Case Navigators - Pretoria, South Africa - AJ Personnel

AJ Personnel

Verified Company

Pretoria, South Africa

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

beBee Recruiter

Description

Main purpose of the job:

To work with the facility counsellors, linkage officers and the rest of the project team to provide personalized linkage to care for Paediatric clients with a focus on ensuring initial retention in care

Location:

-
Tshwane (Pretoria)

Key performance areas:

Liaise with community and clinic staff to ensure all newly diagnosed HIV and TB Paediatric patients are linked to care
Make contact with clients newly diagnosed with HIV and TB to ensure direct linkage to clinicians
Provide information to clients and ensure clients have a good understanding of the HIV care pathway
Assist paediatric patients and their care caregivers with making appointments for first and subsequent followup visit
Follow up to ensure clients attend their scheduled appointments
Assess each client's needs and offer support or link them to specialised support as relevant
Support clients by answering any queries relating to their diagnosis and the next steps in care
Assist clients with making appointments for first or followup visits
Follow up to ensure clients attend their scheduled appointments
Maintain patient confidentiality at all times
Provide health talks on HIV; TB, Infant feeding, PMTCT and Sexual Reproductive Health topics and support patients to access B-Wise and other relevant mHealth sites
Participate in health promotion campaigns, including holiday programmes and youth events. These will occasionally occur on the weekend
Distribute condoms and IEC material within the facility and community
Recruit clients for HIV counselling, TB screening and testing in the community and at the facility
Motivate individuals and groups to bring their partners and children for HIV testing and TB screening
Take ownership and accountability for tasks and demonstrates effective selfmanagement
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:

-
HIV Counselling and Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Required minimum work experience:

-
Experience as a volunteer working in community-related structures and projects for a minimum of 6 months

Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities:

Good communication skills and must be able to speak more than one African language
Experience with NGOrelated projects
Basic computer literacy and can work independently and as part of a team
Be adaptable, approachable, empathetic and willing to take initiative
Experience working with people living with HIV
Experience in healthrelated services

Demands of the job:

Must be open to communicating messages and implementing educational and social programmes which focus on HIV& AIDS, Infant feeding, Age-Appropriate Disclosure, STI, TB, Condom usage, Family planning and all other issues relating to matters of sexual reproductive health
Must be willing to participate in workshops and, when relevant, in the different research projects undertaken by the company

Communications and relationships:

Build relationships with the community tracing team and other organizations that we support, including the Department of Health and Ward based outreach teams (WBOTS)
Maintain good interpersonal relationships with other partners and stakeholders
Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure patients that are lost to care return to care

TO APPLY:

Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.

- _AJ Personnel is fully POPIA Compliant._

Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.

Please note:

-
Our Client, WHC
RHI, maintains mandatory Covid19 requirements, and as such only Covid19 vaccinated incumbents will be considered for positions
:

WHC, in accordance with its 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.
AJ Personnel is only responsible for advertising the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.
AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.