Sessional Medical Officer

3 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

Main purpose of the job:

  • To provide gender-affirming health care services for adult transgender and gender diverse (TGD) clients within a comprehensive HIV prevention, care, and treatment package

Location:

  • 7 Esselen Street, Hillbrow, Johannesburg

Key performance areas:

  • Create a safe and affirmative space for TGD clients to access services
  • Initiate and maintain routine hormone therapy according to established diagnostic eligibility criteria for hormone therapy, including:                  (i) Baseline evaluation and informed consent (2-3 visits);                                                                                                                                            (ii) Initiation of hormone therapy (preferably at 2nd or 3rd visit);                                                                                                                            (iii) Follow-up and monitoring at regular intervals as per wits RHI HRT protocol
  • Identify risk factors and conditions that can be exacerbated by gender-affirming hormone therapy
  • Consult on and provide referrals for gender-affirming interventions not offered at the Wits RHI trans health care centers such as surgery, facial hair removal, interventions for speech modification, etc.
  • Ensure case management with site Psychologist and/or Social Worker and Professional Nurse
  • Help establish and maintain a multi-disciplinary network of private and public gender-affirming health care and associated professionals
  • Render comprehensive, high-quality, clinical services for people living with HIV including, but not limited to:                                                          (i) Management of ART treatment failure;                                                                                                                                                                      (ii) Management of HIV Opportunistic infections;                                                                                                                                                          (iii) Management of treatment complications;                                                                                                                                                              (iv) Management of drug-drug interactions
  • Provide a 3-5-page quarterly report to the Site Manager and senior leadership team on service delivery challenges and mitigation approaches

Required minimum education and training:

  • MBChB/MBBCh Degree
  • Competency in gender-affirming and HIV health services
  • Registration with the HPCSA

Required minimum work experience:

  • 5 years experience in primary healthcare
  • Experience or knowledge of gender-affirming healthcare
  • Experience working with key populations, specifically the TGD community

Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities:

  • Familiarity with gender-affirming health care guidelines: (a)Tomson, A. et al. (2021). Southern African HIV Clinicians Society gender-affirming healthcare guideline for South Africa; and (b) World Professional Association for Transgender Health. (2012). Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People [7th Version]

TO APPLY:

  • Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
  • Please Apply Online and complete your registration on Ditto Hire (our application tracking system) to enable and protect you as a candidate to accept the new POPIA terms and conditions. This will then create your permanent profile with which you can apply for all jobs as advertised by AJ PERSONNEL. However, you may remove your profile from AJ PERSONNEL when you are no longer in the job market.
  • Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
  • The closing date for all applications: 02 December 2024.
  • 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.
  • Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
  • Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful.
  • AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.


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