Expression of interest from retired enrolled Nursing Assistants (EdML)
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FROM RETIRED ENROLLED NURSING ASSISTANTS TO SUPPORT CLINICAL AND OPERATIONAL ASPECTS IN PHC CLINICS IN A DEFINED GEOGRAPHIC AREA
The City of Tshwane has introduced an initiative to improve and expand access to healthcare services through contracting enrolled nurses, retired professional nurses and retired enrolled nurses to provide services to communities and households.
This includes providing the following basic functional primary health services within the statutory scope of practice parameters:
∙Providing basic nursing care and treatment for patients with stable and uncomplicated health conditions in all settings
∙Providing healthcare to patients with complicated health problems or unstable conditions under the supervision of a professional nurse
∙Providing basic emergency care
∙Assessing and screening health status through basic observation, interaction and measurements
∙Developing nursing care plans to meet basic health and nursing needs
∙Managing all aspects of delegated nursing care:o Weighing babies, children and adults
o Measuring the temperature of adults, children and babies o Measuring blood pressure
o Conducting urine tests
o Conducting haemoglobin tests
o Obtaining specimens (eg sputum) o Conducting pregnancy tests
o Testing blood glucose levels (finger prick only) o Conducting eye tests
o Nebulising patients o Collecting sputum o Taking pap smears
∙Promoting health through providing relevant information
∙Maintaining continuity of care through reporting and communicating to caregivers and members of the healthcare team
∙Obtaining the medical history of clients according to protocol
∙Giving informal demonstrations to patients, peer groups and students
∙Executing tasks with regard to the PHC package of services
∙Issuing ready-packed and labelled family planning medicine
∙Administrating intramuscular injections (immunisation)
∙Providing wound care
∙Referring patients to professional nursing practitioners
∙Keeping patient-retained and clinic-retained records
∙Recording medical results in the pathology and patient record files
∙Carrying out basic reception tasks in the absence of the clinic clerk, for example drawing and filing client records
Salary: R84 000 per annum
The nursing assistant will be contracted through a City of Tshwane contract.
Individuals who meet the qualifying criteria must express their interest by sending a brief profile of themselves, a summary of their experience and their contact details to Ms Nadine C Roberts at NadineR@tshwane.gov.za or ReginaM@tshwane.gov.za.
Enquiries: Nadine Roberts at 012 358 8644
Closing date: 31 March 2017
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FROM RETIRED ENROLLED NURSES TO MANAGE CLINICAL AND OPERATIONAL ASPECTS IN PHC CLINICS IN A DEFINED GEOGRAPHIC AREA
The City of Tshwane has introduced an initiative to improve and expand access to healthcare services through contracting enrolled nurses, retired professional nurses and retired enrolled nurses to provide services to communities and households.
This includes providing the following basic functional primary healthcare services within the statutory scope of practice parameters:
∙Providing basic nursing care and treatment for patients with stable and uncomplicated health conditions in all settings
∙Providing healthcare to patients with complicated health problems or unstable conditions under the supervision of a professional nurse
∙Providing basic emergency care
∙Assessing and screening health status through basic observation, interaction and measurements
∙Developing nursing care plans to meet basic health and nursing needs
∙Managing all aspects of delegated nursing care:o Weighing babies, children and adults
o Measuring the temperature of adults, children and babies o Measuring blood pressure
o Conducting urine tests
o Conducting haemoglobin tests o Drawing blood specimens
o Obtaining specimens (eg sputum) o Conducting pregnancy tests
o Testing blood glucose levels (finger prick only) o Conducting eye testing
o Nebulising patients o Collecting sputum o Taking pap smears
∙Promoting health through providing relevant information
∙Maintaining continuity of care through reporting to and communicating with caregivers and members of the healthcare team
∙Obtaining the complete medical history of clients according to protocol
∙Giving informal demonstrations to patients, peer groups and students
∙Executing tasks with regard to the PHC package of services
∙Issuing ready-packed and labelled family planning medicine
∙Administrating intramuscular injections (immunisations, etc) according to prescriptions
∙Providing wound care
∙Referring patients to a professional nursing practitioner
∙Keeping patient-retained and clinic-retained records
∙Recording medical results in the pathology and patient record files
∙Carrying out basic reception tasks in the absence of the clinic clerk, for example drawing and filing client records
∙Managing and dealing with uncomplicated clinic inquiries
∙Providing relevant health information services to clients/help desk
∙Presenting group and individual education sessions to clients
∙Providing relevant counselling on HIV/AIDS
∙Receiving and referring patient complaints according to policy
∙Updating health information displays (posters and pamphlets)
∙Daily data capturing on paper sheets ( Minimum Data Set)
This initiative supports the National Health Insurance (NHl) pilot project which aims to improve access to high-quality healthcare services in the public sector.
Qualifying criteria:
∙Registration with the Nursing Council as an enrolled nurse
∙Experience in primary healthcare
Salary: R120 000 per annum
The enrolled nurses will be contracted through a City of Tshwane contract.
Individuals who meet the qualifying criteria must express their interest by sending a brief profile of themselves, a summary of their experience and their contact details to Ms Nadine C Roberts at NadineR@tshwane.gov.za or ReginaM@tshwane.gov.za.
Enquiries: Nadine Roberts at 012 358 8644
Closing date: 31 March 2017
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FROM RETIRED COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSES TO MANAGE CLINICAL AND OPERATIONAL ASPECTS IN PHC CLINICS IN A DEFINED GEOGRAPHIC AREA
The City of Tshwane has introduced an initiative to improve and expand access to healthcare services through contracting retired community health nurses to provide services in PHC clinics.
This includes providing the following functional clinical services in accordance with the primary healthcare comprehensive core package and the approved service profile of the Health Division. An integrated package of essential PHC services that is available to the entire population will provide the solid foundations for a single, unified health system. The PHC package was defined following detailed consultation with national experts and provincial staff and entails the following services (broadly outlined):
∙Women’s reproductive health
∙Management and prevention of genetic disorders and birth defects
∙Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI)
∙Immunisation
∙Adolescent and youth health
∙Management of communicable diseases
∙Sexually transmitted infections
∙HIV/AIDS
∙Tuberculosis
∙Trauma and emergency
∙Treat victims of sexual abuse, domestic violence and gender violence
∙Chronic diseases and geriatrics
∙Carrying out PHC functions within the statutory scope of practice requirements, which involve the following actions with regard to all categories of PHC patients/ clients:
o History-takingo Assessment
o Diagnosis of diseases/problem identification oDiscuss the clinical case management plan oKeeping of records (manual or computerised)
The above-mentioned activities further involve the independent execution of a combination of any of following functions:
∙Conducting patient/client consultations
∙Conducting a complete physical and psychosocial assessment of a patient/client assisted by diagnostic data and medical evaluations
∙Interpreting and utilising assessment findings and problems identified in order to plan and provide appropriate care to ensure the patient’s optimal level of wellness
∙Requesting the execution of certain diagnostic laboratory tests/samples as well as interpreting these and making certain interventions based thereon
∙Patient counselling, for example on HIV, termination of pregnancy, adolescent health, etc, in order to provide psychological support and assistance with accepting problems or diagnosis and decision-making
∙Prescribing and/or issuing medication within the framework of statutory requirements, protocols and procedures
∙Managing medical emergency situations that emerge from the daily execution of clinic functions and walk-in emergencies, for example cardiac respiratory cases or fractures, with appropriate case management
∙Tracing patients and their contacts
∙Identifying/diagnosing statutory notifiable communicable diseases and notifying the relevant authorities according to the Health Act
∙Communicable disease prevention and control: disease surveillance, case follow-up, disease outbreak control and prevention of epidemics through application of epidemiological principles
∙Preventing medico-legal hazards through high-quality nursing practice and quality assurance measures
∙Liaising with and referring patients to appropriate and relevant health professionals, outside agencies, institutional groups, resources and/or a higher level of care, ie hospitals
∙Acting as mediator during interaction between patients/clients and others through consultative exchanges on behalf of patients/clients
∙Implementing ethical codes of practice and decision-making and maintaining a professional code of conduct (in accordance with ethical, professional and legal requirements)
∙Carrying out medical and diagnostic procedures, for example, HIV testing, etc
∙Implementing infection control measures according to policies and procedures to prevent health hazards in the workplace and for the public, and applying other general health and safety mechanisms according to legislative and policy requirements
∙Conducting programmes/projects, for example HIV/AIDS and immunisation campaigns
∙Documenting the care provided and other pertinent data in a concise manner in relevant records and registers that are consistent with the approved system of documentation and legal requirements
∙Ensuring an effective and continuous service
∙Fostering good public relations while interpreting the philosophy, goals, objectives, policies and procedures to patients and the public (patient advocacy role)
∙Demonstrating and maintaining effective/courteous relationships with consumers and acting to resolve consumer problems/complaints to the benefit of the consumer and the image of the employer and the nursing profession
∙Maintaining patient confidentiality in accordance with statutory requirements
∙Participating in interdisciplinary collaboration
∙Acting in liaison with medical staff to coordinate medical and nursing management of patient care
∙Collaborating with other members of the PHC team to optimise patient care – acting as a patient care facilitator
This initiative supports the National Health Insurance (NHl) pilot project which aims to improve access to high-quality healthcare services in the public sector.
Qualifying criteria:
∙Registration with the Nursing Council as a professional nurse
∙Experience in primary healthcare
Salary: R120 000 per annum
The retired community health nurse will be contracted through a City of Tshwane contract.
Individuals who meet the qualifying criteria must express their interest by sending a brief profile of themselves, a summary of their experience and their contact details to Ms Nadine C Roberts at NadineR@tshwane.gov.za or ReginaM@tshwane.gov.za.
Enquiries: Nadine Roberts at 012 358 8644
Closing date: 31 March 2017