Nurse Clinician - OR Tambo (Mthatha)
TB HIV Care - Mthatha, Eastern Cape
Closing date yi 9 ka July 2026
Regrettably, this position has been removed.
Purpose
- To provide a comprehensive community health service that includes HIV testing and counselling services linked to screening and diagnosing clients for TB/STIs as well as TB contact tracing.
- The provision of treatment, clinical care and case management for HIV clients, ensuring successful same-day ART initiation with an emphasis on adherence and retention in care.
- The role includes screening for TB, identifying asymptomatic and symptomatic clients, same-day initiation of TB Preventive Therapy (TPT), adherence and completion of treatment.
- For TB clients, TB treatment is started on diagnosed DS-TB results, with adherence and completion of treatment.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree (B Cur Nursing) from four-year college or university
- Experience in HIV counselling and testing in public health services
- 2 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- SANC registered
- NIMAART trained
- Valid code 08 driver’s licence
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office package
- Ability to communicate in IsiXhosa and English or another South African language
- Clear criminal record
Skills & Competencies
- Good communication skills
- Stakeholder management
- Decision making skills
- Problem solving skills
- Teamwork
- Innovation
- Planning & organising
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and conduct outreach programmes and HTS services in the community, workplace and farms
- Provide an enhanced appropriate package of treatment care and support of clients diagnosed with HIV, TB, STI’s, covid-19 case management and other health related conditions
- Provide technical assistance in HIV counselling and recording
- Collaborate with community role-players in engaging scaling up of TB/HIV service provision
- Maintain relations with C&T and other NGO’s/ stakeholders working to support the programme
- Appropriate referral of all the necessary health related conditions needing further management
Additional Information
- We are committed to Employment Equity when recruiting internally and externally.
- It is company policy to promote from within, wherever possible.
- We will ensure that we accommodate internal candidates, however to maintain a competitive advantage and to recruit best talent is also important for the organisation.
- If you do not hear back from us within 4 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Ref No
- TBH260706-2
Centre
- Mthatha Gateway Clinic
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