Nursing Officer at The Center for International Health, Education and Biosecurity (CIHEB)

Job Description

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Ciheb is an international health, education, and research center founded by the Institute of Human Virology within the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s School of Medicine. The center is comprised of a network of international experts who work with local stakeholders to combat infectious and non-communicable diseases in resource-limited regions of the world. CIheb currently implements programs in seven countries. Our expertise is in technical assistance for health service delivery (with a particularly strong history of improving service delivery for HIV/TB prevention, care, and treatment; and for associated infectious and non-communicable diseases), training and equipping human resources for health, quality improvement, health information and research, and outbreak surveillance and biosecurity. Ciheb works at all health system levels, and all our programs incorporate facility and community-based programming.

JOB SUMMARY: 

The Nurse Counselor will be responsible for provision of clinical services both at the DiCE and outreaches. Coordinate and take charge to oversee clinical services at the outreach sites and supervise Peer Educators (PEs) and Outreach Workers (ORWs) to enhance optimum KP community mobilization for services.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Focal person at the DiCE in coordinating PEs, ORWs, and PHDP champions, ensuring community mobilization is optimized towards KP Prev target achievement. Render ART services to Key populations as per the National guidelines for ART Ensure all clients initiated on ART are screened for TB and all those eligible for IPT are initiated on IPT. Screening and treatment of STIs as per the current algorithm. Offer cervical cancer screening to sex workers. Take lead of clinical services at the outreach sites. Support the DiCE in charge populate monthly reports in ART, TB and other clinical services rendered. Ensure completeness of the clients’ folders and entry to respective registers including cohort registers and Kenya EMR. Any other program duty as may be assigned by the supervisor

Requirements

Minimum Required Qualifications

Education: Diploma in Nursing/clinical medicine with a valid practicing license and registered with reputable Council in Kenya. Experience: 2 years working experience in a clinical setting (experience in KP is an added advantage)

Skills & Attributes:

Good Interpersonal / Communication skills Good report-writing skills Results orientated Good Leadership skills Teamwork and Cooperation Motivation and Innovation