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September 13, 2024
University of Johannesburg
OTHER
Practitioner II (Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner) (P8) (Registrar: Centre for Student Health & Wellness)
Advert reference: uj_001671
Advert status: Online
Apply by: 27 September 2024
Position Summary
Industry: Education & Training
Job category: Education and Training
Campus: Soweto Campus
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: EE
Level: Skilled
Introduction
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is a vibrant and cosmopolitan university, anchored in Africa and driven by a powerful strategy focused on attaining global excellence and stature (GES). With an emphasis on independent thinking, sustainable development, and strategic partnerships, UJ is an international university of choice. The University is guided by the Vice-Chancellor’s vision of “Positioning UJ in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) for societal impact in the context of the changing social, political, and economic fortunes of Africa”.
Job description
The Centre for Student Health and Wellness division in the Registrar’s portfolio with Primary Healthcare (PHC) Service being provided to students. The department is a nurse-managed facility with a medical practitioner attending to patients on a sessional basis. All nurses are PHC trained, with a dispensing license.
The incumbent will provide comprehensive health and wellness services to students within the university environment. A fully functional PHC service is available on all four campuses offering the following services: Primary Health Care, HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT), Reproductive Health Care, Travel Health, health promotion, monitoring of chronic medical conditions, provision of medical support to sports events and vaccination programmes to specific students. Interaction with students occurs even outside of the clinic environment with activation programmes and awareness campaigns.
Responsibilities:
The Practitioner II: Primary Health Care Nurse is responsible for the promotion of excellence in the provision of a healthy lifestyle within the Centre for Student Health and Wellness. His/her duties include the following:
- Provision of comprehensive Primary Health Care package to all clients daily.
- Working closely with the Medical Doctor to provide optimum healthcare.
- Ensuring good Pharmacy Practice.
- Management of stock controls for equipment and medical supplies
- Providing youth-friendly services daily in the facility.
- Sustain quality assurance throughout the clinic activities.
- Providing a caring environment for the patients and clients.
- Ensuring adherence to proper waste disposal techniques.
- Ensuring adherence to universal principles of infection control.
- Managing the performance, training, and supervising a team of administrators and counsellors who are responsible for day-to-day activities.
- Ensuring full compliance with all policies and procedures relevant to the health facility consistently.
- Ensuring staff and processes work effectively in accordance with agreed Service Level Agreements.
- Ensuring compliance of all staff to procurement policies and procedures.
- Controlling & implementing the departmental operational budget.
- Provision and supervision of health promotion.
- Management of the SRH&R services.
- Provision of HAST services including NIMART.
Minimum requirements
Qualifications:
- NQF 7 Diploma/Degree: General Nursing, Community Health, Psychiatric Nursing and Midwifery.
- Advanced Diploma in Clinical Nursing Science, Health Assessment, Treatment and Care.
- Dispensing Licence.
Experience:
- Proven experience in General Nursing and Primary Health Care Nursing in a Public and/or Private sector.
- Proven experience in management of a Primary Health Care unit; including supervision over staff.
- Extensive experience as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
- HIV/AIDS and ART management experience.
- Health Promotion experience.
- Reproductive health experience, including the latest developments in Family Planning methods.
Knowledge:
- Good knowledge of legislation related to PHC.
- Clinical principles in the management of minor ailments.
- Good pharmacy practice.
- Basic counselling skills.
- Conflict management.
Other:
- Traveling between campuses is included in the departmental activities.
- Be in possession of a valid driver’s license.
- Working outside normal working hours may be necessary to implement some of the outreach initiatives.
Competencies and Behavioural Attributes:
- Excellent written, verbal, listening, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Good management skills in a health setting.
- Good time management skills.
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
- Strong interpersonal relationships, with the ability to relate with all levels of management, staff, and contractors.
- Analytical thinking.
- High levels of individual accountability, integrity, and honesty.
- A strong commitment to customer service.
- Flexibility to work within an environment where competing and changing priorities exist, with processes developed quickly to ensure quality outcomes that best meet business needs.
- Ability to work with other team members to achieve outcomes.
- Ability to apply sound judgment, interpretative skills, and informed decision-making.
Enquiries:
Enquiries regarding the job content: Sr Lerato Ramafalo on Tel: (011) 559 3837
Enquiries regarding remuneration & benefits: Ms Penny Hlubi (HCM Business Partner) on Tel: (011) 559 3012
Your application, comprising of a detailed Curriculum Vitae as well as the names and full contact details (including telephone numbers and e-mail addresses) of at least three traceable and credible referees must be uploaded before or on the closing date of the advertised post. Please also attach the following: a copy of your highest academic qualification, proof of registration with professional bodies you might belong to and if applying for an academic position, a list of accredited research output and/ or a portfolio of your creative output.
Please note that the University is obligated, in terms of recent amendments to the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (Act 13 of 2021), to assess all prospective employees (including applicants) against the National Register for Sex Offenders (NRSO). The outcome of such an assessment may have an impact upon possible employment with the University.
For more information, please review the following link: Justice/Criminal/NRSO.
If you require technical support / assistance on the UJ e-recruitment website, please contact our service provider PNET on the following contact details: 0861 227337/010 140 3099 or email ujsupport@pnet.co.za.
Candidates may be subjected to appropriate psychometric testing and other selection instruments.
Please note that the University is obligated, in terms of recent amendments to the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (Act 13 of 2021), to assess all prospective employees (including applicants) against the National Register for Sex Offenders (NRSO). The outcome of such an assessment may have an impact upon possible employment with the University.
For more information, please review the following link: Justice/Criminal/NRSO.
If you require technical support / assistance on the UJ e-recruitment website, please contact our service provider PNET on the following contact details: 0861 227337/010 140 3099 or email ujsupport@pnet.co.za.
Candidates may be subjected to appropriate psychometric testing and other selection instruments.
In conjunction to merit on the basis of qualifications, experience and proven achievements the University of Johannesburg is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities and those individuals from the historically disadvantaged groups. As necessitated by operational requirements the University reserves the right not to make an appointment to positions advertised. If you have not received a response from the University within 8 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.
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