Ref: DCSPHO/KUTRRH/7
(4 Posts)
Department: Clinical Services
Section/Unit: Hospital Public Health and Sanitation
Reports to: Senior Public Health Officer
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Senior Public Health Officer, the Public Health Officer will job exists to provide and implement public health and sanitation policies and procedures, and services and advise on the same at KUTRRH.
Responsibilities
- Implement hospital public health and sanitation programmes and projects for safe and habitable environment for patients, staff and other visitors of the hospital.
- Implement and enforcement of all environmental health and safety systems, policies, procedures and practices in the hospital.
- Ensure that all food, beverage and other consumables are handled within the established standards of cleanliness and hygiene in the hospital.
- Ensure water supplies quality control, food quality control and safety control in order to control communicable diseases and suppress epidemics in the hospital.
- Ensure proper drainage of water rain water, used water and sewage are properly drained and their drainage systems properly functioning in the hospital.
- Ensure minimization of wastage of consumable materials and of course proper and safe waste disposal systems in the hospital.
- Provide technical advice on preventive and promotive health and ensure compliance to the national public health policies and regulations in the hospital.
- Work in collaboration with clinical epidemiologist, and hospital engineering sections and specialists to ensure environmental safety and security in the hospital.
- Work with other public and health and sanitation stakeholders, partnerships and networks for safe environment in the community within and without the hospital.
- Provide public health and sanitation advisory service to the hospital executive and other stakeholders, and sensitize among them all public health and sanitation policies and programmes in the hospital.
- Appropriately management of public health and sanitation data and information and ensure its compilation, custody and appropriate reporting in the hospital.
- Provide clinical research and training to students in the hospital.
- Guide and mentor junior public health and sanitation staff, interns and students in the hospital.
Qualifications
- Bachelors’ Degree in Environmental Health Sciences from a recognized institution.
- At least one year working experience as a Hospital Public Health Officer in a reputable hospital
- Must be registered with the Public Health Officers’ and Technicians’ Council of Kenya.
- Computer literate
- Knowledge of relevant legislations
- Knowledge of professional standards
- Proven track record of clinical research and training in a reputable institution
Soft skills required for the job:
- Communication skills
- Organizational skills
- Observation skills
- Analytical skills
- Team player
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