An international NGO, implementing an integrated health care,
development and empowerment project, in collaboration with other partners, with
focus on supporting and improving the capacity of communities within the
Northern Arid Lands of Kenya to deliver high quality services as a means of
strengthening the Kenya Ministries of Medical Services and Public Health
response and efforts to expand and rapidly scale up integrated health care
service delivery within designated health care facilities and institutions in
that region, is seeking suitably qualified Kenyans able to fill the following
positions:
1. Senior Technical Advisor (STA)
Location: Nairobi
Position Summary
- As
Senior Technical Advisor the primary responsibilities will include
technical assistance, capacity building, management and ensuring the
clinical strategy employed on the grant is technically sound.
- The
STA will provide leadership to the clinical and technical teams to ensure
progress as per project objectives and annual work plan, develop and
maintain relationships with consortium partners and stakeholders, and
capacity-building.
- The
STA will also conduct clinical mentorship and trainings on advanced clinical
issues in integrated healthcare including HIV, maternal, neonatal and
child heath, reproductive and family health and management.
- He/she
will take a lead in technical strategy development, program reviews and
drafting technical reports.
- In
addition to this, represent the program at local, national, and
international forums, and participate in programmatic and technical
meetings with consortium partners, MoH and other stakeholders.
- Position
requires a strong interest in coordinating the delivery of integrated
health care and capacity building.
- This
is professional position requiring sound interpersonal and
organizational skills, communication and leadership skills
Qualifications/Experience:
- Bachelor
of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree (MBChB/MBBS/MD) from a
recognized university required with significant field experience in
clinical and/or community-based care
- Masters
of Medicine (MMed or equivalent) in ObGyn
- Registration
as a Physician or Gynecologist/Obstetrician with the Kenya Medical Practitioners’
and Dentists’ Board with a valid practice license
- Willingness
and ability to travel extensively and regularly through the Kenya Northern
Arid Lands
- Health-related
community development experience is desirable.
- Experience
in health care programming at the field level and providing technical
assistance to partner organizations; knowledge and experience of ART
programmatic and technical issues highly desired.
2.Medical Officer, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Location: Garisa & Isiolo
Position Summary
- Under
the supervision of the Senior Technical Advisor (STA), with guidance from
the STA CQI, the Medical Officer - CQI will be responsible for providing
capacity building and mentoring to health facilities.
- The
primary function of this position will be to assist supported local health
facilities and district level health personnel in developing continuous
quality improvement teams and implementing small test of change (STOC) at
the facility level.
- The
Medical Officer CQI will work with district and health facility to form
CQI teams, collect initial indicators, develop STOC activities over time,
collect monthly reports and provide feedback and recommendations to the
CQI Lead and STA.
- The
holder of this position will provide leadership to the Technical
Assistance (TA) team, ensuring proper planning for the technical team in
conjunction with the STA.
Position requires a strong interest in coordinating the delivery of integrated health care and training. - This
is a professional position requiring sound interpersonal and
organizational skills, communication and leadership skills
Qualifications/Experience:
- MBChB,
MD or MBBS required with significant field experience in clinical and/or
community-based care of persons living with HIV/AIDS.
- Post
graduate qualification e.g. MPH is an added advantage
- At
least 3 years post internship relevant experience in public health,
preferably HIV/AIDS. Some health-related community development experience
is desirable.
- Experience
in Health Care programming at the field level and providing technical
assistance to partner organizations; knowledge and experience of ART
programmatic and technical issues highly desired.
- Willingness
and ability to live in the Kenya Northern Arid Lands and travel regularly.
- Knowledge
and experience of quality improvement
- Raising
general standards of care by assisting facilities through the process of
identifying, analyzing, development and implementation of quality
improvement in health care delivery
- Proficiency
with STATA or SPSS statistical software packages is a plus
3. Maternal, Neonatal & Child Health Nurse
Location: Garisa & Isiolo
Position Summary
- Position
holder, under supervision of the Senior Technical Advisor, will assist
with implementing the developed health strategy to be employed on the
grant for maternal, neonatal and child health training and capacity
building in the unique settings of the Northern Arid lands region of
Kenya;
- develop
community health networks with the CBTS Specialists;
- integrate
quality assurance data into site-specific plans for healthcare
improvement;
- provide
hands-on technical support and capacity building for instituting an
integrated health care delivery system including reproductive health and
family planning efforts through coordination with different technical team
members and consortium partners;
- capacity
building role with particular emphasis in developing an effective
practical nurses mentorship program that addresses emerging practice needs
with focus on maternal, neonatal and child health including reproductive
health and family planning;
- provide
opportunities for nurses involved in the care of patients with HIV/AIDS to
update their clinical knowledge and skills and improve clinical decision
making skills regarding patient care through nurse specific training and
mentoring of facility healthcare workers, Community Health Care workers
and Traditional Birth Attendants (CHCWs).
Qualifications & Experience:
- Higher
Nursing degree: BSN or Registered Nurse/ Midwife
- Current
clinical practice as a nurse
- Training
experience required.
- Training
and or certification in family planning and reproductive health is an
advantage
- At
least 3 years of recent experience in the care of patients affected by
HIV/AIDS, PMTCT, Safe delivery practices and Care of the newborn.
- Post
graduate training in public health is a plus
- Willingness
and ability to live and travel regularly through the Kenya Northern Arid
Lands
- Health-related
community development experience is desirable.
- Knowledge
and experience of ART programmatic and technical issues highly desired.
- Assist
facility with development and implementation of networks of
community-based care, including awareness and mobilization, stigma
reduction, home-based care, and support groups.
- Assist
sites with movement of care away from main clinic/health centre by
identifying, developing and disseminating successful models of
decentralization. Train facility staff to deliver care in decentralized
settings.
- Provide
training, mentorship and capacity building for facility nursing staff and
other health care workers.
- Assist
health facilities put in place structures to enable integrated health care
delivery
4. Nutrition Specialist
Location: Garisa & Isiolo
Position Summary
The Nutrition Specialist will be responsible for designing, planning, coordinating, implementing and supervising of nutrition activities to meet project goal of instituting an integrated health care system within supported districts, facilities and communities
- Supervise
all nutrition services (preventive and curative );
- Provide
technical (nutritional) support for the implementation of approved
integrated health plans;
- Plan,
monitor, implement and evaluate specific nutrition in patients visiting a
health facility;
- Plan,
implement and supervise therapeutic diets;
- Assess
patients’ nutrition related needs and provide support supervision of staff
working under this position;
- Supervise
distribution of nutrition supplies and commodities (Vitamin A, Unimix,
Nurto – pap etc);
- Work
closely with health management team members to ensure coordinated
implementation of Nutrition and other donor funded public health nutrition
projects; and
- Advise
on all nutrition related matters in the district
Qualifications/Experience:
- A
degree in Nutrition or a related field e.g. Nutrition and Dietetics, Food
Science and Technology and Home Economics
- At
least three (3) years’ experience in the field of nutrition
- Knowledge
of public nutrition issues and trends
5.Health Supply Chain Specialist
Location: Nairobi
Position Summary
Under the supervision of the Senior Technical Advisor with guidance from the Health Supply Chain Technical Advisor, the responsibility of the incumbent will be to drive the fulfillment of the core function within the APHIA Plus Imarisha project health supply chain requirements by developing and implementing appropriate strategy for ensuring a functional and dependable system of health supply chain to support a successful integrated health service delivery system covering HIV, family planning, reproductive health etc., within the Kenya Northern Arid Lands region
Qualifications & Experience:
- Hold
a B. Pharm degree from a recognized university and valid/current
practicing license.
- Have
a minimum of 3 year experience in providing technical and managerial
services in drug inventory management
- Must
be experienced in hospital pharmacy operations and hospital inventory
management operations
- Have
excellent facilitation skills with emphasis on adult learning techniques
- Familiar
with local logistical operations in the country such as distribution,
inventory management and warehousing operations
- Has
demonstrable ability to provide training in rational use of medicines,
inventory management and issues relating to drug supply management
- Be
willing to travel extensively and regularly and stay for extended periods
within the Kenya Northern Arid Lands. May be required to live in this
region
- Post
graduate training in public health is a plus
- Assist
health facilities put in place structures to enable integrated health care
delivery
6. Laboratory Specialist
Location: Garisa & Isiolo
Position Summary
Under the supervision of the STA, with guidance from the Laboratory STA, the Laboratory Specialist will work to ensure proper transfer of the global organisational and APHAI+ Imarisha specific project laboratory strategy by providing technical assistance and capacity building health care facility laboratory scientists and technicians in support of laboratory activities. S/he will provide oversight to the laboratory components at health care facilities
The essential functions will include:
• Laboratory Assessments (including suggested training and equipment procurement)
Conduct an assessment of a laboratory during visits to the laboratory to assess capacity, quality control and assurance, and laboratory needs.
• Laboratory Capacity Building and Technical Assistance
The laboratory Specialist will be trained to assist laboratories in capacity building. This involves training, including but not limited to, equipment techniques, didactic trainings, review of information and techniques learned during site activation, reagent forecasting and procurement, laboratory flow/
specimen tracking, and maintenance.
• Laboratory Logistics in-country
Where necessary the laboratory Specialist will support health care facilities to forecast their reagent needs, procure reagents from manufacturers and ensure timely distribution of the reagents to the health care facilities from the National laboratory supply chain mechanism
• Laboratory Troubleshooting
The laboratory Specialist will assist all health care facilities in troubleshooting all problems that occur within a laboratory.
• Representation and networking
Establish relationships with any laboratories designated as central laboratories for selected services. The laboratory Specialist will work closely with these laboratories to ensure project supported health care facilities have timely and adequate access to these services.
Qualifications/Experience:
- Master
of Laboratory Sciences Degree
- Current
Kenya Medical Technologists and Technicians Board registration with at
least five years experience in a busy laboratory.
- Experience
in ART monitoring training will be an added advantage.
An international NGO, implementing an HIV care and treatment
partnership project in collaboration with other partners aims to build capacity
of the public health response of Central Province to achieve and maintain
universal access and high quality HIV prevention.
In addition, the project will support health systems
strengthening activities including infrastructure development and improvement
capacity development of partners in resource mobilization, allocation and
use.
This project will also support development of high quality
integrated primary HIV care services, linked to existing chronic and preventive
care services, including treatment of chronic complications of HIV therapy and
rational management of drug resistant HIV disease.
It is seeking suitably qualified Kenyans able to fill the
following positions:
1. Medical Officer, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Location: Nairobi
Position Summary
- Under
the supervision of the Senior Technical Advisor, with guidance from the
STA CQI, the
- Medical
Officer - CQI will be responsible for providing capacity building and
mentoring to health facilities.
- The
primary function of this position will be to assist supported local health
facilities and district level health personnel in developing continuous
quality improvement teams and implementing small test of change (STOC) at
the facility level.
- The
Medical Officer - CQI will work with district and health facility CQI
teams in Central Province to collect initial indicators, develop STOC
activities over time, collect monthly reports and provide feedback and
recommendations to the CQI Lead and STA.
- The
holder of this position will provide leadership to the Technical
Assistance (TA) team, ensuring proper planning for the technical team in
conjunction with the STA.
- Position
requires a strong interest in coordinating the delivery of HIV/AIDS care
training and treatment through the use of antiretroviral treatments.
- This
is a professional position requiring sound interpersonal and
organizational skills, communication and leadership skills
Qualifications/Experience:
- MBChB,
MD or MBBS required with significant field experience in clinical and/or
community-based care of persons living with HIV/AIDS.
- Post
graduate qualification e.g. MPH is an added advantage
- At
least 3 years post internship relevant experience in public health,
preferably HIV/AIDS.
- Some
health-related community development experience is desirable.
- Experience
in Health Care programming at the field level and providing technical
assistance to partner organizations; knowledge and experience of ART
programmatic and technical issues highly desired.
- Willingness
and ability to live in the Kenya Northern Arid Lands and travel regularly.
- Knowledge
and experience of quality improvement
- Raising
general standards of care by assisting facilities through the process of
identifying, analyzing, development and implementation of quality
improvement in health care delivery
- Proficiency
with STATA or SPSS statistical software packages is a plus
2. Health Supply Chain Specialist
Location: Nairobi
Position Summary
Under the supervision of the Senior Technical Advisor with guidance from the Health Supply
Chain Technical Advisor, the responsibility of the incumbent will be to drive the fulfillment of the core function within the CRISSP project health supply chain requirements by developing and implementing appropriate strategy for ensuring a functional and dependable system of health supply chain to support a successful HIV and ART program within the Central province of Kenya
Essential Job Functions
- Assist
in the coordination of the grant responsibility for supply chain management
and procurement of supplies and pharmaceuticals for the CRISSP grant
- Develop
and institute training and capacity building of supported health care
facilities and district health staff on forecasting drug and health supply
needs, procurement, tracking inventory, storage, dispensing, good pharmacy
practice and monitoring of pharmaceuticals locally.
- With
support from the Health Supply Chain Technical Advisor, provide guidance
to ensure that health care facility procurement of drugs for supporting an
integrated health care system and overall pharmaceutical management
procedures follow respective Ministry of Health guidelines for drug
management protocols and are compliant with all regulatory requirements.
- Collect,
synthesize and transmit data and information related to drugs and health
care supplies utilization at project-supported health care facilities and
districts within the Central Province has input into forecasting future
needs
- Work
to develop, strengthen and integrate ARVs and other health supplies
procurement and supply system with health care facility overall
pharmaceutical management systems.
- Contribute
to the maintenance of established systems and mechanisms in Kenya, for the
acquisition and delivery of drugs and health supplies that are most
appropriate to the needs of the CRISSP Project
Qualifications & Experience:
- Hold
a B. Pharm degree from a recognized university and valid/current
practicing license.
- Have
a minimum of 3 year experience in providing technical and managerial
services in drug inventory management
- Must
be experienced in hospital pharmacy operations and hospital inventory
management operations
- Have
excellent facilitation skills with emphasis on adult learning techniques
- Familiar
with local logistical operations in the country such as distribution,
inventory management and warehousing operations
- Has
demonstrable ability to provide training in rational use of medicines,
inventory management and issues relating to drug supply management
- Be
willing to travel extensively and regularly and stay for extended periods
within the Kenya Northern Arid Lands. May be required to live in this
region
- Post
graduate training in public health is a plus
- Assist
health facilities put in place structures to enable integrated health care
delivery
3. Laboratory Specialist
Location: Nairobi
Position Summary
- Under
the supervision of the Senior Technical Advisor (Lab), the Laboratory
specialist will be responsible for providing capacity building and
mentoring of laboratory teams.
- The
primary function of this position will be to assist supported local
laboratories and district medical laboratory personnel in providing
quality laboratory services at site level.
- The
Laboratory specialist will work with district laboratory teams in Central
Province to develop laboratory safety and quality manuals.
- The
lab specialists will also train and assist laboratory teams to work
towards the accreditation of laboratories by developing key documents such
as commodity reporting forms, SOPs, equipment inventory, ensuring internal
quality control as well as participation in external quality control
programs.
- In
addition He/She will train laboratory teams in collection and
documentation of monthly reports and provide feedback and recommendations
to the STA.
- The
holder of this position will provide leadership to the Technical
Assistance (TA) team, ensuring proper planning for the technical team in
conjunction with the STA.
- Position
requires a strong interest in coordinating the delivery of ART monitoring
tests as well as the diagnosis of STIs and opportunistic infections,
including TB.
- This
is a professional position requiring sound interpersonal and
organizational skills, communication and leadership skills.
- The
laboratory specialist will be called upon whenever necessary to provide
laboratory mentorship and training across care and treatment programs
supported by the organization.
Qualifications/Experience:
- Master
of Laboratory Sciences Degree
- Current
Kenya Medical Technologists and Technicians Board registration with at
least five years experience in a busy laboratory.
- Experience
in ART monitoring training will be an added advantage.
All applicants must meet the minimum requirements described
above, and only short listed candidates will be contacted. No phone calls
please.
Maryland Global Initiatives Corporation is an equal opportunity
employer.
All applications should be submitted on or before 1st June, 2012 to:
The HR Manager,
Maryland Global Initiatives,
P.O. BOX 495-00606, Nairobi.
Documents to be included: a cover letter with the applicants current contact information, CV showing the names and contacts of three professional referees, testimonials and two recommendation letters.
Incomplete
applications will not be considered.