Vacancies at Vihiga County Government

Duties and responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:

• Taking history, exxamining, diagnosing, ordering laboratory and imaging investigations;
• Interpreting laboratory and imaging results;
• Treating patients' common ailments at an outpatient or inpatient health facility; providing community health care services in liaison with other health workers;
• Guiding and counseling patients, clients and staff on health issues;
• Sensitizing patients and clients on preventive and promotive health;
• Carrying out surgical procedures as per training and skill:
• Collecting and compiling clinical data;
• Providing clinical outreach and school health services;
• Organizing health management teams and convening health management committee meetings;
• Preparing medico-legal briefs on clinical services; and
• Referring patients and clients to appropriate health facilities.

Requirements for appointmnent

• Direct appointment for Higher National Diploma Holders

For appointment to this grade a candidate must have:

• Higher Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery (Cardiology) or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution;
• Certificate of Registration from the Clinical Officers' Council;
• Valid practicing license from the Clinical Officers' Council;
• Proficiency in computer applications. 

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Duties and responsibilities

This will be the entry grade in to the occupational therapist cadre. An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a senior officer.

Specifically, duties and responsibilities will involve:

• Assessing and formulating patient's treatment plan;
• Maintaining record and data relating to patients;
• Collecting data for operational research;
• Sensitizing the community on occupational therapy issues and
• Preparing periodic report.

Requirements for appointment
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Diploma in Occupational Therapy from Recognized Institution; and
• Certificate in Computer Application skills from a recognized Institution. 

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Duties and Responsibilities

• Dispensing of drugs/medicines;
• Counselling patients on drug usage in a unit pharmacy;
• Maintaining books/ register of drugs;
• Stock taking of drugs and medicine on monthly basis.

Requirements for Appointment

• Diploma in pharmacy from a recognized and approved institution;
• A registration certificate on enrolment as a pharmaceutical technologist by the pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) as per provision of Pharmacy and Poisons Board Act, (Cap 244);
• Valid practicing license fromn the Pharmacy and Poisons Board;
• Proficiency in computer applications. 

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This is the entry and training grade for diploma holders. An officer in this level will work under the supervision and guidance of a senior and experienced officer.
Duties and responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:

• Documenting working benches;
• Receiving and scrutinizing laboratory requisition forms an
• Prepping clients for collection of specimen; 
• Receiving, colleting ,labelling and registering of specimen;
• Disaggregating specimens for processing and analyses;
• Preparing regents;
• Examining specimens;
• Writing and recording of results;
• Dispatching the results for use in clinical management; 
• Preparing stains; 
• Performing blood grouping;
• Issuing blood and blood products to peripheral health facilities; and 
• Storing blood products according to their requirements. 

Requirements for appointment

• Diploma in Medical Laboratory Science or any other equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by Kenya Medical Laboratory Technician and Technologist Board.
• Registration certificate issued by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technician and Technologist Board [KMLTTB].
• Valid practicing license from Kenya Medical Laboratory Technician and Technologist Board; and
• Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized Institution 
   

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Duties and responsibilities 
Duties and responsibilities will include;

• Mobilizing, sensitizing and advising communities on matters related to environmental health;
• Referring health caseS to relevant health facilities, carrying Out immunization, identifying environmental health issues at community level;
• Organizing community health days to advise communities on commnon public issues,
• Collecting and maintaining up to date records of services rendered:
• Assessing health needs of the community; implementing vector, vermin and rodent control measures, and
• Implemnenting integrated mosquito control strategies.

Requirements for Appointment

• Diploma in either Environmental Health Science or Public Health Inspection from a recognized institution; and
• Certificate in Computer application skills from a recognized institution

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This is the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a senior officer and experienced officer.

Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:

• Receiving and documenting patients at hospital reception;
• Registering and booking appointment for patients to clinics and consultants;
• Storing and retrieving medical records documents;
• Preparing clinics;
• Updating bed bureau;
• Editing of patient case records;
• Gathering data from different sources;
• Capturing data from service points;
• Maintaining record safety and confidentiality;
• Storing and retrieving medical records;
• Balancing daily bed returns;
• Creating and maintaining master index;
• Updating patient master index;
• Directing patients to relevant clinics; scheduling of patients to the
• Assigning codes to diseases and surgical procedures according to the international classification of diseases and procedures in medicine; and
• Preparing health records and reports.
• Consultants and speciality clinics;

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -

• Diploma in Health Records and Information Technology from a recognized institution; and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution. 

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Duties and Responsibilities;
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:

• Collecting health related data at household level for analysis:
• Maintaining and updating community health unit registers and keeping records;
• Identifying common ailments and minor injuries at community level;
• Identifying and referring health cases to appropriate health facilities;
• Visiting homes to determine the health situation and dialogue with household members;
• Identifying and sensitizing communities on health monitoring growth of children under the age of five year
• ldentifying defaulters of health interventions and referring them to the appropriate health facilities; managing community health resource Centres; and
• Convening and coordinating monthly community meetings and action days.

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -

• Diploma in any of the following disciplines: Community Health Nursing, Community Health, Community Oral Health, Psychology, Nutrition, Environmental Health, Counselling, Social Work, Community Development or Health Promotion and Education from a recognized institution; and
• Certificate in Computer Applications Skills from a recognized Institution. 

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This will be the entry and training grade for Radiographers cadre. An officer at this level will work under the supervision and guidance of an experienced officer.

Duties and Responsibilities
Specific duties will include:

• Providing radiographic services to the patients;
• Processing, verifying and maintaining information relating to patients;
• Ordering and maintaining records of radiographic, supplies.

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -

• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) mean with grade C (plain) in English/ Kiswahili, Biology/Biological Sciences or Physics/ Physical Sciences and C- in Mathematics; and
• Diploma in any of the following: Diagnostic Radiography/ Medical Imaging Sciences, Ultrasound, Computerized Tomography, Magnetic
• Resonance Imaging, Mammography, Nuclear Medicinc, Radiatior. Therapy and Digital Medical imaging equipment or its equivalent írorm a recognized Institution.
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution. 

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Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities will be to carry out duties in the mortuary which entail:

• Collecting and receiving bodies within the hospital and outside through the prescribed procedures;
• Recording bodies received;
• Washing the bodies, embalming, and refrigeration;
• Scrubbing and assisting in post mortems;
• Counselling the relatives and
• Releasing the bodies to the relatives as per the laid procedures.

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan citizen;
• Possess a Certificate in mortuary science;
• At least three (3) years of relevant work experience in a busv mortuar or a reputable Funeral Home:
• Attained a mean grade of D (Plain) at Kenva Certificate of Secondary  Education (KCSE);
• Training in embalming and grief counseling:
• Good interpersonal and communication skills and
• Strong English and Swahili language skills. 

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Duties and Responsibilities 

• Deployed in the Vocational Training Institute as a trainer in the relevant field of specialization;
• Giving theoretical and practical instruction in the area of specialization;
• Preparing and maintaining schemes of work, lesson plan, training and learning materials and trainee's records; 
• Carrying out trainee's assessment; 
• Ensuring proper care and maintenance of tools and equipment;
• Conducting co-curricular activities; 
• Maintaining trainees' discipline, guidance and counseling; 
• Monitoring trainees on field work, industrial attachment and compiling progress reports ;
• Preparation of budget ;
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the manager.

Requirements for Appointment for Job Group H"

• Diploma in the relevant technical field or area of spesalization from a recognized institution; 
• Proficiency in computer applications;
• Must have worked as a trainer in a Vocational Training Institution;
• Pedagogical training will be an added advantage ;
• Meet the requirement of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010; 

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Duties and Responsibilities 

• Deployed in the Vocational Training Institute as a trainer in the relevant field of specialization;
• Giving theoretical and practical instruction in the area of specialization;
• Preparing and maintaining schemes of work, lesson plan, training and learning materials and trainee's records; 
• Carrying out trainee's assessment; 
• Ensuring proper care and maintenance of tools and equipment;
• Conducting co-curricular activities; 
• Maintaining trainees' discipline, guidance and counseling; 
• Monitoring trainees on field work, industrial attachment and compiling progress reports ;
• Preparation of budget ;
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the manager.

Requirements for Appointment for Job Group H"

• Diploma in the relevant technical field or area of spesalization from a recognized institution; 
• Proficiency in computer applications;
• Must have worked as a trainer in a Vocational Training Institution;
• Pedagogical training will be an added advantage ;
• Meet the requirement of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010;