The Professional Nurse’s primary responsibility is to support the implementation of strategic and tactical interventions at Department of Health (DoH) facilities and  community sites through the provision of direct HIV & TB related clinical services to patients and clients, namely PICT, PrEP, TB & ART initiations and viral load monitoring and other HIV/AIDS,TB related activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide HIV Counselling and testing within the framework of Provider Initiated Counselling and Testing (PICT)
• Integrated HIV and TB care and treatment provided
• Initiate PrEp on negative patients and ART on newly diagnosed HIV positive adult and paediatric clients as per the ART Guidelines.
• EMTCT Guidelines implemented and PMTCT Standards met
• Contact patients to return at scheduled intervals for Viral Loads in accordance with treatment guidelines
• Conduct TB Screening for all patients seen and all TB Standards met
• Ensure Quality control measures including record keeping for all activities undertaken

Job Requirements

• Ability to diagnose and clinically manage HIV and TB infected adults and children
• Understanding the local political landscapes involved at Facility, Sub-district and District level
• Knowledge of diagnosis, clinical management and on-going antiretroviral use in HIV and TB exposed and infected children and adults
• Understanding of 95-95-95 HIV and TB strategies for adults and children
• Understanding healthcare systems and relationships in resource limited settings

Qualification & Experience – Jobs in Mpumalanga 2022

• 3 years’ experience as a Professional Nurse of which 1 year within the HIV setting.
• Diploma in Nursing
• Registered with SANC

Job Details – Jobs Near Me South Africa 

• Company: BroadReach
• Vacancy Type: Full Time
• Job Location: Ermelo, Mpumalanga, South Africa
• Application Deadline: SEE APPLICATION PAGE