Openings at TB HIV Care

Job Advert Summary    

• Conducts community, household and individual health assessments and identify individual health needs and risks (actual and potential). Facilitate the family or an individual to seek the appropriate health service and promote the health of the households and the individuals within these households. Refer individuals for further assessment and testing after performing simple basic screening. Provides limited, simple health interventions in a household. Provide psycho-social support and manage interventions such as treatment defaulter tracing and adherence support

Minimum Requirements    

• Grade 12
• Experience in handling patients with HIV,
• Must be resident in the area and have good knowledge of the geographical area
• Embrace different methods for supporting ART adherence support
• Locating clients and conducting the intervention in client’s households.

Duties and Responsibilities  

•  Assist the patient with personal hygiene, this would include washing of the body and hair, shaving of male patients, cutting of finger and toe nails, mouth care
• Perform wound care using appropriate material
• Provide stoma therapy, catheter care, nail and foot care, tracheotomy care
• Educate patient and relatives about caring for the patient at home and resources available
• Refer patients to health facilities and service providers where necessary
• Report the deterioration of patients’ conditions to supervisor
• Identify and register households
• Help patient(s) to understand purpose of visit and gain cooperation

Skills and Competencies    

• illingness to learn new skills
• Willing to work independently and under pressure
• Willingness to work in the community

Deadline:4th July,2025

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Job Advert Summary    

• Conducts community, household and individual health assessments and identify individual health needs and risks (actual and potential). Facilitate the family or an individual to seek the appropriate health service and promote the health of the households and the individuals within these households. Refer individuals for further assessment and testing after performing simple basic screening. Provides limited, simple health interventions in a household. Provide psycho-social support and manage interventions such as treatment defaulter tracing and adherence support

Minimum Requirements    

• Grade 12
• Experience in handling patients with HIV,
• Must be resident in the area and have good knowledge of the geographical area
• Embrace different methods for supporting ART adherence support
• Locating clients and conducting the intervention in client’s households.

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Assist the patient with personal hygiene, this would include washing of the body and hair, shaving of male patients, cutting of finger and toe nails, mouth care
• Perform wound care using appropriate material
• Provide stoma therapy, catheter care, nail and foot care, tracheotomy care
• Educate patient and relatives about caring for the patient at home and resources available
• Refer patients to health facilities and service providers where necessary
• Report the deterioration of patients’ conditions to supervisor
• Identify and register households
• Help patient(s) to understand purpose of visit and gain cooperation

Skills and Competencies    

• Willingness to learn new skills
• Willing to work independently and under pressure
• Willingness to work in the community

Deadlne:4th Juuly,2025

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Job Advert Summary    

• Conducts community, household and individual health assessments and identify individual health needs and risks (actual and potential). Facilitate the family or an individual to seek the appropriate health service and promote the health of the households and the individuals within these households. Refer individuals for further assessment and testing after performing simple basic screening. Provides limited, simple health interventions in a household. Provide psycho-social support and manage interventions such as treatment defaulter tracing and adherence support

Minimum Requirements    

• Grade 12
• Experience in handling patients with HIV,
• Must be resident in the area and have good knowledge of the geographical area
• Embrace different methods for supporting ART adherence support
• Locating clients and conducting the intervention in client’s households.

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Assist the patient with personal hygiene, this would include washing of the body and hair, shaving of male patients, cutting of finger and toe nails, mouth care
• Perform wound care using appropriate material
• Provide stoma therapy, catheter care, nail and foot care, tracheotomy care
• Educate patient and relatives about caring for the patient at home and resources available
• Refer patients to health facilities and service providers where necessary
• Report the deterioration of patients’ conditions to supervisor
• Identify and register households
• Help patient(s) to understand purpose of visit and gain cooperation

Skills and Competencies    

• Willingness to learn new skills
• Willing to work independently and under pressure
• Willingness to work in the community

Deadline:4th July,2025

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Purpose of the position:

• To provide Integrated Health and Wellness services as set out in the TPA and Dept of Health NPO Service Package for NPO finding 2023/24 and within the scope of practice, including implementing and coordinating Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC) within a defined geographic node. Duties focus on wellness, health promotion, prevention of ill health and home-based care services, and supervising and coordinating the team of community health workers to address primary health care services for individuals, families and community.

Minimum Requirements    

• Degree/Diploma in Nursing qualification
• Registration with the South African Nursing Council as a Professional Nurse
• 3 years’ experience in clinical trial/research coordination
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in nursing, post registration
• NIMART accreditation would be an advantage
• Drivers licence
• Clear criminal record
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Fluent in English or any other South African languages

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Define the health status of the community. 
• Builds relationships and works closely with the HCBS DOH staff, health facility, facility managers and facility staff
• Develops partnerships and working relationships with community structures, NGO's, community leaders, schools, workplaces, and other community resources to implement primary health care in a holistic way
• Ensures that services related to Health Care 2030 priorities are provided including the life course approach
• Plans and allocates the CHW workload according to health campaigns, patient referrals, community mapping and caseload required, to ensure optimal care
• Coordinates all the activities of the Community Health Workers in the allocated area
• Conducts quality assurance visits by conducting client file and household assessment audits, follows up of adherence or bed-bound clients and adherence support groups
• Provides feedback on observations at these visits to the Community Health Worker on a one to one basis
• Identifies gaps and provides the necessary on the job coaching and training
• Maintains healthy relations with facility managers, workplace EAP programmes and school life skills teachers
• Plans and coordinates regular visits to ECD centres to promote health, administer immunisations and vitamin A treatment
• Coordinates the community activations and health promotion activities in line with health priorities and campaigns 
• Conducts community-based health promotion and prevention activities including wellness services, health screening, SRH services, TB screening and HIV testing and tracking and tracing of index cases contacts.
• Ensures all cases identified in the community are referred to a facility or other appropriate services for further management.

Skills and Competencies    

• Excellent communication skills
• Leadership
• Attention to detail
• Computer literacy and IT skills
• Problem-solving
• Stakeholder management
• Excellent organisational and administration skills

Deadline:4th July,2025

go to method of application »

Purpose of the position:

• To provide Integrated Health and Wellness services as set out in the TPA and Dept of Health NPO Service Package for NPO finding 2023/24 and within the scope of practice, including implementing and coordinating Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC) within a defined geographic node. Duties focus on wellness, health promotion, prevention of ill health and home-based care services, and supervising and coordinating the team of community health workers to address primary health care services for individuals, families and community.

Minimum Requirements    

• Degree/Diploma in Nursing qualification
• Registration with the South African Nursing Council as a Professional Nurse
• 3 years’ experience in clinical trial/research coordination
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in nursing, post registration
• NIMART accreditation would be an advantage
• Drivers licence
• Clear criminal record
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Fluent in English or any other South African languages

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Define the health status of the community. 
• Builds relationships and works closely with the HCBS DOH staff, health facility, facility managers and facility staff
• Develops partnerships and working relationships with community structures, NGO's, community leaders, schools, workplaces, and other community resources to implement primary health care in a holistic way
• Ensures that services related to Health Care 2030 priorities are provided including the life course approach
• Plans and allocates the CHW workload according to health campaigns, patient referrals, community mapping and caseload required, to ensure optimal care
• Coordinates all the activities of the Community Health Workers in the allocated area
• Conducts quality assurance visits by conducting client file and household assessment audits, follows up of adherence or bed-bound clients and adherence support groups
• Provides feedback on observations at these visits to the Community Health Worker on a one to one basis
• Identifies gaps and provides the necessary on the job coaching and training
• Maintains healthy relations with facility managers, workplace EAP programmes and school life skills teachers
• Plans and coordinates regular visits to ECD centres to promote health, administer immunisations and vitamin A treatment
• Coordinates the community activations and health promotion activities in line with health priorities and campaigns 
• Conducts community-based health promotion and prevention activities including wellness services, health screening, SRH services, TB screening and HIV testing and tracking and tracing of index cases contacts.
• Ensures all cases identified in the community are referred to a facility or other appropriate services for further management.

Skills and Competencies    

• Excellent communication skills
• Leadership
• Attention to detail
• Computer literacy and IT skills
• Problem-solving
• Stakeholder management
• Excellent organisational and administration skills

Deadline:4th July,2025