As findings from the shores of Lake Turkana prove, the region has been inhabited since the dawn of the very first humans. In the past few centuries, the land has been roamed by various pastoralist peoples who constantly competed for pasture, water and animals. In 1886, the first Europeans to travel through Samburu County, on their way to Lake Turkana, were the Hungarian Count Samuel Teleki and his Austrian companion Ludwig von Höhnel who gave the biggest permanent desert lake the name ‘Lake Rudolf’ (after Prince Rudolf, then archduke of the Austria-Hungary Empire). The name stuck until the 1970s, when it was officially renamed Lake Turkana.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -K.C.S.E., grade C or above or its equivalent with passes in the relevant subjects, .
• Diploma in Occupational Therapy from a recognized Institution.
• Membership Certificate of the Kenya Occupational Therapists Association.
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized Institution.
• Skills to communicate effectively with Patients and Colleagues.

Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

• Screening, assessing, formulating and implementing patients’ treatment plan.
• Carrying out Clients’ functional assessment and formulating necessary interventions.
• Initiate appropriate therapy intervention programs for Patients & Clients with disabilities in the Hospital and in the Community.
• Maintaining records and data relating to Patients.
• Liaise with other Healthcare Professionals to exchange information about the background and progress of Patients, as well as to Refer Patients who require other medical attention.
• Sensitizing the Community on Occupational Therapy issues.
• Preparing periodic reports.