POSITION: ENROLLED NURSE
OFFICE: JOHANNESBURG
CLOSING: 31 OCTOBER 2024
OUT is a South African-based not for profit organisation aimed at enabling socially just, inclusive, and equitable societies that are free of discrimination and stigma for all LGBT+ people. OUT works to secure the empowerment, human rights, access to equitable services and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender plus communities in South Africa, the region and internationally.
OUT LGBT Well-being is currently recruiting a qualified and experienced Enrolled Nurse to support our USAID project in Johannesburg.
This position will have a direct report to the Health Services Manager and will be for a fixed term.
JOB PURPOSE
The Enrolled Nurse provides clinical and phlebotomy support to clients, coordinates the delivery of prescription items to clients on ART/PrEP, and other primary health care medication.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Delivery of medication
- Provide timeous treatment follow-ups to clients ensuring that clients receive their medication as prescribed.
- Ensure all medical equipment including medication safely stored for delivery to clients.
2. Clinic Management
- Provide phlebotomy services as per clinical guidelines.
- Ensure phlebotomy materials are requested and collected timeously.
- Tracking and tracing of clients.
- Ensure that the tracing tool is updated daily.
- Ensure correct medication administered and recorded.
- Update clinical notes on client’s condition.
- Ensure sufficient treatment issued to clients and recorded.
- Ensure specific blood for ART clients are taken according to Department of Health (DOH) guidelines.
- Ensure screening and clinical documentation is accurately completed.
3. Administration
- Timeous submission of data collection tools to M&E team.
- Ensure the HTS register is accurately completed and signed daily.
- Ensure medication is packed appropriately and cold chain maintained.
- Ensure first in, first out (FIFO) principle regarding medication.
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES:
- Enrolled Nursing.
- At least 2 years’ experience in Enrolled Nurse duties.
- At least 1 year experience in HIV.
- Able to demonstrate ability to manage data collection and reporting.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Attention to details.
VETTING:
- Qualification verification
- Criminal record checks
- Credit checks
APPLICATION PROCESS:
- Please only submit a 3-page (max) CV, and a motivation letter, without supporting documents
- Applications can be emailed to recruitment@engagemenshealth.org.za.
- For non-South African nationals or permanent residents, it is the responsibility of the applicant to obtain a work permit from the Department of Home Affairs. Employment will depend on a valid work permit being in place.
- Members of the LGBT+ community are encouraged to apply.
- OUT LGBT Well-being reserves the right not to make this appointment.
- If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of submitting your application, kindly consider your application to have been unsuccessful.
- Only candidates who meet the requirements will be contacted for interviews.