NGO Jobs in Kenya – Caritas

Diocese of Lodwar 

Caritas Lodwar –

Health Programme invites applications from experienced persons to fill a

vacancy as Laboratory Technologist 

1 Post

Reporting to: Health

Unit in Charge
 

Duty Station: Turkana

County
 

Issue date: 16th December, 2015
 

Closing date: 15th January, 2015
 

Position Summary: Assist

in the coordination of laboratory activities. 

Provide accurate, timely and cost

effective testing of patient samples to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of

disease in compliance and harmony with the quality management system.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of technical laboratory
  
  procedures according to medical center, laboratory and national standards
  
  to obtain patient specimens, to ensure specimens quality used to aid in
  
  the diagnosis and treatment of disease.


• Responsible for accurately completing records
  
  and reports and other statistical information for master files or
  
  databases.


• Complies with laboratory safety procedures,
  
  possesses adequate knowledge of instrumentation, theory and application of
  
  new and existing tests


• Maintains positive working relationship with
  
  the medical staff and hospital personnel.


• Assumes responsibility to resolve problems.
  
  Performs required preventive maintenance process.


• Carry out laboratory investigation to
  
  inpatient and outpatient clients.


• Perform any other duties which may be required
  
  from time to time.

• Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology


• Must be registered under the Kenya Medical
  
  Laboratory Technicians and Technologist Board (KMLTTB)


• 1 – 3 years’ experience in a busy hospital set
  
  up


• Good clinical laboratory practices/infection
  
  control certificate

Job Title: Pharmaceutical Technologist

Reporting to: Unit

in Charge
 

Date of issue: 16th December, 2015
 

Deadline: 15th

January, 2016
 

Key Responsibilities and

Accountabilities;

• Assist in labeling and filling prescriptions


• Assist patients in dropping off and picking up
  
  prescriptions


• Verify receipt of current drugs


• Scheduling and maintaining workflow


• Pre-package bulk medications and medication
  
  ordering


• Ensure good stock control of drugs, prepare
  
  and maintaining medication inventories


• Assisting in/out patients dispensing and
  
  effectively managing the dispensing of all drugs and other commodities


• Effectively manage the dispensing of all drugs
  
  and other commodities


• Assist in Pharmacovigilance


• Prepare comprehensive monthly report to the
  
  management.


• Perform any other duties which may be required
  
  from time to time.

Qualifications, Attributes and Other

Requirements Specific to the Role

• Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology


• At least two years relevant work experience


• Valid registration license by the Pharmacy and
  
  Poison Board


• Ability to work as part of a team

Caritas Lodwar –

Health Programme invites application from qualified person to fill

the position of Nurses 

5 Posts

Programme:

 Health
 

Location: Turkana

County
 

Reporting to: Health Unit In Charge
 

Date of issue: 16th

December, 2015
 

Deadline for Application: 15th January, 2016
 

Major Duties & Responsibilities:

• Identifies patient care requirements by establishing
  
  personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a
  
  position to understand care requirements.


• Offer nursing care to clients and attend to
  
  patients in the Outpatient Department, offer treatment in In Patient
  
  Department. Guide Home – Based Care providers and volunteers.


• Ensure Anti Natal Clinic mothers are counseled
  
  and tested for HIV, ensure and conduct safe deliveries in the facility,
  
  adherence counseling to clients.


• Establishes a compassionate environment by
  
  providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients,
  
  friends and families.


• Promote patient’s independence by establishing
  
  patient care goals; teaching patients, friends, and family to understand
  
  condition, meditations and self care skills; answering questions.


• Assures quality of care by adhering to
  
  therapeutic standards, measuring health necessary adjustments, following
  
  hospital and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care set by
  
  state board of nursing, state nurse practice act and other governing
  
  agency regulations.


• Resolves patient problems and needs by
  
  utilizing multi – disciplinary team strategies.


• Maintains safe and clean working environment
  
  by complying with procedures, rules and regulations calling for assistance
  
  from health care support personnel.


• Protects patients and employees by adhering to
  
  infections and protocols, medication administration and storage
  
  procedures, and controlled substance regulations.


• Documents patient care services by charting in
  
  patient and department records.


• Maintains nursing supplies inventory by
  
  checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies,
  
  placing and expediting orders for supplies, verifying receipt of supplies,
  
  using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.

Qualifications, Attributes and Other

Requirements Specific to the Role

• Diploma in Nursing from Kenya Medical Training
  
  College or any other recognized institution or its equivalent, Valid
  
  license from the Nursing council of Kenya


• 1 – 2 years’ experience from a busy health
  
  unit.


• Knowledge of current HIV Management/CCC
  
  experience will be an added advantage.

Job Title: Registered Clinical Officer (RCO) 

Location: Turkana

County
 

Reporting to: Health

unit incharge
 

Date of issue: 16th

December, 2015
 

Closing Date: 15th

January, 2016

Major Duties & Responsibilities:

• Patient care and management at OPD/IPD;


• Management of opportunistic infections;


• Staging of HIV clients for ART and initiating
  
  clients on ART;


• Managing complication of ART;


• Provision of PMTCT services;


• Providing monitoring to HIV-positive clients;


• Ordering investigation and interpretation of
  
  results;


• Keeping of complete and up to date clients
  
  records and Preparation of monthly reports


• Facilitate CMEs in the facility;


• Carrying out preventive health care of
  
  patients;


• Ensure availability of required equipments and
  
  ensuring continuity in the supply of consumable in the clinic;


• Any other duties and responsibilities as may
  
  be directed by supervisor.

Qualifications, Competencies and

Attributes

• Diploma in clinical medicine and surgery from
  
  KMTC or any other regonized institution


• Registered by Kenya clinical officers council


• Possession of valid practising lincence from
  
  Clinical officers Council


• Training in any other HIV prevention intervention
  
  is an added advantage


• At least 1 year experience in HIV programme
  
  area/CCC.

Interested and qualified candidates

should submit their detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV), certificates and

testimonials together with names and addresses of three referees, day time

telephone to the address below;-

Human Resource Officer, 

and/Or Email: recruit@dol.or.ke

Deadline for receiving applications will be 15th January, 2016. Only Shortlisted candidates

will be contacted.Diocese of Lodwar (DOL) has a Code of

Conduct and a Child Protection Policy to ensure the maximum protection of

Diocesan Staff and Children from abuse and exploitation. Any candidate offered

a job with DOL will be expected to sign the Diocesan Child Protection policy

and Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and conduct

themselves in accordance with the provision of these two documents.