Requirements :

• Appropriate degree/diploma in Nursing (General, Midwifery, Psychiatry, Community Health Science) or equivalent. Registration with SANC as a Professional Nurse (current year) Experience in a travel clinic environment or Travel Medicine certificate is an advantage. Must be willing to travel for campaigns within the districts, work irregular, and extended hours during diseases outbreaks. Valid driver’s licence and Computer literacy. Apply nursing legislation, ethical practices, and standards. Provide travel health services, Travel vaccination, Malaria chemoprophylaxis, and knowledge of the malaria elimination strategy 2028).Yellow Fever certificates (IHR 2005 compliance) Manage cold chain & vaccine storage. Stock management, deliver quality patient care and customer service, collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams Compile reports, analyse data, and maintain accurate nursing records.

Duties :

• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of nursing legislation and related legal and ethical Nursing Practice and how these impacts on service delivery. Demonstrate effective knowledge of travel health, Travel Vaccines and Adult vaccination schedule, Provision of Yellow Fever Vaccines, issuing of valid Yellow Fever Certificates according to the International Health Regulation (IHR) 2005. Knowledge of Malaria Program and guidelines including malaria chemoprophylaxis and malaria program and understanding the malaria elimination strategy 2028. Management of cold chain and vaccine storage. Management of stock. Willing to learn from the supervisor and other health practitioners, Promote application of nursing legislation and related legal and ethical nursing practices. Perform nursing duties in accordance with the scope of practice and nursing standards. Collect and analyze relevant data and compile reports.

Notes :

• 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 . NB: Where Driver’s Licence is mandatory, exception will be granted for people with disabilities. Application should be accompanied by a fully completed and signed new Z83 application form obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the internet at www.dpsa.gov.za/documents plus a recently updated comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV), Registration Certificate with relevant professional body (SANC) and a proof of current registration (Annual Practicing Certificate/Card). Applications without proof of a new Z83 application form, a detailed CV, registration certificate and a proof of current registration card/certificate with relevant professional body will be disqualified. (Shortlisted candidates will receive communication from HR to submit certified copies of educational qualifications and other relevant documents not older than 6 months on or before the day of the interview). It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). All foreign qualification must be accompanied by evaluation certificate from the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). Correspondence will only be limited to shortlisted candidates. If you have not been contacted within 3 months of the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Suitable candidates will be subjected to a personnel suitability check (criminal record, citizenship, social media, credit record checks, qualification verification and employment verification). Where applicable, candidates will be subjected to a skills/knowledge test. The recommended candidate may be subjected to Medical Surveillance as required by the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Act 5/1993. It is Department’s intention to promote representivity (race, gender, and disability) in the Public Service through the filling of these posts. The Department reserves the right not to appoint/fill this post. WOMEN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

Employer : Department of Health
Location : Central Office
Closing Date : 23-06-2026

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