Job Description

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 successful candidate will offer advanced integrated health care to disengaged individuals and household through a roving system within a specified sub-district mainly supporting facilities with high numbers of LTFU patients or missed appointment. Focusing on intensified physical tracing, active referral, linkage to care, adherence support health promotion, screening, and disease prevention.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Lead defaulter tracing activities
• Conduct physical tracing
• Retention in care
• Clinical Services
• Offer other health related clinical screening services (Blood Pressure, Glucose, pregnancy etc.) to clients during all community outreach activities
• Assist with collection of blood samples:
• Ensure abnormal incidences are recorded, reported, and fast tracked for confirmation and linkage into care
• Assist with delivery of medicine at household
• Conduct health screening and testing services during campaigns, household visits and at facilities
• Active Linkage to Care
• Monitoring and reporting of outcomes
• Stakeholder engagement
• Cross cutting activities:
• Promote HIV testing and screening for TB, STIs, NCDs, Cervical Cancer mental health for person.
• Assist with training and supervision of CHWs.
• Work with CHWs to continuously identify and map other community stakeholders providing various services to link household members for psychosocial and economic care
• Any other tasks as agreed with line manager.

Minimum qualifications and experience:

• Enrolled nursing certificate or relevant qualification
• Minimum of One year of work experience in nursing
• Experience of working within community health programs
• Up to date knowledge on South African HIV/TB programs, preferably in the public health sector
• Counselling experience, especially HIV.
• Up to date professional body registration
• Confidentiality and discretion
• Ability to work in a poorly resourced environment
• Ability to work weekends, as and when required

Essential Added Advantage:

• The ability to drive will be an added advantage.
• Experience in community outreach/WBCHOT services

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:

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