Duties and Responsibilities

·         Get reports on general and specific wellbeing of all the children. Visit the dormitories

·         daily to see all children who are there for any health concerns.

·         Liaise with the children’s mums/supervisors and specific children about them

·         individual medical care and follow up.

·         Every Monday, plan and prepare medications for the 8 younger children who are on

·         regular medicines for chronic illnesses. Ensure child’s mum/supervisor confirms the

·         medications are correct for their child.

·         Every day, check on the medication signup sheets to confirm that medicines are given

·         as prescribed to children.

·         Work with the dorm parents and housekeepers to develop a general cleaning

·         schedule for commonly touched surfaces as a preventive measure for communicable

·         diseases.

·         Ensure that all meals and snacks at the organization provide a nutritious, balanced diet

·         for developing children. Maintain a set menu with the catering department, making

·         improvements and changes in the meals as required to give maximum nutritional

·         benefit.

·         Keep a weekly inventory of the infirmary that includes medications and all medical

·         supplies and equipment. Ensure there are sufficient, but not excessive quantities of

·         commonly administered meds/supplies in stock for care needs.

·         Liaise with different local hospitals in order to take children for hospital visits as per

·         appointments and for urgent and emergency care needs.

·         Every 3 months, give all children deworming medicine.

·         Keep up with public health updates in relation to vaccinations, outbreaks of illnesses

·         in our area, and any other health related matters.

·         Regularly conduct scheduled staff and community parent trainings on HIV/AIDS,

·         nutrition, hygiene, common illness prevention and treatment, and any other topics as

·         deemed necessary.

·         Prepare quarterly work plans and budgets as per organizational guidelines.

·         Participate in parenting of the 91 children at the organization.

·         Plan to work with the public health nurse for capacity building within the health

·         sector.

·         Research on and keep up to date on health care emerging issues and them

·         management

Key Requirements Skills, experience and qualification

·         KRCHN (Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse) or KRN (Kenya Registered

·         Nurse)

·         Valid NCK practicing license

·         4 years of practice experience

HOW TO APPLY

• If you meet the above qualifications, skills and experience send CV urgently to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. quoting the job title as the subject line on your email
• Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
• Only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.