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

• Assessing of Patient needs for nursing services.
• Verification and maintaining information relating to Patients’ admissions.
• providing appropriate healthcare service including Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI). immunization, PMTCT, ante-natal care and delivery, providing Health Education and Counselling to Patients/Clients and Community on identified health needs
• Keeping records of drugs and supplies.
• Prepare reports and participates in appropriate meetings.
• Guiding. supervising and counselling staff under him/her in performing routine duties.
• Ensuring a tidy and safe clinical environment.
• Any other duty as may be assigned from time to time.

Terms of Service: Contract Terms (three years renewable)

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

• Have a Diploma in Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse from Kenya Medical Training College or a recognized Nursing Training Institution.
• Be Registered & Licensed by the Nursing Council of Kenya.
• Valid Practicing License from Nursing Council of Kenya.
• Atleast one-year experience in a busy Hospital.