Clinical Mentor

**Main purpose of the job**:

- The Wits RHI Key Populations Programme is supporting the Department of Health to create key populations-friendly health facilities
- This position will improve the quality of clinical care at designated facilities in Makhado through mentoring of clinicians offering services to key population members

**Location**:

- **Makhado (Louis Trichardt), Vhembe District - Limpopo**

**Key performance areas**:

- Mentoring of key population sensitization trainees_
- Contribute to the design of mentorship programs for facility staff who have completed key population sensitization and competency training initiated by other Wits RHI stakeholders
- Liaise with Wits RHI, DOH, and other capacity development teams to address the mentoring needs of staff who have completed key population sensitization training
- Support the provision of on-the-job training to ensure skills transfer and competency
- Identify ongoing key population sensitization training needs of facility staff
- Assess participant learning via assessment processes
- Review individual developmental plans on a monthly and regular basis
- Clinical mentoring_
- Identify and address gaps in clinical guideline implementation at the facility level concerning key population services
- 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 key population members on ART
- Support the implementation of clinical guidelines at facility level through in-facility mentoring support
- Provide clinical services to maintain expertise (Direct Service Delivery) and contribute to program priorities
- Identify ongoing key population clinical competency training needs of facility staff
- Support the facilitation of formal clinical training as required
- Support clinical file reviews and audits to identify skills gaps
- Regularly review audit results from facilities to identify skills gap
- Serve as a champion, coach, and expert in clinical quality improvement (QI) to ensure that the Programme effectively utilizes QI approaches, methodologies, and tools to achieve outcomes
- Regularly monitor the implementation and progress of QI activities according to QI methodology
- Self-management_
- 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

**Required minimum education and training**:

- **Relevant Nursing Degree with SANC registration (Professional Nurse)**:

- **NiMART Certified**:

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

- **Certified Assessor**:

- **Valid SA driver’s license**

**Required minimum work experience**:

- **Minimum 5 years experience in public health and HIV Management**:

- **3 years of 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**:

- Experience working with key populations and sensitization to their socio-medical and psychological needs
- Sound technical knowledge of HIV primary care services including TB prevention, STIs
- Facilitation and Mentoring skills
- Experience in/exposure to Gender Affirming Health Care (hormone treatment)
- Knowledge of national and provincial health structures
- Experience working in a donor-funded organisation/NGO or project-based environment
- Qualification or experience in training, mentoring, project management, and quality improvement methodologies
- Knowledge of clinical systems and data management and analysis
- Exceptional organizational, administrative, and effective communication skills
- Skills in Microsoft Office and Excel
- Able to prioritize own workload and work towards deadlines
- Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Able to speak African languages
- Ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders
- Excellent levels of written and verbal communication
- Attention to detail and ability to problem-solve
- Conflict management skills
- Willingness to travel nationally

**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.