Job Description:

About the Job

Permanent/contract position responsible for taking history, examining, diagnosing and treating patients’ common ailment at an outpatient or inpatient health facility, implementing community health care activities, guiding and counselling patients, client and staff on health issues, sensitizing patients and clients on preventive and promote health, referring patients and clients to appropriate health facilities, providing clinical outreach and school health services, carrying out minor surgical procedures as per training and skill, collecting and compiling clinical data, assessing, preparing and presenting medico- legal reports.

Responsibilities

Taking history, examining, diagnosing and treating patients’ common ailment at an outpatient or inpatient health facility.
Implementing community health care activities in vision with other health workers.
Guiding and counselling patients, client and staff on health issues.
Sensitizing patients and clients on preventive and promote health.
Referring patients and clients to appropriate health facilities.
Providing clinical outreach and school health services.
Carrying out minor surgical procedures as per training and skill.
Collecting and compiling clinical data assessing, preparing and presenting medico- legal reports.

Requirements

Be a Kenyan citizen.
A relevant working experience for a minimum period of three (3) years in the public or private sector.
Diploma in clinical medicine and surgery or clinical medicine and community health from a recognised institution.
Certificate of registration from the clinical officers council.
A relevant working experience of at least three [3] years from the public or private sector.
Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.
Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.