The Latest Jobs in Kakamega

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collection of bodies from wards; 
• Performing autopsy procedures; 
• Body embalming; admission and dispatch of bodies; 
• Cleaning of the mortuary; 
• Cleaning of mortuary equipment and body reconstruction;
• Wrapping in mortuary sheets, labelling and storing of dead bodies in the Cold room of the mortuary; and
• Keeping of appropriate registers for receipt and delivery of dead bodies at the mortuary;

Requirements for Appointment

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

• Minimum of KCSE C- (Minus);
• Certificate in Mortuary Science or any other equivalent from a recognized institution;
• License from Kenya Health Professionals Oversight Authority; and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution 

PLEASE NOTE:

All the details requested in the advertisement should be filled on the on-line form.

ALL Serving Officers in the County Public Service, MUST clearly indicate on the on-line form: -

The Officer’s Payroll Number;

Date of first appointment;

Date of last promotion to the current grade; and

Substantive designation and Job Group.

During interviews, shortlisted candidates will be required to produce the following original documents: - National Identity Card; Academic and Professional Certificates; current pay slip and letter of appointment/promotion to the current grade.

Canvassing in any form will lead to automatic disqualification.

The County Government of Kakamega is an equal opportunity employer and women, persons living with Disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Only shortlisted and successful candidates will be contacted.

All applicants should click on the Job Offers Option on the County Website www.kakamega.go.ke, fill the Application Form and submit it ONLINE on or before Wednesday 13th December, 2023 at 11.59 P.M.

N/B: No hard copy or emailed applications to the Board’s official email i.e. [email protected] will be accepted.

Applicants are advised to provide accurate information when making applications, those who give false information regarding their credentials and qualifications will be automatically disqualified. 

Duties and Responsibilities

This is the entry and training grade for this cadre.  An officer at this level will work under the supervision of a Senior Officer. Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: 

• Undertaking preventive maintenance and repairs of medical/hospital equipment, plants, instruments and furniture; 
• Requisitioning for spare parts and consumables; 
• Taking inventory of medical/hospital equipment, furniture and plants; 
• Collecting information for research; 
• Collecting information on medical engineering services for input into the integrated health information management system; 
• Carrying out minor repairs of health facilities and utilities; and 
• Implementing Medical Engineering Programmes and Projects.

Requirements for Appointment

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

• Diploma in Medical Engineering or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution; and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution

PLEASE NOTE:

All the details requested in the advertisement should be filled on the on-line form.

ALL Serving Officers in the County Public Service, MUST clearly indicate on the on-line form: -

The Officer’s Payroll Number;

Date of first appointment;

Date of last promotion to the current grade; and

Substantive designation and Job Group.

During interviews, shortlisted candidates will be required to produce the following original documents: - National Identity Card; Academic and Professional Certificates; current pay slip and letter of appointment/promotion to the current grade.

Canvassing in any form will lead to automatic disqualification.

The County Government of Kakamega is an equal opportunity employer and women, persons living with Disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Only shortlisted and successful candidates will be contacted.

All applicants should click on the Job Offers Option on the County Website www.kakamega.go.ke, fill the Application Form and submit it ONLINE on or before Wednesday 13th December, 2023 at 11.59 P.M.

N/B: No hard copy or emailed applications to the Board’s official email i.e. [email protected] will be accepted.

Applicants are advised to provide accurate information when making applications, those who give false information regarding their credentials and qualifications will be automatically disqualified.  

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities at this level will include: 

• Preparing and implementing therapeutic diets for outpatients and inpatients;
• Providing guidelines on diets for existing and emerging diseases for hospital use and home-based care;
• Treating and counseling patients using specialised dietetic nutritionally modified products;
• Implementing the nutrition and dietetic process including screening;
• Assessing, formulating and  implementing nutrition interventions and evaluating outcomes;
• Providing nutrition support in patient management in healthcare facilities;
• Developing and disseminating nutrition behavior change;
• Implementing nutrition health programmes; and
• Collecting and compiling nutrition data.

Requirements for Appointment

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

• Bachelor Degree in any of the following disciplines: Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietetics/Clinical Nutrition, Community Nutrition, Food Science, Home Economics or its equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution;
• Registration by the Council of the Institute of Nutritionists and Dieticians (CIND); and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.

Duties and Responsibilities

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 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 pints; 
• Maintaining record safety and confidentiality; 
• Storing and retrieving patient master index; 
• Directing patients to relevant clinics; 
• Scheduling of patients to the consultants and speciality clinics; 
• Assigning codes to diseases and surgical procedures according to the international classification of diseases procedures in medicine; and 
• Preparing Health records and reports.

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.

Duties and Responsibilities

This will be the entry grade into the Occupational Therapists 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 records and data relating to patients; 
• Collecting data for operational research; 
• Sensitizing the community on occupational therapy issues; and 
• Preparing periodic reports.

Requirements for Appointment

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

• Diploma in Occupational Therapy from a recognized institution; and 
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution. 

Duties and Responsibilities

This will be the entry grade into this cadre.  An officer at this level will work under the guidance and supervision of a senior officer. 

Duties and responsibilities will entail: 

• Receiving and identifying patients for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures; 
• Providing basic diagnostic and therapeutic radiography services; 
• Caring for and counseling patients and their guardian before, during and after the examination; 
• Applying radiation safety measures to self, patient and the public; and 
• Performing routine quality control checks.
• Providing radiographic services to the patients;
• Processing, verifying and maintaining information relating to patients; and
• Ordering and maintaining records of radiographic and photographic supplies.

Requirements for Appointment

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

• Diploma in Radiography, Medical Imaging Sciences, Diagnostic Radiography/Medical Imaging Sciences, Ultrasound, Computerized Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Therapy and Digital Medical imaging equipment or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;-
• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) mean grade C (plain) with grade C (plain) in English/Kiswahili, Biology/Biological Sciences or Physics/Physical Sciences and C- in Mathematics; and
• Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution.

Duties and Responsibilities

This will be the entry and training grade into this cadre.  An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a senior officer. An officer at this level may be deployed at a Sub-County Office or Sub-County Hospital and will be exposed to various administrative duties which will include: 

• Procurement, provision and maintenance of facilities;
• Preparation of budgets;
• Overseeing welfare of staff and patients; and 
• Ensuring their security and general upkeep of the hospital.  

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: 

• Bachelors degree in any of the following Social Sciences: Government, Anthropology, Sociology, Business Administration, Public Administration, Commerce, Health Economics or equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution;
• Valid KAHA Certificate; and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.

Duties and Responsibilities

• An officer at this level will be responsible for handling psychosocial problems of patients in a hospital or psychiatric unit; and  
• This will include extracting psychosocial information from the patient and observation of causal factors which might be useful to the treatment plan and the implementation of patient’s treatment programme and follow-up on discharge.

Requirements for Appointment

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

• Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines; Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, Mental Health or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution; and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.

Duties and Responsibilities

The duties will include:-

• Providing administrative support services to health-related projects;
• Coordination of  County Government Health Programmes and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) involved in the delivery of health care services or in health-related services;
• Reviewing, formulating and implementing health and administrative policies, procedures and programmes; and
• Effective supervision, deployment, discipline, training and development of staff in the health administrative service.

Requirements for Appointment

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

• Served in the grade of Senior Deputy Chief Health Administrative Officer, Job Group CPSB 05/’P’ or in a comparable position for a minimum period of three (3) years;
• Have a Bachelors’ degree in any of the following Social Sciences: - Government, Anthropology, Sociology, Business Administration, Public Administration, Commerce, Economics, Law or its equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution;
• Masters’ degree in any of the following fields; Health Management, Hospital Administration, Health Planning, Public Health, Health Economics and Business Administration or its equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution; and
• Demonstrated outstanding professional competence and administrative ability in the management of health services in a large health institution.

 

Duties and Responsibilities

This is the entry grade into the orthopaedic Technologists Cadre.  An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a senior officer.  

Duties and responsibilities involve: 

• Provision of supportive services in orthopaedics which entail preparation and fitting of appliances that are required in orthopaedics in health institutions; 
• Assessing patients needs; 
• Verification and maintaining information relating to patients; and
• Ordering and maintaining records of supplies as well as guiding, supervising and counseling of staff working under him/her.

Requirements for Appointment

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

• Diploma in Orthopaedic Technology or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution; and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution. 

Duties and Responsibilities

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

• Decontaminating working benches, receiving and scrutinizing laboratory requisition forms and specimens; 
• Preparing clients for collection of specimens, receiving, collecting, labelling and registering of specimens; 
• Disaggregating specimens for processing and analyses, preparing reagents; 
• 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

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

• Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences or any other equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board;
• Registration Certificate issued by the Kenya Medical Laboratory technicians and Technologists Board (KMLTTB);
• Valid practicing license from Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board; and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.

Duties and Responsibilities

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

• Receiving and scrutinizing laboratory requisition forms and specimens; 
• Preparing clients for collection of specimens; 
• Receiving, collecting, labeling and registering patient’s specimens; 
• Preparing laboratory reagents; examining specimens; writing and recording results; 
• Preparing stains and reagents; 
• Recruiting, and preparing and bleeding of blood donors for transfusion services.  Performing blood groupings; 
• Storing blood products according to their requirements; 
• Screening for blood transfusion transmissible infections; 
• Issuing blood and blood products to peripheral health facilities; 
• Preparing blood products; and
• Collecting and analyzing procedures (SOP) supervising the disinfection, washing and sterilization of apparatus, and mentoring trainees on practical attachment.

Requirements for Appointment

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

• Bachelors degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences or any other equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board.;
• Registration Certificate issued by the Kenya Medical Laboratory technicians and Technologists Board (KMLTTB); and
• Valid practicing license from Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board.

Duties and Responsibilities

This will be the entry and training grade into this cadre.  An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a senior officer. Specific duties and responsibilities will involve: 

• Providing Physiotherapy services to inpatients and outpatients at an outpatient unit/ward/health institution; 
• Assessing patient needs including rehabilitation; 
• Verifying and maintaining information and records relating to patients; 
• Screening, assessing and providing therapeutic exercises, manual therapy, electrotherapy and hydrotherapy as per the patients/clients formulated treatment plan; 
• Collecting data for operational research; 
• Sensitizing the community on Physiotherapy issues; and 
• Preparing periodic reports.

Requirements for Appointment

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

• Diploma in Physiotherapy from a recognized institution;
• Certificate of Registration from the Physiotherapy Council of Kenya (PCK);
• Current certificate of practice from the Physiotherapy Council of Kenya (PCK); and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution. 

Duties and Responsibilities

This is the entry grade into this cadre.  An officer at this level will work under supervision of a senior officer.  Duties and responsibilities include; 

• Receiving and recording all patient work and interpreting patient prescriptions; 
• Disinfecting impressions; casting impressions; 
• Making acrylic complete/partial repairs; and 
• Participating in oral/dental health promotion.

Requirements for Appointment

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

• Diploma in Dental Technology or its equivalent qualification;
• Certificate of registration from the Kenya Dental Technologists Association; and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.