Assistant Community Health Officer III - 16 Posts at County Government of Nandi

Requirement for Appointment
For appointing to this grade, a candidate must have: -

• Diploma in any of the following disciplines; Community Health and Community Development from a recognized institution;
• Membership to professional body and
• Certificate in computer applications skills from a recognized institution.

Duties and responsibilities

• This will be an entry and training grade for this cadre.

Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:

• Collecting health data at household level analysis;
• Maintaining and abbreviating community health unit registers and keeping records;
• Identifying common ailments and minor injuries at community level;
• Identifying and referring health cases to appropriate health facilities;
• Relating homes to determine the health situation and dialog with household members;
• Identifying and synthetizing communities on health interventions;
• Monitoring growth of children under the age of five years;
• Identifying defaulters of health interventions and referring them to the appropriate health facilities;
• Managing community health resource centres; and
• Convening and coordinating monthly community meetings and action days.