Registered Nurses (16 Positions) at The Center for International Health, Education and Biosecurity (CIHEB)

Primary Function:

Reporting to the facility in-charge, the nurse will oversee the implementation of HIV care activities in the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services integration in the health facility assigned.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Support ANC, PNC, and Maternity HIV testing.
• Ensure ART uptake among HIV infected pregnant/lactating women.
• Ensure viral suppression among PMTCT women.
• Oversee the provision of early infant diagnosis, care and follow-up of HIV-exposed infants.
• Ensure follow-up and retention of HIV-infected pregnant/lactating women and HIV-exposed infants (HEI) by use of the case management model.
• Strengthen linkages between PMTCT and HEI services and Comprehensive Care Clinics.
• Strengthen facility-community/community-facility linkages with the help of CHVs and case managers.
• Supervise eMTCT services provided by the maternal case managers.
• Work hand in hand with the clinical officers to implement patients Plan of Care.
• Perform TB intensified case finding for PLHIV on every clinical encounter.
• Initiate IPT for all PLHIV who don’t have TB or other Isoniazid Contra-Indications.
• Send all PLHIV presenting with presumptive TB for GeneXpert as a first test.
• Send all patients diagnosed with TB for HUV testing.
• Initiate ART in all newly diagnosed TB/HIV co-infected patients within two (2) weeks of starting TB treatment.
• Ensure that laboratory results are filed, documented and communicated to the patients at all times.
• Ensure 12 month/24 month HEI Cohort Analysis (HCA), PCR positive validation, and audits and PMTCT reports is done each month.
• Participate in MNCH Working Improvement Teams(WITS) and initiate CQI projects on gaps identified.
• Participate in MNCH in generation, compilation, and utilization of PMTCT data.
• Participate in Continous Professional development as required by nursing council.
• Perform any other duty as maybe assigned by the organization.

Qualifications:

• Diploma in any of the following disciplines: Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing, Kenya Registered Nursing, Kenya Registered Midwifery, Kenya Registered Nursing/Midwifery or Kenya Registered Nursing/Mental Health and Psychiatry from a recognized institution
• Registration 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.
• NASCOP Certification in Provision of both adult and pediatric ART, and PMCT is an added advantage

Experience & Skills:

• Two (2) years’ experience, 1 year of which should be within a busy HIV Comprehensive Care Centre and/or in the provision of PMTCT services.
• Demonstrable knowledge of HIV/ART management, diagnosis and treatment procedures of conditions associated with HIV, adherence support and PMTCT service delivery