Nurse Counselors at Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI

M/R 7

Job Purpose:To deliver quality nursing and counseling services to patients and research study participants involved in a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine clinical trial.

Responsibilities for the Nurse Counselors Job

• Obtains consent from participants for various studies
• Obtains medical history and performs pelvic examination
• Offers individual, group and family counseling to participants and patients
• Completes interviewer administered questionnaires
• Phlebotomy, specimen processing
• Does HIV counseling, testing and lab results interpretation
• Responds to participant’s calls.
• Community sensitization in order for recruitment purposes of study participants
• Performs other duties assigned by supervisor
• Retention activities-follow up of participants in need of close monitoring and review together with visit reminders via phone calls

Nurse Counselors Job Qualifications

• Diploma in Nursing or related field
• Experience in female reproductive health service delivery particularly cervical cancer screening is an added advantage

Licensure

• Registered with the Nursing Council of Kenya

Competencies

• Team player
• Excellent Communication and people skills
• Highly organized
• Ability to work without supervision

Experience

• Two (2) years’ experience working in a comprehensive Care Centre or an equivalent HIV care setting
• Prior GCP and Human subjects training is desirable
• Experience working in clinical research setting is an added advantage

Terms of Employment: Employment is a one year renewable contract with a probation period for the first 3 months. Salary is negotiable within the appropriate grade depending on education, experience and demonstrated competency.