Latest Openings at Rural Agency for Community Development and Assistance (RACIDA)

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assessing patient needs for nursing services.
• Verification and maintaining information relating to patients’ admissions.
• Providing appropriate healthcare services including Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI), immunization, reproductive health services, ante-natal care, and delivery.
• Providing health education and counseling to patients/clients and community on identified health needs.
• Refer patients/clients appropriately.
• Keeping records of drugs and supplies.
• Prepare various daily, weekly, and monthly MoH reports and participates in appropriate meetings.
• Guiding, supervising, and counseling staff under him/her in performing routine duties.
• Implementation of community health strategy with other workers
• Any other Health duties as may be assigned from to time.

Requirements

• Have a diploma in Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse from Kenya medical training college or a recognized nursing training institution. OR Certificate in any of the following disciplines: Kenya Enrolled Nurse, Kenya Enrolled Community Health Nurse, Kenya Enrolled Midwife or Enrolled Nurse/Midwife from Kenya medical training college or a recognized training institution.
• Be Registered & Licensed by the Nursing Council of Kenya.
• Be in good professional standing with the Nursing Council of Kenya.
• At least one year of experience in a busy hospital.

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Duties and Responsibilities

• Providing nutrition services including nutritional assessments and provision of micronutrients in health care facilities and outreach sites.
• Collating and analyzing nutrition data.
• Counselling clients/patients with specific nutritional needs.
• Implementing and monitoring outpatient supplementary and therapeutic feeding programs.
• Promoting Maternal Infants and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) programs.
• Conducting nutritional and health education and demonstrations.
• Supervising and implementing baby-friendly community initiatives
• Assessing and reviewing nutrition referral cases.
• Ensuring proper use and keeping records of nutrition supplies.
• Preparing daily, weekly, and monthly nutrition reports in health care facilities/outreach sites.
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Requirements

• At least a Diploma in Community Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition, or Nutrition and Dietetics or higher from a recognized institution;
• Registration by the Kenya Nutritionists and Dieticians Institute (KNDI); and
• At least one year of experience.