Website Desmond Tutu Health Foundation
The Desmond Tutu Health Foundation (DTHF) is a South African non-profit organization that conducts innovative research and provides healthcare services to reduce the impact of HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and other diseases.
Minimum Requirements:
- Grade 12 Certificate
- Preferably Between the ages of 18 to 29 years
- Data entry capturing experience
- Communication skills (verbal and written)
- Fluency in English and or Afrikaans and or IsiXhosa
- Previous PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) experience
- Computer literacy (Ms Office)
- Ability to take initiative
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work with teams and independently
- Good planning and organizing
- Time management
Advantageous:
- Work experience in a health/clinic environment
- Experience in working with adolescents and youth
- Basic- knowledge of public health and community resources
- Able to assist with community meetings
- Previous PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) experience
Responsibilities:
- Welcome adolescent patients to the health facility
- Relate to adolescents in a friendly and non-judgmental manner
- Guide the adolescents to where they can access services and help them feel comfortable
- Assist with the folder – either get it from the records or assist with opening one
- Register the adolescents on the biometric system (Broccoli) and conduct the health assessment for services needed. Conduct this while they wait to be seen by the nurses
- Provide basic HIV and Sexual Reproductive Health Education to study participants about sexual health, combination HIV prevention, PrEP, STI’s, modern contraceptive methods, male and female condoms, gender-based violence. This can be done one-on-one or as a group
- Assist as a communicator between patients and clinicians when required
- Strive to improve clinic efficiency and reduce waiting times
- Facilitate structured information sessions for the youth at the clinic
- Assist study staff with storage of study material in the facility
- Participate in staff meetings and appropriate training workshops as organized and required by the project
- Maintain research participant confidentiality
- Perform all activities according to Good Clinical Practice Standards
- Work in a consistently ethical manner
- Provide report back during weekly site meetings
- Communicate ongoing issues, concerns, successes to the Line Manager
