Clinical Officers at Langata Hospital

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JOB SUMMARY

Langata Hospital Limited is seeking to employ a Clinical Officer who will be responsible for all the medical care of out-patient and in-patient. To perform quality assurance assessments of services within the hospital.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responding to medical/ health problems presented by patients including history taking, diagnosis, investigation, treatment and referral as appropriate; both at out-patient and in-patient.
• Work Hand in Hand with the Medical Officer In-Charge of OPD and Other Clinicians and consultants
• Conducts patients Education.
• Consult patients and prescribe appropriate treatment.
• Monitor patients’ Health.
• Maintaining confidentiality and impartiality.
• Maintaining accurate medical records and other data collection as required for monitoring patients ‘health.
• Providing specialist clinics for specific conditions or for certain groups, e.g. diabetes.
• Organizing preventative medical programs for individual patients;
• Keeping up to date with medical developments, new drugs, treatments and medication, including complementary medicine;
• Maintain accurate documentation.
• Ensuring that patients receive the highest standard of medical care.
• Follow-up and Monitoring of HIV-Positive Clients with the help of the nurse in-charge of the Comprehensive Care Centre (CCC).
• Staging of HIV clients for ART and initiating clients on ART.

QUALIFICATTIONS.

• Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery from KMTC or any other recognized institution.
• Registered by Kenya Clinical Officers Council.
• Possession of valid practicing license from Clinical Officers Council.
• Training in any other HIV prevention intervention is an added advantage
• At least 1 Year Experience in OPD Services and /or HIV/AIDS Program /CCC.