Clinical Nurse Practitioner

Anova is an NGO that empowers people and changes lives. Good health and quality of life is what motivates us to provide healthcare solutions and support for those who need it most.

The Ivan Toms Centre of Health has provided HIV and health services to Men who have sex with Men (MSM) in the Cape Town metro for over 14 years. We are looking for an energetic and dynamic Clinical Nurse Practitioner to lead the nurse-led clinical services offered through the centre as well as its community-based mobile services teams.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide Clinical Services to Clients at our Facility and Community-Based Mobile Teams.
• Ensure all clinical service provision remains in line with national, provincial and site-level guidelines.
• Provide key population competent and sensitive care to all clients to ensure an enabling and welcoming environment.
• Ensure clients are appropriately screened, counselled and initiated onto ART or PrEP as required.
• Maintain service points and spaces according to clinical guidelines including all COVID-19 precautions.
• Conduct quality assurance procedures to ensure NDOH guidelines and programme requirements are fully implemented.

Client Engagement & Retention

• Maintain client engagement to support long-term retention in care.
• Facilitate client referrals and confirmed linkage for supplemental care as required by site-level and project guidelines.
• Work closely with project managers to ensure appropriate coverage of clinical services across all client access points.

Reporting and Support

• Accurately record and daily collate patient-level data through established reporting and management systems.
• Provide reports on HTS, ART and other facility activity reports as and when required.

Any other tasks as agreed with line manager.

Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Skills Required

• A Clinical Nurse Practitioner qualification.
• Proven experience in providing competent clinical care for men who have sex with men or other key populations is required.
• Experience in HIV, STI and TB management is required.
• NIMART trained and certified as competent to work independently with at least two years experience is preferred.
• Registration with the South African Nursing Council is required.
• Experience working in target-driven, PEPFAR-funded environment is strongly preferred.
• Previous PrEP implementation and training is highly advantageous.
• Willingness to provide clinical services in facility as well as on community-based mobile units is required.
• Willingness to work flexible hours is required.
• Ability to work independently with strong patient triage skills.
• Valid drivers license and willing to travel as and when required.
• Computer literate MS Office (Outlook, word, excel & PowerPoint).
• Ability and willingness to work with a wide variety of diverse team members and clients.
• Good report writing skills.

In accordance with our Employment Equity goals and plan, preference will be given to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto. Preference will be given to persons with disabilities.
Anova Health Institute is a provider of essential health services and therefore has a mandatory vaccination policy.
Should your application be successful, you will be required to submit your proof of vaccination before commencing employment in the role.
Applicants who have not been contacted within 4 weeks of submitting their application should assume that they have not been successful.
Unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be paid agency fees should their candidate be placed at Anova.
For more information on Anova visit our website: www.anovahealth.co.za