Cluster Co-Ordinator - TB HIV CARE (uThukela) - uThukela
(2024-10)
- Lead and manage implementation of interventions at district to cluster/ward level.
- Coordinate and work with M&E teams in weekly meetings and review of performance, refine weekly plans considering yield/challenges and develop QI projects.
- Ensure effective implementation of peer driven model for mobilisation and case management.
- Support delivery and differentiated prevention interventions (mobilisation, Biomedical; Psychosocial Support Services; Behavioral (structural and Intensified Economic Strengthening).
- Engage with and establish optimal working relationships with stakeholders (district DOH, health care facilities, DSP networks and other implementing organizations)
- Ensure reporting to and communication with PP PREV regional/district manager.
- Responsible for DSD implementation and coordination. Participates in district nerve center, DAC, LAC, WAC meetings; support multi-disciplinary team approach to managing clients
- Use QI methodology to identify poor performing data elements.
- Works collaboratively with all Cluster staff to facilitate continuous weekly meetings between facility, war room and school teams to give feedback of activities or tasks given.
- Manage multiple reports from different cadres, interprets them to identify poor performance and develop improvement strategies.
- Facilitate QI meetings to support nerve center approach in improving indicators.
- To make anonymous phone calls to beneficiaries on weekly basis, record the outcomes and do follow-up.
- Adoption of technical support approach i.e. dedication of a day for intense support on specific (AYFS) and custom indicators.
Nurse Clinician (Team Leader) - TB HIV CARE
(2023-07 - 2024-09)
- Implementation and recording of Priority Populations Preventions (PP-PREV) Program interventions in TB HIV Care supported sites as per implementation model.
- To ensure full integration between structural, behavioral, biomedical, intensified economic strengthening.
- Ensure navigation of referrals into a facility where needed.
- Develops and maintains relationships with facility managers, educators and learner representative organizations in allocated clusters.
- Collaborates with Department of Basic Education (DBE), Department of Social Development (DSD), Department of Health (DOH) other Government Departments, Partners managers and community role-players to scale up THC's package of services.
- Ensure mapping of CBOs and hots spots for mobilisation of vulnerable AGYW and sites for vulnerability screening.
- Implements package of integrated SRH services: Integrated HIV counselling and testing, ART initiation, PrEP initiation, pregnancy testing, contraception (incl. emergency, condoms), post-exposure prophylaxis, TB screening, STI screening and management, creatinine clearance, screening for mental health, substance and alcohol abuse, GBV, risk perception & reduction counselling, and adherence/ continuation support.
- Identifying victims of gender-based violence and provision of minimum package of post violence care services, including HIV testing, PEP, EC, STI screening, psychosocial support, and linkage to medical forensic services
- Ensures case management strategy is implemented by PrEP CT team to ensure beneficiaries of program remain in Care (RIC).
- Submits daily, weekly and monthly reports
- Ensure QA/QI reporting in the relevant platforms.
- Develop QI Plans as a to improve quality service delivery.
Facility Team Leader / Professional Nurse - HEALTH SYSTEMS TRUST - Ntabamhlophe Clinic, Ntabamhlophe, Ncibidwane and Zwelisha
(2017-10 - 2022-09)
As a Facility Team Lead (FTL) provided both technical assistance and direct service delivery to facilities in terms of leadership and management, clinical governance and monitoring and evaluation at facility level through mentoring and coaching of facility health teams using a quality improvement approach and applying management for results, principles and practices across all aspects of the six building blocks of the health system. Responsible for the supervision of all HST staff in the facility and providing community services.
- Implementation of UTT, Continuous monitoring and coaching of DsD nurses and DOH staff.
- Quality improvement processes in HIV clinical management (NIMART)
- Coach and mentor of Peer mentors and AYFS cadres. (ensuring correct data collection using relent sauce documents.
- Training and Coaching of Linkage Officers, HTS Counsellors and all staff in PICT.
- Promotion and Implementation of prep in the facility and in outreach teams.
- Interfaces with Clinic Committees, Local AIDS Councils (LACs), Ward AIDS Committees (WACs) and School Governing Boards (SGBs).
- Monitors prescription competencies of HST and DoH staff through rejected scripts.
- Facilitates the use of technologies, e.g. SyNCH, Specimen Logs, Lab-Track
- Conducts Performance Reviews for HST staff.
- Works with stakeholders to facility community outreach case finding and ART management, and facilitate community dialogues together with OM.
- Monitors performance quality assurance and performance against targets.
- Oversees the functionality of Differentiated Care modalities.
- QIP Development and monitoring.
- HTS and link to care, ART Initiation and Decanting.
- Support and assess facility and Outreach Team staff to build capacity in and strengthen HIV and TB service delivery.
- Assess data and information for planning, mapping of outreach activities, supply-chain management, and decision-making.
- Facilitate accurate Data Collection and timeous report submission.
- Facilitate the use of correct source documents such HTS registers, TB Case finding registers, Index Registers, Tier.Net, Web DHIS and more.
- Provides training and mentoring of DoH and HST staff in line with the project's clinical strategy and support the facility in analysis of their own performance data.
- Submit daily, weekly, monthly report to line manager and verify all report (such as Score Cards).
Professional Nurse (Locum by Agencies) - HILTON / ST ANNES HOSPITAL
(2016-02 - 2017-08)
- Bed Side Nursing in a medical ward, administration of medication as per orders.
- Team Supervision and leading, duty allocation of other cadres.
Professional Nurse - Community Service - SCOTTSVILLE CLINIC (PHC)
(2015-01 - 2015-12)
- Acute and Chronic Stream, Psych Clinic with MHCUs.
- Child and Maternal Health (ANC and IMCI).
- Primary health care provider in consulting with patients that need primary care including health education, prescribing medication as per EDL and guidelines and preventative care such as family Planning and education.
