Clinical Officer at Shining Hope For Communities

Location: Mathare 

Reports to: Clinic coordinator 

Hours: Monday – Friday, 8am to 4pm, and two Saturdays a month 

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Clerking, examination, diagnosing and treatment of patients;
• Prescription of medications;
• Maintaining and reviewing patient records, charts and other pertinent information;
• Maintaining patient confidentiality;
• Responding to enquiries relating to patients, lab requests, x-rays, prescription requests, etc.;
• Coordinating appointments for specialist referrals, x-rays lab testing, etc and conveying pertinent instructions and information to the patient;
• Attending to CCC patients and managing opportunistic infections;
• Conducting continuous medical education and health educations as may be required
• Work as a team member with staff of other cadres in ensuring quality service provision
• Being accountable for any equipment assigned and reporting to the line manager as may be required.
• Performing other related duties within the clinic as may be assigned. 

Mandatory Requirements 

• Registered clinical officer preferably trained at KMTC
• 2 years’ experience in a busy health facility
• Current Practicing license is mandatory 

Qualification 

• Basic HIV training / experience will be an added advantage
• Make appropriate diagnosis
• Good clinical skills
• Treat patients with respect
• Confidientiality
• Good interpersonal and time management skills
• Communication and decision making skills
• Good record keeping and reporting skills
• Be able to perform minor surgical procedures
• Computer literacy
• Ability to wok and deliver results with minimum supervision
• Flexibility to work in high demand set up