Enrolled Nurse

**Work Description**

The purpose of this position is to provide highly experienced and efficient clinical services under the supervision of the Professional Nurse whilst adhering to all relevant policies and regulations.

**Purpose of the position**

The Enrolled Nurse’s primary responsibility is to support the implementation of strategic and tactical interventions at Department of Health (DoH) facilities and sites through the provision of direct HIV & TB related clinical services to patients and clients, namely HIV Testing Services, referring HIV-positive persons, ensuring linkage to care and implementation of decanting strategies.She / he will drive the 95-95-95 HIV and TB agendas for adults and children by ensuring that DOH clinical protocols and guidelines are being implemented by target facilities and that facility staff are continuously identifying and addressing clinical issues in order to reach 95-95-95 targets. The Enrolled Nurse will work in conjunction with a registered nurse/ professional nurse on site.

**Key Accountabilities**
- Provide voluntary and confidential HIV Testing Services
- Maintain and monitor patients’ adherence to treatment regimen to assess success of counselling
- Take bloods (and/or sputum) for all HIV positive patients and TB suspects as per guidelines under direct and/or indirect supervision of PN
- Educate and enrol patients into differential care models streams when eligible - Contact patients to return at scheduled intervals for Viral Loads in accordance with treatment guidelines
- Track, Trace and Refer Early Missed and Late Missed appointments, LTFU and uLTFU patients to WBOTs, Community Partners or as directed for return to care
- Contact patients who miss appointments within 3 days of missed appointment and reschedule Provide health education on health-related issues such as nutrition, retesting, family planning, etc, in patient waiting rooms and appropriate community events
- Use patient list from appointment system and pre pull files/folders for next 2 days’ appointments
- Daily retrieving of patients’ files, daily collection of patients’ raw data from all relevant facility’s registers for entry into clinical stationery
- Compare tracking list provided to WBOTs, Community Partners, other with appointment system to ensure patients return to care
- Compare phone log for missed appointments against facility daily appointments to ensure patients prompt return after a missed visit
- Have knowledge of diagnosis, clinical management and on-going antiretroviral use in HIV and TB exposed and infected children and adults
- Be able to diagnose and clinically manage HIV and TB infected adults and children.
- Have knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Ensure that daily, weekly and monthly standards/targets are met
- Ensure that all newly diagnosed HIV positive patients referred for treatment and linkage to care confirmed and documented
- Ensure that Eligible patients are enrolled into decanting programmes
- Ensure that Viral load testing conducted on all patients in accordance with treatment guidelines
- Ensure that efficient appointment system implemented at facility with mínimal missed visits
- Ensure All DSD captured on reporting tools correctly, consistently and timeously

**Education**
- Diploma in nursing: Staff nurse
- Registration with the South African Nursing Council
- HIV/AIDS Counselling and Management Certificate

**Experience**
- Minimum 2 years’ related experience and/or training
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in clinical or public health research
- Extensive counselling experience Advantageous
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in HIV/AIDS and TB related accountabilities

**Requirements**:

- Intermediate Microsoft Office skills (Exc

Closing date: 26 April 2023