Job Vacancy For Community Health Nurses – Preventive

• This is a full-time position that will be based in districts of the Western Region. Ghana. The role of the Community Health Nurses-Preventive (CHN-P) will be to act as liaisons /focal points in providing quality and comprehensive HIV services for PI-HIVs (including Key Populations-KPs) by working directly with defined communities, local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or Civil Society Organisations. They will actively seek HIV/AIDS cases, and successfully refer and

• The main objective of the CHN-P is to organise and provide community health nursing services to meet the health needs Of a defined catchment population.
• The successful applicants will be deployed in the various districts (Ahanta West, Ellernbele, Jomoro, Nzema East, Prestea- Huni Valley, Kwesimintim, Sekondi Takoradi Metro, Shama, Tarkwa-Nsueam Municipal, Wassa Amenfi East and Wassa Amenfi West) of the Western Region. Candidates resident in the designated districts will have an advantage.

• Collaborate With CSO partners in the district, and with health facilities to provide quality and comprehensive care for all PLHIV in the assigned district
• Develop caseload / catchment area population profile, and identify, prioritize and implement programmes of care With relevant stakeholders
• With support of CSO partners. assess. plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care with and for clients in the assigned community
• Collaborate with partners and specifically assist in ensuring continuity of care by tracing defaulters and making follow-up visits to clients with HIV/AIDS. the aged, low birth weight babies. and advtS1ng them accordingly on best behaviours and practices for sustained good health.
• Collaborate with health facility teams to run family planning, post-natal and child welfare clinics in communities.
• Support the DHMT to undertake immunization programmes according to national protocols to ensure maximum possible protection against diseases such as diphtheria, measles, poliomyelitis, tetanus, tuberculosis and yellow fever.
• Liaise with other agencies such as Social Welfare to assist patients/clients in need of Social and other psychosocial support.
• Organise scheduled systematic community mobilization as well as active case finding in the catchment area, and support CSOs to do targeted, and index testing.
• Ensure all equipment used in the community, (syringes, needles etc.) are returned to health facilities and destroyed according to the GHS infection control policy and guidelines.
• Discuss treatment /management of condition with patient and relatives where applicable and encourage them to ask questions. Maintain effective communication with colleagues, patients, and partners.
• Participate in weekly review meetings and submit all activity reports on time.
• Any other duty assigned by the Senior Programmes Specialist.

• Community Health Nurse Certificate (Preventive). Knowledge of Ghana Health Service HIV AIDS activities will be an advantage.
• Knowledge and understanding of quality assurance issues
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Good Inter-personal skills
• Ability to initiate and maintain clear, concise documentation
• Ability to work under pressure
• Western Region language abilities and cultural awareness will be useful
• Computer literate (Word, excel, powerpoint)
• The post holder must at all times:
• Work in accordance with the GHS/NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Disciplinary Procedure.
• Strictly adhere to the provisions of the Patient's Charter.

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