Openings at Taita Taveta County

Requirements for Appointment 

• Must be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery from an institution recognized by 
• Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board;
• Master’s degree in Internal Medicine from an institution recognized by the 
• Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board;
• Served for a Minimum of three (3) years at Job Group ‘P’ or an equivalent similar position; and,
• Registered with Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board.

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: 

• Teaching and supervision of interns and other health workers;
• Evaluate symptoms, run tests to diagnose a patient’s condition and then prescribe;
• Medication or treatment to remedy the illness or injury;
• Outreach clinics and surgeries in Sub-County Hospitals;
• Policy formulation at county level;
• Provide treatment for wide variety of common problems;
• Counseling of patients and/or members of the community on how to prevent illness; and,
• Attend to emergency calls. 
   

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Requirements for Appointment 

For appointment in this position a candidate must:

• Be a Kenyan citizen;
• Have a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B; CH.B.) from an institution, recognized by KMPDB;
• Have successfully completed one-year internship from a recognized institution;
• Be registered with Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board; and,
• Have a certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: 

• Clinical duties in Sub County Hospital;
• Teaching and supervision of health workers;
• Performing medical and surgical procedures;
• Preparing and responding to emergencies and disasters;
• Outreach clinics and surgeries in the county hospitals; and,
• Assist in the policy formulization

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Requirements For Appointment
Be a Kenyan citizen;

• Have a Diploma in Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing, Kenya 
• Registered Nursing /Midwifery or Kenya Registered Nursing/ Mental Health and 
• Psychiatry from a recognized institution;
• Be in possession of a Higher Diploma in the Renal Nursing;
• Have a registration Certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Have a valid practicing license from Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Have certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution; and,
• Should be of good physical and mental health.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide dialysis nursing care to patients with kidney problems;
• Perform dialysis to filter toxins and waste products from the blood;
• Perform hemodialysis to patients as ordered by nephrologists;
• Perform peritoneal dialysis on patients in resident settings;
• Maintain and manage dialysis machines, systems and equipment;
• Monitor and assess vital signs of dialysis patients;
• Instruct and counsel patients & their families on dialysis nursing care issues;
• Monitor patient reaction to treatment interventions;
• Administer medications as prescribed by nephrologists or physicians;
• Ensure comfort to patients while executing dialysis nurse functions; and,
• Making orders of all materials and drugs needed for the management of 
• patients, ensuring quality and adequate quantity at all times.

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Requirements for Appointment 

• Have a Diploma in Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing, Kenya 
• Registered Nursing/Midwifery or Kenya Registered Nursing/Mental Health and 
• Psychiatry from a recognized institution;
• Be in possession of a Higher Diploma in Kenya Registered Peril-operative nursing;
• Have a registration certificate issued by The Nursing Council of Kenya; and,
• Have a valid practicing license from nursing council of Kenya.

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: 

• Receiving patients from the ward for surgery, checking the charts to make sure all needed documents are present including consent form and allergy form;
• Assisting the anesthetist during the induction procedure;
• Assisting the surgeon during operation;
• Ensuring patient safety, pre-, intra and post- surgery;
• Promoting high infection control policies and protocols so as to protect the 
• patients and the employees from infections;
• Managing the use of controlled substances and drugs;
• Ensure thorough and complete documentation of all the activities and drugs used on the patient before and after surgery including the vital signs;
• Promoting patients’ confidence and allaying anxiety before and after the surgery;
• Ensuring and contributing to team efforts for efficiency;
• Supervise and assist in cleaning theatre after every procedure in preparedness and readiness for the next procedure or any surgical emergency that may arise; and,
• Making orders for all materials and drugs needed for the management of 
• patients, ensuring quality and adequate quantity at all times

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Requirements for Appointment 

• Be a Kenyan citizen;
• Have a Diploma in Kenyan Registered Community Health Nursing, Kenya 
• Registered Nursing/Midwifery or Kenya Registered Nursing/Mental Health and 
• Psychiatry from a recognized institution;
• Be in possession of a Higher Diploma in the Critical Care nursing;
• Have a registration certificate issued by The Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Have a valid practicing license from Nursing Council of Kenya; and,
• Have certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: 

• Managing patients requiring critical care;
• Assessing, planning, implementing nursing interventions, evaluating and documenting patient’s outcomes;
• Evaluate patients’ vital signs and laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs;
• Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, 
• mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, and pressure lines;
• Providing health education and counselling patients/clients and community on identified health needs;
• Facilitating patients’ admission and initiating discharge plans;
• Maintaining records on patients /client’s health condition and care; and,
• Ensuring a tidy and safe clinical environment.

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Requirements for Appointment 
For appointment in this position a candidate must have a:

• Be a Kenyan citizen; 
• Diploma in either pharmacy or pharmaceutical technology or equivalent 
• qualification approved by the pharmacy and poisons board from a recognized institution;
• Certificate of enrolment as a Pharmaceutical Technologist awarded by the 
• Pharmacy and Poisons Board; and, 
• Certificate of computer application skills from a recognized institution.

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: 

• Assisting in managing pharmaceutical services under the guidance of a pharmacist;
• Working in a Hospital, Health Centre or Dispensary;
• Coordination of essential medicine supplies;
• Receiving, interpreting and processing prescriptions;
• Recording prescriptions in a unit pharmacy;
• Counselling patients on drugs usage;
• Recording prescriptions in a pharmacy unit;
• Ensuring quality standards;
• Ensuring effective management of inventory; and, 
• Maintaining drug registers/ books

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Requirements for Appointment 
For appointment in this position a candidate must have a:

• Be a Kenyan citizen;
• Have a diploma in Nutrition and dietetics from a recognized institution;
• Must be registered with the Kenya Nutritionist and Dieticians Institute (KNDI); and,
• Have a certificate of computer application skills from a recognized institution.

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: 

• Planning, formulating and managing therapeutic diets in consultation with Senior Nutrition Officer;
• Being resource person on nutrition in the health team;
• Developing weaning foods with families using community resources;
• Initiating projects in the community which promote nutrition; and,
• Supervising and guiding other staff working under the officer

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Requirements for Appointment 
For appointment in this position a candidate must:

• Be a Kenya Citizen;
• Have a Diploma in medical laboratory sciences or any other equivalent qualification from institution recognized by the Kenyan Medical Laboratory 
• Technician and Technologists Board;
• Registration certificate issued by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technician and 
• Technologists Board (KMLTTB);
• Valid practicing license from Kenya Medical Laboratory Technician and 
• Technologists Board; and,
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: 

• Discharge of laboratory investigative services to patients/clients;
• Preparing cultures of tissue samples;
• Establishing and monitoring programs that ensure data accuracy;
• Microscopically examining slides of bodily fluids;
• Cross-matching blood for transfusions;
• Chemically analyzing blood or urine for toxic components;
• Analyzing lab reports for accuracy;
• Operating and calibrating equipment;
• Planning and budgeting for laboratory commodities;
• Compiling and submitting laboratory reports;
• Delivering test results to physicians, researchers or patients; and,
• Collecting and studying blood samples to determine morphology

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Requirements for Appointment 

• Be a Kenyan citizen;
• Have a Diploma in diagnostic radiology, medical imaging sciences, ultrasound 
• computerized tomography from a recognized institution; and,
• Be registered with the Society of radiography of Kenya as well as Kenya Nuclear 
• Regulatory Authority.

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: 

• Carrying out radiological examinations;
• Ensure Radiation Protection Rules, policies, standards and procedures are adhered to;
• Undertake Radiographic and Imaging examinations as required;
• Participate in continuous medical education activities in the hospital on health facilitation;
• Perform routine daily inspection of equipment and quality assurance procedures and report any deficiencies or malfunctions;
• Keep up-to-date with current techniques and developments in Radiographic and 
• Imaging procedures and endeavor to achieve high standard of image quality;
• To supervise and train assistant staff and student radiographers; and,
• Ensure effective and economic use of resources and report all occurrences of defects which may affect health and safety.

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Requirements for Appointment 
For appointment in this position a candidate must:

• Be a Kenya Citizen;
• 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;
• Registered with the Nursing Counsel of Kenya;
• Valid practicing license from nursing council of Kenya; and,
• Certificate in computer application from a recognized institution. 

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: 

• Assessing, planning, implementing nursing interventions and evaluating patients’ outcomes;
• Providing appropriate health care service including Integrated Management of 
• Childhood Illness (IMCI);
• Immunization and reproductive health services;
• Providing health education and counseling to patients/clients and community on identified health needs;
• Referring patients and clients appropriately;
• Facilitating patient’s admission, assess patients’ needs for nursing services and initiating nursing care plans;
• Keep records and other supplies;
• Guide, supervise and counsel staff performing routine clinical duties;
• Collecting, compiling and analyzing data for decision making, planning and policy making; and,
• Implementation of community health strategy with other workers