SUMMARY:
Case Navigators (1 Year Fixed Term Contract) x 3 vacancies are available at our Client, Wits Health Consortium in Soweto, Johannesburg - Gauteng.
POSITION INFO:
Background
Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Limited ("WHC") is a wholly-owned Company of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa) under its Faculty of Health Sciences. WHC provides Faculty with a legal framework within which to operate the research and other activities necessary to support its academic objectives. In addition, WHC offers a range of products and services to the Academics conducting these activities in order to assist with the management thereof
Main purpose of the job
- To provide guidance to patients on how to navigate the healthcare system by building strong relationships with patients and the relevant healthcare teams
Location
- Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital
Key performance areas
- Provide cancer health education to patients/clients
- Conduct health screening for clients
- Establish good relationships with patients, patient care teams and clerical staff
- Communicate with health care teams to facilitate patient care
- Identify patient barriers to care and refer to appropriate resources
- Maintain patient confidentiality
- Navigate patients within the health care system
- Follow up with patients to ensure there is no loss to follow up
- Identify patient’s priority needs and refer appropriately
- Meet with the palliative care team regularly to discuss patient issues
- Maintain records of patient interactions
- Keep track of patient appointments and follow up on missed appointments
- Prepare monthly reports of a number of patients supported
Required minimum education and training
- Grade 12
- Post matric qualification would be an added advantage
Required minimum work experience
- One year of experience in working with Cancer and Palliative care patients
- Experience in counseling will be an added advantage
Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities
- Good cultural understanding of the population served by the hospital
- Basic computer literacy
- Good communication skills
- Basic understanding of the health system
- Trauma and counseling skills are an advantage
- Ability to build relationships with different patients and service providers
- Commitment to good patient care
- Empathetic, passionate, and trustworthy when working with patients
TO APPLY
- Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV - Please Apply Online
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
- The closing date for all applications is 25 August 2021.
- Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
- Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful.
- In accordance with our Employment Equity goals and plan, preference will be given to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.
Please note that AJ PERSONNEL is only responsible for advertising the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.
AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.
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