Thembalitsha Foundation Recent Job Opportunity

Thembalitsha Foundation assists with the development and growth in the lives of those in need, giving them hope.

Thembalitsha Foundation seeks to appoint a mature and experienced registered nurse with palliative experience to be based at Themba Care Grabouw in Western Cape.

Job Title: Registered Nurse
Job Location: Western Cape

Reporting to: Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the Comprehensive & Palliative Care services of patients (men, women, children & OVC’s) in the community of patients are met.
• Conduct patient assessments, provide Health education & raise awareness
• Monitoring of client adherence to medication e.g. TB and ARV treatment
• Monitoring & assessing of HIV children and their adherence
• Training of skills to Home Based Care Workers & identifying critical gaps where training is needed.
• Overseeing, monitoring, mentoring and coaching of RHC of infants, identifying clients’ health issues, nutritional and poverty alleviation, support & referral.
• Overseeing & monitoring HIV & TB health education programmes in community.
• Overseeing & Verifying the quality of HBC patient reports & files e.g: Care plans etc…
• Monitoring of HBC Patient Statistics
• Ensure availability and proper utilization of equipment.
• Prioritizing of patients according to care needed

Requirements:

• At least 10 year experience as a registered nurse
• Proof of palliative experience
• Drivers license
• At least 2 years management skills

Key skills:

• Good communication skills
• Critical problem-solving skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Computer literacy skills

To apply,

Submit CV, qualifications and contactable references or queries with salary expectations to [email protected]

Application Deadline: Wednesday, 31 July, 2019