Clinical Mentor

**Main purpose of the job**:
**Location**:

- **Hillbrow, Johannesburg**

**Key performance areas**:

- Provide clinical mentoring and skills transfer at 9 district sites in Eastern Cape (2), Western Cape (2), Gauteng (4), and Limpopo (1)
- Identify gaps in clinical guideline implementation at the site level and develop plans to address these
- Identify clinical training needs of site staff
- Liaise with DOH and the APACE/Gophlega Capacity Development Team to address training needs
- Support the implementation of clinical guidelines at the site level through on-site mentoring support
- Contribute to the achievement of priority programs targets
- Support the provision of classroom/off-site training and on-the-job training to ensure skills transfer and competency
- Support the implementation of 99-95-95 strategies to ensure service users are competent to initiate ART, manage and monitor viral suppression and retention in care for patients on ART, including adherence support strategies and identification and management or referral of patients for accelerated clinical care and failing treatment
- Provide ongoing mentorship and coaching
- Support the facilitation of formal clinical training as required
- Provide clinical services to maintain expertise (Direct Service Delivery) and contribute to program priorities
- Implement training plans for staff
- Review the developmental plan on a monthly and regular basis
- Liaise with the relevant Administrator regarding the support required
- Prepare for training and ensure familiarity with training content and methodologies
- Facilitate courses according to plan at high quality
- Assess participant learning during courses and via assessment processes
- Train clinical and non-clinical colleagues on guideline changes and new modules when required
- Participate in ongoing mentorship programs initiated by other Wits RHI stakeholders
- Ensure all completed registers, assessments, and evaluations are returned from courses and hard copies are provided to the relevant training administrator
- Monitor the delivery and quality of training/mentorship at the district/site level
- Support clinical file reviews and audits to identify skills gaps
- Regularly review SIMS results from facilities to identify skills gaps
- Participate in monitoring activities mandated by the Capacity Development team
- Serve as a champion, coach, and expert in clinical quality improvement (QI) to ensure that the program effectively utilizes QI approaches, methodologies, and tools to achieve outcomes
- Regularly monitor the implementation and progress of QI activities according to QI methodology
- Serve as a representative of the clinical QI program on both internal and external forums/working groups within the supported districts
- Participate in course reviews
- Participate in the development of training and mentoring plans in the supported sub-district
- Participate in progress meetings with the sub-district team to monitor the progress of the strategic plan and deliverables
- Complete training and mentoring reports including description and analysis of participant assessment and evaluation and communicate report to relevant stakeholders
- Work with the training team management and other relevant stakeholders to assess the effectiveness of training interventions via evaluation projects and communicate results and recommendations
- Work with Senior Advisor HIV to identify potential Nurse Leads to enhance 1st 95, 2nd 95, and 3rd 95 clinical outcomes at sites
- Train, assess, and mentor potential and incoming Nurse Leads
- Demonstrate effective self-management and performance ownership

**Required minimum education and training**:

- **Relevant Nursing Degree with education qualification**:

- **Certified clinical (NIMART, APC/PC101, and HTS) Mentor**:

- **Mentoring skills**:

- **Assessor skills**:

- **Facilitation skills**:

- **Certified Assessor**:

- **Valid SA driver’s license**

**Required minimum work experience**:

- **Minimum 5 years experience in Public Health and HIV Management**:

- **3 years’ clinical training experience (HIV/TB/SRH)**:

- **2 years of clinical mentoring experience and experience in assessing learners**

**Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities**:

- Certification in HIV Management and Quality Improvement
- Dispensing License with an understanding of good pharmacy practices
- Understanding of Gender Affirming Health Care (hormone treatment)
- Experience working in a donor-funded organization/NGO or project-based environment
- Qualification or experience in training, mentoring, project management, and quality improvement methodologies
- Exceptional organizational, administrative, and effective communication skills
- Ordered and systematic in approach to tasks
- Pro-active, able to exercise discretion and independent decision-making
- Able to prioritize own workload and work towards deadlines
- Self-motivated, able to work independently an