Meru County Careers

MCPSB/02/29/01/2024: PROCUREMENT OFFICER II CPSB 10 (1 POST)
Job description (Duties and responsibilities)

• Ensure proper warehouse and distribution management Proper fleet management
• Prepare monthly reports
• Dispose of stores and equipment
• Procurement market survey and research
• Ensure good inventory control within the department
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time

Job specifications

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• Must have KCSE Certificate or its equivalent qualification.
• Be a holder of a Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management/Purchasing and Supply, Management/Supplies and Procurement Management or their equivalent from any recognized institution.
• Must have a good knowledge of procurement processes and laws.
• Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must be self-driven with a lot of initiative and drive
• Proficiency in computer applications.

MCPSB/04/29/01/2024: ASSISTANT QUANTITY SURVEYOR II CPSB 09 (1 POST)
Job description (Duties and responsibilities)

• Duties and responsibilities entail preparation of cost estimates, bills of quantities, monthly valuations on site, site measurements, and preparation of variation orders.

Job specification
For appointment one must have

• A Bachelor’s degree in quantity survey/ building economics or its equivalent from a recognized institution;
• Been registered as a graduate member of either Architectural Association of Kenya or the Institute of Quantity Surveyors of Kenya.

MCPSB/01/07/2023 REGISTERED CLINICAL OFFICER III JG ‘H’– (9) POSTS.
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a:-

• Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery or Clinical Medicine and Community Health from a recognized institution; and
• Certificate of Registration by Clinical Officers’ Council
• Valid practicing license from the Clinical Officers’ Council ;
• Certificate in computer applications skills.

Duties and Responsibilities:-
This is an entry grade into this cadre and an officer at this level will work under guidance of a senior officer.
Specific duties and responsibilities at this level will include:

• Taking history, examining, diagnosing and treating patients’ common ailments at an outpatient or inpatient health facility;
• Implementing Community Health Care activities 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 minor surgical procedures as per training and skill;
• Collecting and compiling clinical data; and
• Referring patients and clients to appropriate health facilities. 

MCPSB/02/07/2023 REGISTERED NURSE III JG ‘H’ – (151) POSTS)
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -

• 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; and
•  Valid practicing license from the Nursing Council of Kenya;

Duties and Responsibilities
This is an entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:

• Assessing, planning, implementing nursing interventions and evaluating patient's outcomes;
• Providing appropriate healthcare services including Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI), Immunization, PMTCT, Ante-natal care and delivery, providing health education and counselling to patients/clients and community on identified health needs;
• Referring patients and clients appropriately;
• Facilitating patients' admission and initiating discharge plans;
• Maintaining records on patients/clients health condition and care;
• Ensuring a tidy and safe clinical environment; and
• Collecting and compiling data. 

MCPSB/05/07/2023 ASSISTANT HEALTH RECORDS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OFFICER III JG ‘H’- (3) POSTS
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Diploma in Health Records and Information Technology from a recognized institution; and
• Certificate of Registration from Association of Medical Records Officers’ Kenya (AMRO-K).

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 consultants and specialty clinics; and
• Assigning codes to diseases and surgical procedures according to the International Classification of Diseases and Procedures in Medicine. 

MCPSB/03/07/2023 MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST III JG ‘H’– (8) POSTS
For appointment to this grade, an officer must have

• A Diploma in Medical Laboratory sciences /Technology, from a recognized institution.
• Registration Certificate issued by the KMLTTB; and
• Valid practicing license from the KMLTTB;

Duties and Responsibilities:
This is an entry and training grade for this cadre. Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-

• Sampling and receiving samples;
• Decontaminating working benches’
• Receiving and scrutinizing laboratory requisition forms and specimens
• Preparing and standardizing laboratory reagents and procedures; and
• Receiving, collecting, labelling and registering specimens,
• Disaggregating specimens for processing and and analysis, and performance routine diagnostic tests

MCPSB/04/07/2023 ASSISTANT COMMUNITY HEALTH OFFICER III JG ‘H’ – (1) POST

• For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a Certificate in any of the following disciplines: Community Health, Psychology, Counseling, Social Work or Community Development from a recognized institution.

Duties and Responsibilities:
This is an entry and training grade for this cadre. Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-

• Visiting homes to determine health situations and dialogue with household members;
• Identifying and sensitizing communities on health interventions;
• Identifying common ailments and minor injuries at community level;
• Collecting health data at household level for analysis;
• Distribution of Information Education Communication materials, mosquito nets and other commodities to households;
• Identifying defaulters of health interventions and other health cases and referring them to health facilities; and
• Maintaining and updating health data using health registers. 

MCPSB/06/07/2023 NUTRITION AND DIETETICS TECHNOLOGIST III JG ‘H’- (1) POST
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -

• Diploma in Community Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition or Nutrition and Dietetics from a recognized training institution; and
• Registration by the Council of the Institute of Nutritionists and Dieticians (CIND)

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

• Implementing nutrition programs; providing nutrition services in health care facilities; conducting nutrition assessments;
• Collecting and compiling nutrition data;
• Providing nutrition health education and demonstrations;
• Counseling of patients with specific nutritional needs;
• Monitoring preparation of therapeutic feeds;
• Implementing outpatient and inpatient supplementary and therapeutic feeding programmes; promoting maternal, infant and young children feeding programmes;
• Providing micronutrient supplementation. 

MCPSB/07/07/2023 ASSISTANT OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST III JG ‘H’- (4) POST

• For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a Diploma in Occupational Therapy from a recognized institution.

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

• Maintaining records and data relating to patients;
• Collecting data for operational research;
• Sensitizing the community on occupational therapy issues; and preparing periodic reports