Vacancies at Kwale County Government

Duties And Responsibilities:

• Receiving and registering patients at hospital reception
• Registering and booking appointment for patients to Specialty clinics and consultants;
• Storing and retrieving medical records; preparing clinics; updating bed bureau;
• Editing of patient cases records; capturing data from service points; maintaining record safety and confidentiality; balancing daily bed returns;
• Preparing and maintaining Patient Master Index; creating and updating of Patient Master Index;
• Directing patients to relevant clinics; scheduling of patients to the consultants and Specialty clinics;
• Assigning codes to diseases and surgical procedures;
• Indexing diseases and surgical procedures according to the International Classification of Diseases and Procedures in Medicine and compiling medical records reports.
• Any other relevant duty and responsibility within the County Health Department

Qualifications:

• Diploma in Health Records and Information Technology from a recognized institution; and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.

Duties And Responsibilities:

• Planning and organizing film production for simple, complex, and multi-locational news, documentaries, features, animation and film projects;
• Graphic design and scripted film;
• Maintenance of up-to-date registers of professional literature;
• Stocking of material and archiving for domestic gathering,
• Arranging and participating in co-production with other film production agencies/ organizations;
• Supervise and train officers under him/her

Qualifications:

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Served in the grade of Senior Assistant Film Officer OR in a comparable and relevant position for a minimum period of three (3) years;
• Diploma/ higher diploma in Communication & Media, Digital Animation, Film & Theatre arts or its Equivalent from Kenya Institute of Mass Communication or any other approved institution.
• Supervisory course or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
• Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution;
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results
• Bachelors’ degree in Education (Literature/Arts), Arts and Humanities indicated below as may be required for a specific specialization namely: – film and theater, communication & media / information science (graphics design), arts major, film and theatre, art and design, performance arts and design, literature (linguistic/ drama/ theatre/ arts/ music etc.) from a recognized institution is an added advantage

Duties And Responsibilities:

• Conduct comprehensive hearing evaluations for children aged 0-8 years using equipment such as OAE screening equipment, ABR screening and diagnosis equipment and audiometers
• Prescribing and fitting hearing aids
• Developing care plans for hearing loss
• Work closely with ENT department and other healthcare professionals to deliver comprehensive audiological care
• Patient Education and counseling.

Qualifications:

• Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery from a recognized institution
• Higher Diploma in Clinical Audiology from a recognized institution
• Registration certificate from Clinical Officers Council
• Valid practicing license
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution

Duties And Responsibilities:

• Dispensing of drugs/medicines
• Counseling patients on drug usage in a unit pharmacy
• Maintain books/register of drugs
• Stock taking of drugs and medicine on monthly basis

Qualifications:

• Diploma in Pharmacy from a recognized and approved institution.
• A registration certificate on enrollment as a pharmaceutical technologist by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) as per provision of Pharmacy and Poisons Act (Cap244).
• Valid practicing license from the Pharmacy and Poisons Board

Duties And Responsibilities:

• 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 & preparing periodic reports.

Qualifications:

• Diploma in Physiotherapy from a recognized institution:
• Certificate of Registration from the Physiotherapy Council of Kenya (PCK).
• Valid Certificate of practice from Physiotherapy Council of Kenya (PCK).
• Certificate in any computer application skills from a recognized institution.

Duties And Responsibilities:

• Undertaking preventive maintenance and repairs of basic medical equipment, general plants and instruments,
• Ordering for spare parts and consumables;
• Taking/maintaining inventory of medical/hospital equipment, furniture and plants;
• Collecting and collating information for research;
• Collecting and collating information on medical engineering services for input into the Integrated Health Information Management System;
• Carrying out minor repairs of health facilities and utilities;
• Implementing medical engineering programmes and projects

Qualifications:

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