Community Health Worker

7 months ago

East London, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

**Main purpose of the job**:

- To recruit transgender through communities as well as identify transgender who have defaulted (especially TB and/or HIV positive patients) in order to increase their access to clinical services (treatment of STIs, HCT, Family planning, etc.) offered by WRHI

**Location**:

- **Buffalo City Municipality, East London**

**Key performance areas**:

- Conduct pre and/or post-HIV test counseling
- Provide adherence counseling and support to clients eligible for, or already on the ARV program
- Follow-up with clients have defaulted by not attending the clinic for their follow-up treatment, CD4 count results, or monitoring at six months
- Ensure that the hotels are timeously informed of mobile clinic day visits
- Promote studies and recruit participants by conducting health talks and distributing brochures at the Clinics
- Obtain verbal consent before conducting screening interviews
- Inform willing participants that participation in the study is voluntary
- Conduct screening interviews with consenting participants to determine eligibility for the study
- Schedule an appointment with eligible participants to attend further screening at the WRHI clinic
- Record screened participants in the screening register
- Obtain informed consent from participants for screening and enrolment
- Administer study questionnaires
- Receive queries from patients and address or refer queries accordingly
- Provide adherence counseling and support to clients eligible for, or already on the PrEP program
- Provide health talks at the clinics and hotels and ensure that the prevention, VCT, and adherence counseling is promoted to the clients
- Communicate positive messages that focus on STI, SRH, TB, and HIV and reflect the integration of these messages
- Demonstrate condom usage to clients as well as distribute to the outreach sites
- Capturing results in patient files as well as documenting them in the required book
- Ensure patient files are filed accurately
- Preparing files for outreach
- Ensure accurate and correct labeling of all specimen samples
- Ensuring correct administration of Peer Educator timesheets and leave forms
- Drive the team to different transgender hot spots for outreach
- Drop off condoms at transgender hot spots
- Communicate to brothel managers and transgender timeous outreach plans
- Carry out necessary vehicle checks before trips
- Operate vehicle with care and consideration to other road users
- Report any vehicle faults, repairs, or accidents timely
- Complete relevant vehicle usage forms in accordance with the policy
- 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 of driving own career development by participating in ongoing training and development activities

**Required minimum education and training**:

- **Grade 12**:

- **Valid driver’s license**:

- **Fluent in English and other African languages (Sesotho and Zulu preferable)**

**Required minimum work experience**:

- **Minimum 6 months working experience as a Peer Educator in communities**

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

- Basic HIV education and counseling.
- Empathetic with good communication and interpersonal skills
- Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Be tactful, respectful and maintain confidentiality
- Able to work independently and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team

**TO APPLY**:

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

- **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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