NURSING OFFICER - KAJIADO COUNTY 034
Blume Africa Limited
Kenya, Kajiado
Contract
Posted on 01 Nov 2023
Expire on 22 Nov 2023
Salary: KES 78,107
Description
Reporting to the facility in-charge, the nurse will oversee the implementation of HIV care activities in the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services integration in the health facility assigned.
Requirements
- Diploma in any of the following disciplines: Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing, Kenya Registered Nursing, Kenya RegisteredMidwifery, 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
- Valid practicing license from Nursing Council of Kenya
- Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.
- NASCOP Certification in Provision of both adult and pediatric ART, and PMCT is an added advantage
- Two (2) years' experience, 1 year of which should be within a busy HIV Comprehensive Care Centre and/or in the provision of PMTCT Services.
- Demonstrable knowledge of HIV/ART management, diagnosis and treatment procedures of conditions associated with HIV, adherence support and PMTCT service delivery.
Responsibilities
- Support ANC, PNC, and Maternity HIV testing.
- Ensure ART uptake among HIV-infected pregnant/lactating women.
- Ensure viral suppression among PMTCT women.
- Oversee the provision of early infant diagnosis, care and follow-up of HIV-exposed infants.
- Ensure follow-up and retention of HIV-infected pregnant/lactating women and HIV-exposed infants (HEI) by use of the case management model.
- Strengthen linkages between PMTCT and HEI services and Comprehensive Care Clinics.
- Strengthen facility-community/community-facility linkages with the help of CHVs and case managers.
- Supervise eMTCT services provided by the maternal case managers.
- Work hand in hand with the clinical officers to implement patients' Plan of Care.
- Perform TB intensified case finding for PLHIV on every clinical encounter.
- Initiate IPT for all PLHIV who don't have TB or other Isoniazid Contra-Indications.
- Send all PLHIV presenting with presumptive TB for GeneXpert as a first test.
- Send all patients diagnosed with TB for HIV testing.
- Initiate ART in all newly diagnosed TB/HIV co-infected patients within two (2) weeks of starting TB treatment.
- Ensure that laboratory results are filed, documented and communicated to the patients at all times.
- Ensure 12 month/24 month HEI Cohort Analysis (HCA), PCR positive validation, and audits and PMTCT reports are done each month.
- Participate in MNCH Working Improvement Teams(WITS) and initiate CQI projects on gaps identified.
- Participate in MNCH in generation, compilation, and utilization of PMTCT data.
- Participate in continuous professional development as required by the nursing council.
- Perform any other duty as may be assigned by the organization.