Catholic
Diocese of Lodwar invites application from qualified candidates to fill the
following position:
Job Title: Pharmaceutical
Technologist
Location: Lodwar
Reporting to: Medical Coordinator
Date of issue: 18th July, 2014
Deadline: 3rd September, 2014
Key Responsibilities and
accountabilities;
- Assist in labeling and filling prescriptions
- Assist patients in dropping off and picking up prescriptions
- Verify receipt of current drugs
- Scheduling and maintaining workflow
- Pre-package bulk medications and medication ordering
- Ensure good stock control of drugs, prepare and maintaining medication inventories
- Assisting in/out patients dispensing and effectively managing the dispensing of all drugs and other commodities
- Effectively manage the dispensing of all drugs and other commodities
- Assist in Pharmacovigilance
- Prepare comprehensive monthly report to the management.
- Perform any other duties which may be required from time to time.
Qualifications, Attributes and Other
Requirements Specific to the Role
- Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology
- At least two years relevant work experience
- Valid registration license by the Pharmacy and Poison Board
- Ability to work as part of a team
Job Title: Nurse
7 Posts
Programme: Medical
Location: Turkana County
Reporting to: Health Unit In Charge
Date of issue: 18th July, 2014
Deadline for Application: 3rd
September, 2014
Major Duties & Responsibilities:
- Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
- Offer nursing care to clients and attend to patients in the Outpatient Department, offer treatment in In Patient Department. Guide Home – Based Care providers and volunteers.
- Ensure Anti Natal Clinic mothers are counseled and tested for HIV, ensure and conduct safe deliveries in the facility, adherence counseling to clients.
- Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends and families.
- Promote patient’s independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patients, friends, and family to understand condition, meditations and self care skills; answering questions.
- Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health necessary adjustments, following hospital and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act and other governing agency regulations.
- Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multi - disciplinary team strategies.
- Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
- Protects patients and employees by adhering to infections and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
- Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
- Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies, verifying receipt of supplies, using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
Qualifications, Attributes and Other
Requirements Specific to the Role
- Diploma in Nursing from Kenya Medical Training College or any other recognized institution or its equivalent, Valid license from the Nursing council of Kenya
- 1 – 2 years experience from a busy health unit.
- Knowledge of current HIV Management/CCC experience will be an added advantage.
Interested
and qualified candidates should submit their detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV),
certificates and testimonials together with names and addresses of three
referees, day time telephone to the address below;-
Human
Resource Officer,
Diocese of
Lodwar,
P.O. Box
101 – 30500,
LODWAR
and/Or
Email: recruitment@dioceseoflodwar.com
Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Diocese of Lodwar (DOL) has a Code
of Conduct and a Child Protection Policy to ensure the maximum protection of
Diocesan Staff and Children from abuse and exploitation. Any candidate offered
a job with DOL will be expected to sign the Diocesan Child Protection policy
and Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and conduct
themselves in accordance with the provision of these two documents.