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Mental Health Counselor

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Scheduling patient consultations.
• Assessing patients and identifying their problems.
• Engaging in discussion with patients and making them feel comfortable.
• Implementing individualized treatment programs.
• Undertaking psychometric testing.
• Evaluating patient responses to treatment over time.
• Organizing a long-term counseling plan that involves multiple visits.
• Offering services to all age groups.
• Offering both one-on-one and group counseling.
• Keeping a detailed account of patient mental health history.
• Being patient and building relationships based on trust. 

KEY DELIVERABLES:

• High quality virtual-first psychological and emotional counseling
• Screen all beneficiaries
• Craft personalized management plans for all beneficiaries
• Maintain beneficiaries’ care management plans, track progress against goals, and highlight concerns or considerations that may need to be taken into account.
• Routine and effective ongoing care and follow-up through periodic touch points with beneficiaries to ensure that their mental health plan is on track.
• Beneficiary education
• Beneficiary empowerment
• Effective participation as part of the broader clinical team
• Follow up with partner providers for any critical and necessary information required to manage the beneficiaries’ case well, including care management plans, prescriptions, etc.
• Maintain a log of any issues that need resolution with regard to operations, feedback on service delivery, concerns raised by beneficiaries, payers and other stakeholders.

REQUIREMENTS:

• A Degree in psychology. Preferably a Masters or PhD but not required
• A valid license from Kenya Psychological Association
• At least 3-5 years of clinical experience
• Good observational skills and attention to detail.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Empathy and sensitivity when dealing with patients.
• Highly analytical mindset.
• Good diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
• Superior written and oral fluency in Kiswahili and English required. Oral fluency in local languages is important.
• Comfortable working in a dispersed team.
• Demonstrated proficiency in computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel
• Superior communication skills, including proven listening skills, and ability to communicate appropriately in a medical setting.
• Ability and willingness to provide emotional support, encouragement and motivation to beneficiaries
• Ability to treat beneficiaries and partners with the highest degree of respect and discretion.

Nutritionist

The Role:

• The Nutritionist will be responsible for offering practical, sustainable and effective solutions to improving the dietary attitudes, knowledge and practices of Antara Health’s beneficiaries.
• The Nutritionist will do this through nutrition assessments, recommending and tracking nutrition interventions, through careful follow-up designed to engage and empower beneficiaries in the effective management of their own health.
• The Nutritionist will promote, maintain, and improve the health of Antara Health’s beneficiaries as they collaborate with the clinical team members . The Nutritionist will also be involved in innovating new digital products and systems in collaboration with Antara’s product and engineering team.

Nutritionist’s Responsibilities:

• Provide comprehensive nutrition assessment and diagnosis to Antara Health’s beneficiaries.
• Provide effective nutrition education and counselling to promote healthy behaviour change.
• Offer evidence-based, practical and sustainable nutrition interventions to Antara Health’s beneficiaries.
• Coordinate with the larger clinical team on the management of Antara Health’s beneficiaries.
• Coordinate with our product and engineering team to innovate nutrition products and services for our members.
• Maintain professional, caring, and continuous nutrition care and management for Antara Health’s beneficiaries.

Nutritionist’s Key Deliverables:

• Identify and schedule initial and follow-up nutrition consultations for Antara Health’s beneficiaries.
• Create personalized nutrition content for Antara Health’s beneficiaries such as meal plans, food diaries and dietary guidelines.
• Give in-person or video demonstrations on healthy nutrition practices and other educational nutrition or physical activity material.
• Give proactive presentations on new and trending nutrition care practices and management for purposes of Continuous Medical Education.

Nutritionist’s Requirements:

• Diploma certificate/ Bachelor’s degree in human nutrition and dietetics, food nutrition, or equivalent field of study.
• Minimum 3 years experience working as a nutritionist.
• Registered and licensed nutritionist/dietitian with the Kenya Nutritionists and Dieticians Institute (KNDI).
• Ability to use nutrition analysis software and tools such as Nutrisurvey.
• Possess up-to-date knowledge of scientific evidence-based nutrition practices.
• Good interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Ability to solve problems independently.
• Excellent analytical and logical thinking.
• Superior written and oral fluency in Kiswahili and English required. Oral fluency in local languages is important.
• Superior communication skills, including proven listening skills, and ability to communicate appropriately in a medical setting.
• Comfortable working in a dispersed team.
• Demonstrated proficiency in computer skills, including Microsoft Word & Excel
• Ability and willingness to provide emotional support, encouragement and motivation to beneficiaries
• Ability to treat beneficiaries and partners with the highest degree of respect and discretion.

Method of Application

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• Mental Health Counselor
• Nutritionist