6x Temp Professional Nurse

Key performance areas
- Screen patients on HIV in all services provided at the mobile clinic.
- Refer clients who test HIV positive to supporting partners or DOH for ART initiation after initial review
- Assess clients who come for services and facilitate up and down referrals if unable to provide on mobile.
- Screen, diagnose and prescribe appropriate treatments for STI’s and minor ailments as per PHC guidelines
- Counsel, screen and Initiate PrEP according to DoH guidelines as per district target
- Review PrEP clients as per district targets and manage as per guidelines including side effects.
- Ensure all relevant blood results are followed up within 3 working days and actioned within 24 hours if abnormal and require repeating or referral
- Support counsellors and linkage officers in adherence issues and loss to follow up patients
- Assist with SOP’s that will improve the running of the mobile clinic e.g. up -referral SOP.
- Ensure universal health precautions are followed including maintaining cleanliness of mobile van in keeping with COVID-19 protocols.
- Work with the district manager, clinical mentor and other nurses to plan a tailored approach to meeting targets within the district.
- Work with the DM,CM and other PN on QIP when targets are not being met.
- Monitor and review the implementation and progress of the programme work plans in conjunction with relevant stakeholders in absence of district manager and clinical mentor
- Review challenges and achievements.
- Track changes made that lead to improved outcome measures for targets.
- Integrate feedback from quarterly reports into programme implementation plan and subsequent progress reports.
- Ensure comprehensive completion of clinical data on clinical form to ensure less than 5% of files have missing clinical information.
- Utilising tick sheets and other capturing tools, compile accurate daily, weekly and monthly reports to the Clinical mentor on work conducted.
- In the absence of the clinical mentor or when delegated to; complete the following duties:

- Monitor and document temperature in medicine room
- Maintain stock card in medicine room/cupboard
- Provide monthly stock reports by the 5th of the month
- Order commodities from facilities or head office when required
- Take ownership 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 for driving own career development by participating in ongoing training and development activities such as conferences, workshops etc.

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- Relevant Nursing diploma or equivalent
- Essential: Certification/experience in sexual and reproductive health (particularly contraception and STI management); and HIV prevention and management. Sound technical knowledge of PEP, PrEP, ARV, TB-HIV integration, treatment and care infectious diseases.
- Desirable: Knowledge of national, provincial and district health structures.
- Experience working in a donor funded organisation / NGO or project-based environment and desirable to have experience working with schools and institutions of higher learning.
- Knowledge of clinical systems and data management.
- Exceptional organisational and administrative skills together with working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Ordered and systematic in approach to tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Pro-active, able to exercise discretion and independent decision-making.
- Able to prioritize own workload and work towards deadlines.
- Self motivated, able to work independently and work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Able to speak other African languages.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in public health and Nimart certificate or at least 2 years managing ART clients and in the process of getting NIMART certificate; dispensing licence.