TB/HIV Care Association: Medical Officers

The TB/HIV Care Association is a nonprofit organisation that aims to empower communities by facilitating and providing treatment support, preventative, diagnosis, and rehabilitative services for TB and HIV clients.

The TB/HIV Care Association seeks to appoint a Medical Officers - Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC), based in Sisonke district, Nelson Mandela Bay district, Buffalo City district; West Coast district and Cape Town Metro district in Cape Town as well as in Central Karoo to Eastern Cape (Cradock, Graaff-Reiniet).

This is an exciting opportunity exists for Medical Officers to participate in a ground-breaking. HIV prevention programme focusing on voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC). This national organisation offers a competitive total cost of employment package, commensurate with experience. These are one-year contract positions with the possibility of renewal.

Responsibilities:

VMMC service provision

• Safely provide VMMC services to clients;
• Implement VMMC service according to agreed guidelines and protocols;
• Maintain a 24-hour emergency response service.

Quality assurance and improvement:

• Ensure quality clinical care in the supported facilities;
• Participate in quality assurance and improvement visits, including responding to queries;
• Ensure adherence to infection control protocols;
• Provide on-going supervision to VMMC professional nurses;
• Prevention of new HIV and TB infections;
• Improve the diagnosis, care and adherence support for TB patients and people infected and affected by HIV;
• Build the capacity of individuals and organisations to provide optimal TB and HIV prevention and care.

Reporting

• Supervise Lay Counsellors on data capturing and reporting aspects;
• Ensure that all adverse events are properly identified, recorded and reported;
• Contribute to the development of strong reporting systems and building capacity around these..

Research

• Participate in operational research and the development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems to improve TB and HIV prevention and care;     
• Evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the mentorship programme;
• Oversee implementation and field evaluation of new technologies (e.g., GeneXpert MTB/Rif and Pima Point of Care CD4 machine);
• Liaise with research and Department of Health partners in evaluation of activities.

Team management

• Line manage the roving VMMC team, including nurses and counsellors;
• Participate in regular meetings with other MOs;
• Report to the Clinical Manager.

Requirements:

• MBCHB degree;
• registration with the HPCSA;
• Dispensing licence;
• Experience in VMMC;
• Computer literate in MS Office suite
• Training, interpersonal and analytical skills;
• Ability to work under pressure, communicate at all levels and in people management;
• Valid code 8 driver’s licence;
• Ability to communicate in English, and at least one other national language (ideally Afrikaans and/or isiXhosa);
• Knowledge of HIV/AIDS/TB/STI’s, Medical male circumcision, HIV prevention interventions
• initiative skills and ability to work with minimal supervision;
• Ability to work in a culturally diverse environment;
• Ability to work outside of normal working hours and travel extensively in the Metro and the West Coast.

To apply, submit a CV, contact details of three contactable references and motivation letter to Ms Shannon McCann at recruitment@tbhivcare.org or fax to: 086 607 8246.

Please quote the source of this advertisement in your application - NGO Pulse Portal.

Enquiries: Tel: 021 425 0050.

Should you not hear from us after a month of the closing date, consider your application as unsuccessful.

For more about the TB/HIV Care Association, refer to www.tbhivcare.org.

For other vacancies in the NGO sector, refer to www.ngopulse.org/vacancies..

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