Director Primary Health Care at Nyamira County Public Service Board

Requirements for Appointment:

•  Have served for minimum ten (10) years with experience in preventive and promotive health activities, three years (5) of which should be at senior management level in public or private sector;
•  Have a Bachelor’s degree in health sciences including Public Health, Community Health and Development, Environmental Health or equivalent from a recognized institution;
•  Master’s Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology community health and development or health related from a recognized institution is an added advantage;
•  Must be registered and have a valid practicing license from relevant professional bodies;
•  Interpersonal skills necessary to manage health care personnel;
•  Have capacity to undertake multiple tasks within strict timelines;
•  Possess strategic and analytical skills with a deep understanding of the strategic and operational challenges of the health sector in the county and the country;
•  Have the ability to design and conduct operations, research, analyse and utilize research findings in planning activities to improve service delivery;
•  Demonstrate good understanding of the county Government mandate, health policies, vision, mission, as well as vision 2020; and
•  Be proficient in computer skills.

Duties and Responsibilities: -

Responsible to the chief officer Primary Health care Services for provision of leadership and management of preventive and Promotive health services at the county.

Specific duties will entail; -

•  Provide strategic leadership and technical support in public health activities in the following areas; Public Health, Reproductive Health, New–born, Child and Adolescent Health, Vaccines and Immunization, community Nutrition, Community Strategy, primary curative services, Disease Surveillance, primary healthcare laboratories, human resource management among others;
•  Develop and implement policies, guidelines, Budgetary plans, strategies, programs, standards and procedures in the area of promotive, preventive health programmes;
•  Lead in the development and implementation of Strategic Plans as linked to Vision 2030 and Health Sector goals;
•  Overall Coordination of Preventive and promotive health programs including vector control, malaria, HIV/AIDS, TB, health promotion, community health services, immunization, gender main streaming, environmental health;
•  Coordinate Health Research and Innovations;
•  Coordination of Health Partners and other Private Partnership;
•  Ensuring effective and efficient use of financial and non-financial resources for various areas of responsibility;
•  Oversee provision of primary health services within the County;
•  Monitoring and evaluation of primary health projects and programmes against performance indicators to ensure that their delivery is within the required health standard and determine areas of strengths and weaknesses;
•  Provide technical advice on Primary Health matters to both CECM and Chief Officer Health Services;
•  Develop departmental budgets for the appropriate programmes and initiatives; and
•  Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Director of Health Services or other Seniors.