Assistant Manager Nursing Communicable Disease Control

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Description

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Responsibilities

• Ability to plan and organize own work, time, and that of support teams to ensure proper implementation of the programme
• Alert Health care workers and Managers on Surveillance activities
• Support, Monitor and Evaluate Notifiable disease surveillance in the District
• Liaise with Provincial Surveillance officers, EPI /CDC, programs (Environmental and Port Health, Infection Prevention and Control, Health Promotion and Nutrition), Facility Managers, hospitals including NICD particularly for tests and results when necessary
• Support activities to improve quality of surveillance for targeted EPI /CDC priority conditions (conduct record reviews, obtaining clinical notes, cold chain maintenance)
• Conduct regular active surveillance visits to health facilities within the district according to the priority level of facilities
• Coordinate case investigation and outbreak response

Qualifications

• R425 Diploma / Degree in Nursing that allows registration with South African Nursing Council (SANC) as a Professional Nurse
• A post- basic nursing qualification with duration of at least one year, accredited with SANC in one of the specialties R2598 (Clinical Nursing Science Health Assessment, Treatment and Care)
• A Health Service Management or Nursing Administration qualification with duration of at least 1 year, accredited with SANC
• Healthcare management or public health would be an advantage
• A minimum of 9 years appropriate/ recognizable experience in nursing after registration as a Professional Nurse with SANC in General Nursing

Application instructions:

• Applications should be submitted strictly online at the following E-Recruitment portal: http://jobs.gauteng.gov.za. No hand-delivered, faxed, or emailed applications will be accepted. For assistance with online applications please email your query to healthjobqueries@gauteng.gov.za