Kenya Enrolled Community Health Nurse at County Government of Lamu

REE: LCPSB/ADV/23-24/35

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Duties and responsibilities will entail:

• Assessing patients and clients and establishing health care needs;
• Planning and implementing nursing care interventions based on patients/clients' health needs;
• Providing appropriate healthcare service, including immunization, prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), ante-natal care and on identified health and socio-economic needs to patients'/clients';
• Referring patients and clients appropriately;
• Facilitating patients’ admission and discharge in a health facility;
• Ensuring a tidy and safe clinical environment;
• Ensuring safe custody of in-patients’ belongings;
• Maintaining records on patients/clients personal and health ~~ condition/care;  cvaluating healthcare outcomes on patients/clients and preparing individualized reports;
• Conducting assessment of school health needs;
• Planning, implementing interventions and preparing periodic reports;
• And guiding and orienting students
• Any other relevant duties that may be assigned from time to time.

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT
For appointment to this grade an officer must have:

• BeaKenyan citizen;
• Certificate in any of the following disciplines: Kenya Enrolled Nurse, Kenya Enrolled Community Health Nurse, Kenya Enrolled Midwife, Kenya Enrolled Psychiatric Nurse or Enrolled Nurse/Midwife from a recognized training institution;
• Enrolment Certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya,
• Valid practicing license from Nursing Council' of Kenya;
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution; and