Professional Nurse – Adolescent & Young People Programme

About the role

Anova Health Institute is recruiting a Professional Nurse for its Adolescent and Young People Programme. The nurse addresses the unique challenges young women face regarding HIV and AIDS, sexual and reproductive health and overall wellbeing, offering a package of health interventions based on needs assessments. The role covers care linkage, ART initiation, outreach clinical services, cohort management and project support.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure all diagnosed HIV-positive clients are initiated on ART daily and that clients who screen positive for HIV, TB, hepatitis B and C, and other NCDs such as diabetes and hypertension are linked to care, monitored and supported through treatment completion.
• Manage the cohort linked to care, ensure viral suppression and treatment adherence, and submit weekly, monthly and quarterly case management tools and reports.
• Provide outreach clinical services including HIV testing, STI and TB screening, sputum collection, STI treatment, wound care, ART, PEP and PrEP, cervical cancer screening and family planning for female clients, and referral to specialist services.
• Work with the psychosocial counsellor to run adherence support clubs and groups, and assess each client's prevention and care needs with the Site Coordinator, Linkage Nurse, HTS Counsellors and Linkage Officers.
• Maintain accurate records of ART initiations, clinical materials, medical supplies and drugs, and provide monthly inventories to the project manager.
• Review HTS and ART registers daily, keep follow-up registers up to date, and attend project meetings and stakeholder engagements.
• Oversee a team of HTS counsellors, linkage officers and social auxiliary workers, and attend to referrals from peer educators, site coordinators and the programme manager.
• Manage drug supply and HIV RDTs in line with Good Pharmacy Practice, implement quality assurance programmes (ICRM, NCS, rapid test quality control) and keep clinical equipment and supplies in working order.
• Counsel and train staff on clinical ethics, keep up with clinical developments, and drive the team to work sites while following the vehicle management policy.

Required profile

• Authorization certificate for NIMART from the Western Cape Department of Health (not older than 3 years) and an updated NIMART certificate (not older than 3 years) – compulsory.
• PACK 2025 certificate, Dispensing License Course for Health Professionals and HIV Management Training certificate – compulsory.
• At least 2 years' experience in project or operations management and 2 years in an HIV or public health environment.
• Valid driver's licence (code 8).
• Able to update and maintain data registers, computer literate with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and able to speak one of the local languages.