Job Description:

About the Job

The Assistant Public Health Officer III mobilizes, sensitizes, and advises communities on environmental health issues. Their duties include referring health cases, carrying out immunization, identifying environmental health issues at the community level, and organizing community health days. They are also involved in assessing community health needs and implementing vector and mosquito control measures.

Responsibilities

Mobilizing, sensitizing and advising communities on matters related to environmental health.
Referring health cases to relevant health facilities; carrying out immunization.
Identifying environmental health issues at community level.
Organizing community health days to advise communities on common public health issues; collecting and maintaining up to date records of services rendered.
Assessing health needs of the community.
Implementing vector, vermin and rodent control measures.
Implementing integrated mosquito control strategies.

Requirements

Diploma in Environmental Health Science.
Registration Certificate from the Public Health Officers and Technicians Council.
A valid practicing licence from the Public Health Officers and Technicians Council.
Certificate in computer application will be an added advantage.