The Registered Community Health Nurse is responsible for providing clinical HIV services to clients in facilities including paediatric and adult HIV care and treatment, TB/HIV and PMTCT. They will be responsible for working closely with other service providers to ensure that the quality of care and support is sustained as defined by the Ministry of Health (MOH) service quality standards.
Responsibilities
- Provide
quality clinical HIV services to clients at the CCC/ART/MCH as per the
national guidelines and standards.
- Support
other service providers in the health facility by recommending treatment
and care for the patients with opportunistic infections, initiation of
antiretroviral treatment (ART) in accordance with the MOH guidelines.
- Mentor
other service providers in CCC/MCH/TB attending to HIV-infected adults,
children and pregnant or breastfeeding women.
- Liaise
with other project staff working in the community to address issues of
defaulter tracing, HIV prevention and social determinants of health to
mitigate the impact of those infected and affected by HIV.
- Strengthen
linkages and referrals within and between health facilities.
- Ensure
quality of care for all patients seeking services.
- Ensure
the documentation of appropriate services rendered to patients is done in
the relevant service registers and electronic medical records (EMR).
- Support
HIV/TB and HIV/MNCH service integration.
- Strengthen
data reviews and use for decision making.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
- Diploma
or Degree in Nursing from a recognized institution
- MUST
be registered by the Nursing Council of Kenya
- Minimum
of 2 years’ experience with direct involvement in patient care especially
in HIV Prevention, Care & Treatment/PMTCT
- Demonstrated
training and competencies by NACSOP and other stakeholders in HIV
Prevention, Care & Treatment/PMTCT will have added advantage.
Knowledge, Skills and
Competencies
- Up-to-date
knowledge on HIV Prevention, Care & Treatment, PMTCT, Cervical Cancer
Screening, supportive supervision and quality improvement systems
- Competent
in development and implementation of work plans, monitoring and evaluation
of activities and report writing
- Competency
in the use of MS Office Applications
- Proficiency
in both written and spoken English and Kiswahili
- Ability
to conceptualize and understand program needs for pastoral and static
populations
- Teamwork
and Team building
- Ability
to maintain confidentiality
- Result
Oriented
How to
Apply
