Duties and Responsibilities

• Assessing, planning, implementing nursing interventions and evaluating patient’s outcomes;
• Diagnosing common health conditions;
• Providing appropriate healthcare service including Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI), Integrated Management of Adolescents and Adulthood Illnesses (IMAI), immunization and reproductive health;
• Providing health education and counselling to patients/clients and community on identified health needs;
• Referring patients and clients appropriately;
• Facilitating patients’ admission and initiating discharge plans; 
• Maintaining records on patients/clients’ health condition and care;
• Ensuring tidy and safe clinical environment;
• Collecting and collating data for research;
• Evaluating healthcare outcomes on patients/clients and preparing individualized reports;
• Conducting assessment of school health needs;
• Planning, implementing interventions and preparing periodic reports;
• Identifying occupational health needs and making appropriate recommendations;

Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this grade, an Officer must have: -

• Served in the grade of registered nurse II for a minimum period of three (3) years;
• 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 form a recognized institution;
• Registration Certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Valid practicing License from the nursing council of Kenya;
• Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution;
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities

• This is the highest level in the grading structure of Dental Technologists cadre. Work at this level involves;
• Management of dentistry supportive services at a Sub County or County hospital.
• Participation in planning and organizing dentistry supportive services.
• Officer at this level may be head of the Department of Dental Technology in the College of Health Professions where he will be responsible for planning curriculum development, Implementation and evaluation of training programmes.

Requirements for Appointments;
For Appointment to the grade of Chief Dental Technologist an officer must;

• Have completed at least three (3) years in the grade of Deputy Chief Technologist; and
• Have demonstrated outstanding administrative capabilities, wide experience and technical competence in the organization and management of dentistry supportive services at a national or provincial hospital or in training as head of the Department of Dental Technology in a College of Health Professions.

Duties and responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:-

• Preparing and executing plans to ensure efficient running of a health facility;
• Preparing and submitting reports on drug/medicine;
• Providing health education to patients and other health personnel;
• Promoting rational drug/medicine use;
• Developing and evaluating training programmes and preparing reports;
• Supervising and assessing students/interns;
• Maintaining books/register of drugs/medicine in a health facility;
• Stock taking of drugs/medicine, and non-pharmaceuticals;
• Providing health education to patients on drug/medicine use; and
• Participating in ward rounds and advising on drug/medicine issues.

Requirements for appointment
For appointment to this grade an officer must have: -

• Served in the grade of senior pharmaceutical technologist for at least three (3) years;
• Diploma in either pharmacy or pharmaceutical technology or equivalent qualification approved by the pharmacy and poisons board from a recognized institution;
• Certificate of enrollment as a pharmaceutical technologist awarded by the pharmacy and poisons board (PPB);
• Certificate in management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution; and;
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Receiving, interpreting, and processing of prescriptions;
• Assessing and supervising interns and students on attachment;
• Evaluating training programmes and preparing reports;
• Providing health education to patients on drug use;
• Promoting rational drug/medicine use;
• Sampling and reporting findings for submitted specimens for quality control purposes;
• Receiving complaints and reporting adverse drug reaction;
• Receiving and reporting poor quality medicine;
• Guiding and counselling staff working under the officer.

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, an Officer must have:-

• Served in the grade of Pharmaceutical Technologist I for at least three(3)years;
• Diploma in either Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Technology or equivalent qualification approved by the Pharmacy and Poisons board from a recognized institution;
• Certificate of Enrolment as Pharmaceutical Technologist awarded by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB);
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution;
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Receiving, interpreting and processing of prescriptions;
• Pre-packing, repacking and writing instructions on labels;
• Quantifying, ordering, receiving and maintaining drugs/medicines;
• Accounting for consumption of drugs/medicines;
• Maintaining drug/medicine distribution records;
• Providing drug information to medical personnel to promote rational drug usage;
• Determining the actual drugs/medicines required to treat most common ailments;
• Maintaining accurate and up to date drugs/medicine movement records/registers;
• Supervising interns and students on attachment; and
• Recording all receipts and issues of drugs/medicine daily.

Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this grade, an Officer must have: -

• Served in the grade of Pharmaceutical Technologist II for at least three (3) years;
• Diploma in either Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Technology or equivalent qualification approved by the pharmacy and poisons board from a recognized institution;
• Certificate of Enrolment as Pharmaceutical Technologist awarded by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB);
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution;
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and responsibilities

• Driving a motor vehicle as authorized.
• Carrying out routine checks on the vehicle cooling, oil, electrical and brake system, tyre pressure, etc.
• Detecting and reporting malfunctioning of vehicle systems.
• Maintenance of work ticket for vehicle assigned.
• Ensuring security and safety for the vehicle on and off the road.
• Safety of the passengers and/or goods therein. 
• Maintaining cleanliness of the vehicle.

Requirements for appointment

• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education mean grade ‘D’ Plain or equivalent qualifications from recognized institutions;
• A valid driving license free from any current endorsement(s) for class (es) of vehicle (s) an officer is required to drive;
• Passed Suitability Test for drivers Grade II;
• Passed occupational test for drivers grade II;
• A valid certificate of Good Conduct from the Kenya Police; 
• Must have attended a defensive driving and driver’s refresher driving course;
• Must have attended a First Aid Certificate courses lasting not less than one (1) week at St. John Ambulance or any other recognized institution;
• Must have served as driver I for minimum period of not less than three (3) years;
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities at this level will include:

• Providing nutrition services in health care facilities.
• Conducting nutrition assessments.
• Undertaking ward rounds and supervising administration of inpatient feeding.
• Collating and analyzing nutrition data.
• Counselling patients with specific nutritional needs.
• Implementing and monitoring outpatient and inpatient supplementary and therapeutic feeding programmes.
• Promoting maternal infants and young children feeding programmes.
• Conducting nutritional health education and demonstrations.
• Disseminating nutrition and dietetic information, education and communication materials.
• Facilitating district health and nutrition steering groups. 
• Supervising and implementing baby friendly hospital initiatives.
• Assessing and reviewing nutrition of referral cases.
• Overseeing the nutrition management of patient in health care facilities. ;and
• Preparing monthly nutrition reports in health care facilities.

Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this grade, an officer must have;

• Served in the grade of Nutrition and Dietetics Technologist II for a minimum period of three (3) years;
• Diploma in Community Nutrition Clinical Nutrition or Nutrition and Dietetics from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in computer Application Skills from a recognized institution;
• Registration by the Council of the Institute of Nutritionists and Dieticians (CIND); and
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results