Community Health Worker
5 days ago
**Main purpose of the job**:
- To recruit and retain study participants from the community into a study, participate in the process of raising awareness about the study and creating a relationship between the WRHI and the community
**Location**:
- **22 Esselen Street, Hillbrow - Johannesburg**
**Key performance areas**:
- Promote studies and recruit participants by conducting presentations, and distributing brochures in the community
- Address potential participants in accordance with recruitment targets and participant recruitment standard operating procedures (SOP)
- Obtain verbal consent before conducting screening interviews
- Inform willing participants that participation in the study is voluntary
- Schedule appointment with eligible participants to attend a further screening at Wits RHI study clinic
- Report on community meetings
- Attend relevant internal and external meetings
- Chair or take minutes of relevant meetings
- Assists in networking with relevant stakeholders
- Ensures that the study has relevant health promotion materials (IEC) on site
- Take ownership and accountability for tasks and demonstrate 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 for driving own career development by participating in ongoing training and development activities such as workshops, forums, conferences, etc.
**Required minimum education and training**:
- **Grade 12**:
- **Fluent in English and other African languages (Sesotho and Zulu preferable)Required minimum work experience**
**Required minimum work experience**
- **Minimum 6 months working experience**
**Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities**:
- Certification in good clinical practice (GCP)
- Empathetic with good communication and interpersonal skills
- Be tactful, respectful and maintain confidentiality
- Able to work independently and work as part of a multidisciplinary team
**Demands of the job**:
- Traveling and working over weekends (Saturdays) may be required
- Must be able to work in the community with patients who are HIV positive or negative and emotional because of the HIV disease
**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.
- Note WHC, in accordance with their 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.
- PLEASE NOTE: Our Client, WHC - RHI, maintains mandatory Covid-19 requirements, and as such only Covid-19 vaccinated incumbents will be considered for positions.
**Please note**:
- AJ Personnel is only responsible for the advertising of the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.
- AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.
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