The suitable candidate will be responsible for strengthening the capacity of the target facility to offer high quality RMNCAH / FP, curative, preventive, promotive and rehabilitative services at the MCH and maternity units at facility level and conducting outreach services as needed; conducting health education sessions and ensuring proper documentation of patient files and validation of RMNCAH data in facility MoH summary reports.
Responsibilities
- Assessing patients and clients and establishing health care needs; planning and implementing care interventions based on patients’/clients’ health needs;
- Providing appropriate healthcare services, including immunization, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT), ante-natal care and delivery.
- Administration of medication providing health education and counseling on identified health and socio-economic needs to patients/clients.
- Referring patients and clients appropriately; facilitating patients’ admission and discharge in a health facility; implementing school health interventions and preparing periodic reports; ensuring a tidy and safe clinical environment,
- Maintaining records on patients/clients personal and health condition/care
- Ensuring safe custody of in-patients belongings,
- Maintaining records on patients/clients personal and health condition/care; evaluating healthcare outcomes on patients/clients and preparing individualized reports; conducting assessment of school health needs,
- Planning, implementing interventions,
- Preparing periodic reports; and guiding and orienting students,
- Conducting occupational health needs assessment; providing appropriate healthcare services including immunization, reproductive health,
- Guiding and orienting staff and students; and carrying out health outreach activities,
- Collecting and compiling data.
Requirements
- Be a Kenyan citizen
- Be a holder of Diploma in any of the following disciplines: Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing, Kenya Registered Nursing, Kenya Registered Midwifery, Kenya Registered Nursing/Midwifery or Kenya
- Registered Nursing/Mental Health and Psychiatry from a recognized institution,
- Have at least two years of professional experience; or any satisfactory combination of experience and training which demonstrates the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the above duties,
- Enrolment/ Registration Certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya,
- Valid practicing license from Nursing Council of Kenya,
- Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution an added advantage
- Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results
- Satisfy the requirement of Chapter six of the constitution of Kenya 2010.
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