Vacancies at Garissa County Public Service Board

County Government Jobs, Jobs in Kenya, Pharmaceutical Jobs,

Pharmacist – 2 Posts

REF: GCPSB/HEALTH/2024/10/01

Duties and Responsibilities: –

• Screening prescriptions for legal validity, drug contraindications, drug interactions, and appropriateness of dose, frequency and duration of dosing and patience convenience;
• Preparation and dispensing of medicines according to good dispensing practices and counseling patients on use of medicines;
• Making extemporaneous preparations;
• Participating in ward rounds;
• Identifying medicinal gaps and challenges;
• Maintaining a daily activity log book for recording all activities under taken;
• Recommending over the counter (OTC) Medicine to patients/clients with simple medical conditions and making necessary referrals and
• Making entries into the relevant inventory management records and registers.

Requirements for Appointment: –

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must: –

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Have Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree (B Pharm) from an institution recognized by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board;
• Have successfully completed one (1) year internship from a recognized institution;
• Have Registration Certificate by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board;
• Have Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution and
• Have a valid practicing license

Pharmaceutical Technologist III – 5 Posts

REF: GCPSB/HEALTH/2024/10/02

TERMS OF SERVICE – CONTRACT TERMS OF THREE (3) YEARS

Duties and Responsibilities: –

• Responsible for formulation and execution of pharmaceutical policies and programmes in the provision of curative, promotive, palliative and preventive health care services
• Dispensing drugs/Compounding medicines;
• Receiving, interpreting, processing prescriptions and Recording prescriptions in a pharmacy unit;
• Pre-packing, repacking and writing instructions on labels;
• Counseling patients on usage of drugs in a pharmacy unit;
• Maintaining drugs registers/books and
• Stock-taking of drugs and medicinal devices on monthly basis.

Requirements for Appointment: –

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must: –

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Have Diploma in either Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Technology or equivalent qualification approved by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board from a recognized institution;
• Have Certificate of Enrolment as Pharmaceutical Technologist awarded by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB);
• Have Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution;
• Have a valid practicing Certificate and
• At least one-year experience in a busy hospital.

Registered Clinical Officer III – 18 Posts

REF: GCPSB/HEALTH/2024/10/03

TERMS OF SERVICE – CONTRACT TERMS OF THREE (3) YEARS

Duties and Responsibilities: –

• Taking history, examining, diagnosing and treating patients’ common ailments at an outpatient or inpatient health facility;
• Implementing community health care activities in liaison with other health workers;
• Guiding and counseling patients, clients and staff on health issues;
• Sensitizing patients and clients on preventive and promotive health;
• Carrying out minor surgical procedures as per training and skill;
• Collecting and compiling clinical data and
• Referring patients and clients to appropriate health facilities.

Requirement for Appointment:-

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must: –

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Have Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery or Clinical Medicine and Community health from a recognized institution;
• Have Certificate of Registration from the Clinical Officers’ Council;
• Have Certificate in Computer Application Skill from a recognized institution and
• Have a valid practicing license.

Nursing Officers – 3 Posts

REF: GCPSB/HEALTH/2024/ 10/04

TERMS OF SERVICE – CONTRACT TERMS OF THREE (3) YEARS

Duties and Responsibilities: –

• Providing holistic care by carrying out risk identification and assessment of individuals throughout the lifespan;
• Performing a comprehensive physical examination with various setting.
• Assessing, formulating, planning & implementing evidence-based nursing care for clients /patients; creating and maintain a safe nursing care environment for clients/ patients;
• Carrying out patient audits to improve client/patient care;
• Collaborating and maintain effective working relationships among interdisciplinary teams to support clients/patients and their families;
• Carrying out therapeutic communication with patient/clients;
• Conducting community Health Risk assessment and providing outcome-based interventions; documenting interventions and nursing outcomes;
• Participating in quality improvement and quality assurance procedures;
• Diagnosing common health conditions and recommending necessary interventions and
• Any other duties as may have assigned from time to time

Requirements for Appointment: –

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must: –

• Holder of degree in either nursing or Midwifery from a recognized institution;
• Be registered and licensed by the Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Be in good professional standing with the Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution;
• At least One (1) year experience in a busy hospital and
• Other requirement as per Scheme of Service for Registered Nurses.

Registered Nurse III – 70 Posts

REF: GCPSB/HEALTH/2024/10/05

TERMS OF SERVICE – CONTRACT TERMS OF THREE (3) YEARS

Duties and Responsibilities: –

• Assessing, planning, implementing nursing interventions and evaluating patient’s outcome;
• Providing appropriate healthcare service including Integrated Management of Childhood illnesses (IMCI), immunization, PMTCT, ante-natal care and delivery, providing health education and counseling to patients/clients and community on identified health needs;
• Referring patients and clients appropriately;
• Facilitating patients’ admission and initiating discharge plans;
• Maintaining records on patient’s/clients’ health condition and care;
• Ensuring a tidy and safe clinical environment and
• Collecting and compiling data.

Requirements for Appointment:-

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must: –

• Have Diploma in any of the following disciplines: Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing, Kenya Registered Nursing, Kenya Registered Midwifery, Kenya Registered Nursing/Midwifery or Kenya Registered Nursing/Mental Health and Psychiatry from a recognized institution;
• Have Registration Certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Have a Valid practicing license from the Nursing Council of Kenya;
• At least one-year experience in a busy hospital and
• Have Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.

Enrolled Nurse III – 30 Posts

REF: GCPSB/HEALTH/2024/10/06

TERMS OF SERVICE – CONTRACT TERMS OF THREE (3) YEARS

Duties and Responsibilities: –

• Assessing patient need for nursing services.
• Verification and maintaining information relating to patient’s admissions
• Keeping records of drugs and supplies.
• Prepare reports and participate in appropriate meetings
• Guiding, supervising and counselling staff under him/her in performing routine duties
• Any other Health duties as may be assigned from time to time

Requirements for Appointment: –

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must: –

• Have Certificate in any of the following disciplines: Kenya Enrolled Nurse, Kenya Enrolled Community Health Nurse, Kenya Enrolled Midwifery, Kenya Enrolled Psychiatric from a recognized Training institution;
• Have Registration Certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Have a Valid practicing license from the Nursing Council of Kenya and
• Be in good professional standing with the Nursing Council of Kenya
• At Least one (1) year experience in a busy Hospital
• Other requirement as per Scheme of Service for Enrolled Nurse.

Medical Laboratory Technologist III – 7 Posts

REF: GCPSB/HEALTH/2024/10/07

TERMS OF SERVICE – CONTRACT TERMS OF THREE (3) YEARS

Duties and Responsibilities: –

• Decontaminating working benches;
• Receiving and scrutinizing laboratory requisition forms and specimens;
• Preparing clients for collection of specimens; Receiving, collecting, labeling and registering specimens;
• Disaggregating specimens for processing and analysis;
• Preparing reagents;
• Examining specimens;
• Writing and recording results;
• Dispatching the results for clinical management;
• Preparing stains;
• Performing blood grouping and 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: –

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Have a Diploma in medical laboratory sciences or any other equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologist Board;
• Have Registration certificate issued by the Kenya medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologist Board (KMLTTB);
• Have Valid practicing license from Kenya medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologist Board and
• Have Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.

Medical Laboratory Technologist II – 7 Posts

REF: GCPSB/HEALTH/2024/10/08

TERMS OF SERVICE – CONTRACT TERMS OF THREE (3) YEARS

Duties and Responsibilities: –

• Decontaminating working benches;
• Receiving and scrutinizing laboratory requisition forms and specimens;
• Preparing clients for collection of specimens; Receiving, collecting, labeling and registering specimens;
• Disaggregating specimens for processing and analysis;
• Preparing reagents;
• Examining specimens;
• Writing and recording results;
• Dispatching the results for clinical management;
• Preparing stains;
• Performing blood grouping and 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: –

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Have a Certificate in medical laboratory sciences or any other equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologist Board;
• Have Registration certificate issued by the Kenya medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologist Board (KMLTTB);
• Have Valid practicing license from Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologist Board and
• Have Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution. 

Assistant Health Records & Information Management Officer III – 4 Posts

REF: GCPSB/HEALTH/2024/09

TERMS OF SERVICE – CONTRACT TERM OF THREE (3) YEARS

Duties and Responsibilities: –

• Receiving and documenting patients at hospital reception;
• Registering and booking appointments for patients to clinics and consultants;
• Storing and retrieving medical records documents;
• Preparing Clinics;
• Updating bed bureau;
• Editing of patient’s case records;
• Gathering data from different sources;
• Capturing data from service points;
• Maintaining records safety and confidentiality;
• Storing and retrieving medical records;
• Balancing daily bed returns;
• Creating and maintaining master index;
• Updating patients master index;
• Directing patients to relevant clinics;
• Scheduling of patients to the consultants and specialist clinics;
• Assigning codes to diseases and surgical procedures in medicine and
• Preparing health records and reports.

Requirements for Appointment: –

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must: –

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Have Diploma in Health Records and Information Technology from a recognized institution;
• Holder of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education or Its equivalent
• Have a Registration Certificate Issued by Association of Medical Records Officers of Kenya (AMROK); and
• Have Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.

Health Records & Information Management Assistant III – 3 Posts

REF: GCPSB/HEALTH/2024/10/10

TERMS OF SERVICE – CONTRACT TERMS OF THREE (3) YEARS

Duties and Responsibilities: –

• Receiving and registering patients at hospital reception;
• Booking appointment for patients to specialty and consultants’ clinics;
• Storing and retrieving medical records and documents;
• Preparing clinics;
• Updating bed bureaus;
• Capturing data from service points; maintaining record safety and confidentiality; and
• Directing patients to relevant clinics.

Requirements for Appointment: –

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must: –

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Have Certificate in Health Records and Information Technology from a recognized institution;
• Holder of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education or Its equivalent
• Have a Registration Certificate Issued by Association of Medical Records Officers of Kenya (AMROK); and
• Have Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution.
   

Medical Engineering Technologist III – 5 Posts

REF: GCPSB/HEALTH/2024/10/11

TERMS OF SERVICE – CONTRACT TERMS OF THREE (3) YEARS

Duties and Responsibilities: –

• 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: –

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Have A Diploma in Medical Engineering or any other equivalent qualification from KMTC or any other recognized institution; and
• Holder of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education or Its equivalent
• Be registered with the Association of Medical Engineering of Kenya (AMEK)
• Have Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution

Radiographer III – 4 Posts

GCPSB/HEALTH/2024/10/12

TERMS OF SERVICE – CONTRACT TERMS OF THREE (3) YEARS

Duties and Responsibilities: –

• Providing radiographic services to the patients;
• Processing, verifying and maintaining information relating to patients;
• Ordering and maintaining records of radiographic and photographic supplies.

Requirements for Appointment: –
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must: –

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Have 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
• Have Diploma in any of the following: Diagnostic Radiography/Medical Imaging Sciences, Ultrasound, Computerized Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Therapy and Digital Medical imaging equipment or its equivalent from a recognized Institution.

Orthopedic Trauma Technician III – 4 Posts

REF: GCPSB/HEALTH/2024/10/13

TERMS OF SERVICE – CONTRACT TERMS OF THREE (3) YEARS

Duties and Responsibilities: –

• Fixing and removal of casts, bandages and traction from patients
• Counselling clients/patient on issue orthopedic trauma
• Documenting orthopaedic and trauma case; and
• Assessing and referring patients with musculo-skeletal conditions;
• Participating in management of minor orthopedic trauma case in emergencies
• Cleaning and treating simple wound resulting from orthopedic trauma
• Make follow up of patient with orthopedic in wards and outpatient clinics
• Interpreting radiological image of orthopedic trauma case
• Correcting congenital Talipes Equino-Varus (C.T.E.V);
• Counseling patients/clients on issues regarding orthopaedic trauma;
• Cleaning and treating simple wounds resulting from orthopaedic trauma;
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time

Requirements for Appointment: –

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must: –

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Have Diploma in Orthopedic Plaster Technology from a recognized institution; and
• Holder of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
• Be registered with the relevant licensing body of Kenya
• Have Certificate in Computer Applications skills from a recognized institution

Method of Application

Applications including detailed Curriculum Vitae (C.V), copies of academic and professional Certificates duly certified, Testimonials, National Identification Card or Passport and Chapter six clearance certificates should be submitted in a sealed envelope, clearly indicating the position applied for and Reference Number on the top left side of the envelope to reach us on or before the 25th October 2024 at 4:00pm and addressed to:

The Secretary
County Public Service Board
P.O Box 563-70100
GARISSA

Or

Hand delivered applications should be submitted to the County Public Service Board Offices located at Former Municipal Council Offices.

The County Government of Garissa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified Youth, Women and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply.

NOTE:

• Garissa County Public Service Board does not charge ANY FEE at any stage of the recruitment and selection process. Garissa County residents will be required to indicate their Sub- County and ward of residence in their application. Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

SECRETARY/CEO
GARISSA COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD