project Coordination

• Lead and support the Peer Educators and larger outreach team in their respective region.
• Coordinate outreach activities of peer educators
• Coordinate training of Peer educators
• Coordinate community HIV testing and counselling activities, and other screening services on outreach
• Participate in individual supervision meetings with the peer educator and document individual session.
• Identifies places where people who inject drugs congregate and send this monthly to the M&E copying the project manager
• Responsible for updating and adding all the sites to the mapping tool monthly
• Coordinate the distribution of harm reduction kits, needles and syringes, condoms and lubricants, and other materials during outreach to PWUD and partners.
• Document and report all the missing project supplies, and assess the reasons given and take appropriate action.
• Recruit clients to receive Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) and submit the report to the project manager and M&E monthly
• Provide and ensure that risk assessment is done per client,
• Continuously the coordinator has to assess the number of harm reduction packs required for each client per week.
• Ensure there are enough harm reduction packs to the site to cover the time until the next planned outreach date
• Assess the psychosocial, human rights and risk elements of each client and make referrals to relevant departments. Include this update as part of your monthly narrative
• Organise monthly district clean ups with people who inject drugs and other stakeholders in the region. Include this update as part of your monthly narrative
• Organise small group discussions and coordinate with the Advocacy officer. Include this update as part of your monthly narrative
• Identify female clients and ensure they receive all relevant services offered by the project.
• Responsible for driving yourself and your team to the sites of work as and when required, and you should adhere to the Anova vehicle management policy
• Ensure that all positive clients are linked to care via mobile or local facilities

Project Administration

• Keep records about services provided during outreach and submit these to M&E officer on a regular basis
• Maintain regular contact with peer educators and follow up with them on performance related issues
• Assist in the preparation of monthly schedules for peer educators and tracking attendance
• Administer the HR policies and ensure compliance of project staff on timesheets, etc.
• Manage project vehicle and ensure daily checklists are done
• Ensure that the office rentals are paid timely each month
• Ensure all project supplies distributed are recorded
• Ensure all your staff members have adequate PPE
• Ensure all medical waste is managed as per the Waste Management SOP. All needles must be submitted to the Yeovile clinic
• Submit office inventor to the project administrator each quarter
• Submit weekly sign in registers to the project administrator

Personal development

• Participate in learning and development opportunities (trainings, workshops, information sessions etc.).
• Stay abreast of developments in the fields of HIV/AIDS, STIs and TB.
• Organise and encourage all staff members to attend debriefing and counselling sessions.

Organisational Responsibilities

• Attend meetings, briefings, debriefing, staff meetings and other as directed to do so on a regular basis.
• Represent the organisation with pride and ensure you adhere to the ethos and principles.
• Represent the organisation on behalf of the programme.

Perform any other additional duties assigned by the line manager.

Minimum qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor of Social Work, Nursing or Psychology or any other Social Science Degree is a requirement. 
• Knowledge of Department of Health policies and strategies on HIV/TB and HCT
• 3 years’ experience working on HIV and TB programmes 
• Experience in Coordination and implementation of HTS 
• Experience in working with key populations (PWUD)
• Excellent communication and report writing skills
• Computer literate
• A valid driver’s licence 
• Willingness to travel and drive teams to sites 
• Knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention and community health issues
• Facilitation skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Report-writing skills. 
• Planning and organisational skills. 
• Good communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills,
• Team player