Treatment Navigators

**Main purpose of the job**:

- To provide individualized support for patients newly initiated on ART after the first month on ART and those already on ART, including follow-up contacts to ensure retention of clients into HIV services.

**Location**:

- **Eersterus CHC**:

- **Soshanguve Block JJ**:

- **Phedisong 6**:

- **Odi Hospital**:

- **Adelaide Tambo Clinic**:

- **Refentse Clinic**

**Key performance areas**:

- Work together with the linkage officer Identify patients who tested HIV positive and initiated ART in the allocated facility and catchment area and enroll them into treatment navigator care
- Provide individualized support for patients newly diagnosed with HIV and initiated on ART, including follow-up contact through regular meetings, phone calls, and SMS
- Remind the patients about their next visit appointments for the first and subsequent follow-up visits for the first 12 months through SMS, phone call, and home visits
- Send the SMS and make telephonic call reminders to the patient about the next appointment date,1st SMS and call 7 days prior to the appointment date and 2nd SMS and call to be at 2 days prior to the next appointment date)
- Provide information to patients on other health services available in the clinic or community
- Trace all clients who missed appointments within 24 to 72 hours to avoid early, late, and unconfirmed missed appointments (SMS, call, and home visit)
- Refer all HIV-positive clients with different needs to multi-disciplinary teams (psychosocial, nutrition, etc.)
- Always Maintain patient confidentiality
- Provide health talks on HIV, TB, Sexual Reproductive Health topics, and other related health services
- Participate in health promotion campaigns, including holiday programs and youth events. These will occasionally occur on the weekend
- Distribute condoms and IEC material within the community
- Recruit clients for HIV counseling and testing, and other health screening services in the community
- Motivate individuals and groups to bring their partners and children for HIV/TB and other health services
- Organize community awareness, screening, mop-up, and tracing campaigns on a quarterly basis to improve the management of HIV clients and retention in care activities
- Compile reports of activities and patient outcomes
- Keep a record of daily activities
- Share all reports and records timeously
- Take ownership, responsibility, and accountability for tasks and demonstrates effective self-management
- Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of own work are consistently and accurately maintained
- Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
- Take ownership, responsibility, and accountability for tasks and demonstrates effective self-management

**Required minimum education and training**:

- **Grade 12 or equivalent**

**Required minimum work experience**:

- **At least 6 months volunteer relevant experience in the health field or related post**

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

- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills

**Demands of the job**:

- Teamwork and collaboration

**Communications and relationships**:

- Working overtime or over weekends may be required from time to time

**TO APPLY**:

- Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
- _AJ Personnel is fully POPIA Compliant._
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.

**Please note**:

- **Our Client, WHC - RHI, maintains mandatory Covid-19 requirements, and as such only Covid-19 vaccinated incumbents will be considered for positions.**:

- WHC, in accordance with its Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.
- AJ Personnel is only responsible for advertising the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.
- AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.