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 Registered Community Health Nurse Midwife with The Kenya National Union of Nurses Registered and licensed by The Nursing Council of Kenya Good knowledge and practical skills in Primary Health Care Program. Professional and hands on knowledge in Program and Project Management, Implementation, Design, Monitoring and Evaluation (DME). Excellent knowledge in Health, Nutrition, Gender and HIV & AIDS programming targeting Reproductive Health, Maternal, New-born and Child Health (RMNCH) including Community health strategy, Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy (HTSP), Gender mainstreaming, Positive Deviance (PD) Hearth, Integrated management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM), Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI), Prevention With Positives (PWP), Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) and Elimination of Mother To Child Transmission (EMTCT).  Good knowledge in Community Health including skills in community mobilization, awareness and sensitization. Trainer of First Aid- Community First Aid Training and First Aid Training for Weapon Bearers and Trainer of Trainees. Experience and good skills in social research methods of data collection and analysis. Hands on experience in report writing and resource mobilization through proposal writing. Knowledge in computer skills; use of MS-Office suite (Word, Excel, Power Point and Access), e-mailing, Data management and Statistical analysis with SPSS. Excellent interpersonal skills with admirable written and oral communication skills in English. Ability to multitask and perform in challenging work environments that require strict deadlines and little supervision.

Plan, organise and ensure the implementation of all sexual and reproductive health activities; this includes updatingthe annual project planning and budget, and planning any emergency activities or exploratory visits as requiredInform doctors about potential serious problems or complications related to the patients, or problems with medicationAssist and collaborate with the field doctors and nurses when needed (normal or complicated deliveries)Ensure that newborn babies are correctly monitored from delivery to discharge and that all pregnant women andnewborns are referred to the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)Manage, train and supervise the Midwife and Maternity team through activities such as recruitment, defining jobdescriptions, capacity-building, briefing/debriefing and evaluation of staffEnsure the implementation of protocols by all staff in order improve the quality of health care given to the populationand prevent infection due to poor staff practicesIn collaboration with the Project Logistician, supervise the distribution of drugs, keep track of consumption patterns,supply orders, monitor inventories and train staff to ensure that there are sufficient levels of stock to carry out theactivities of the project and material resources are used rationally and appropriatelySupervise administrative procedures and documents, analysing routine data for monitoring purposes so as to haveupdated and correct information about the day-to-day activity in the project and to assist with decision-making•

• Assessing needs and problems of men suffering from medical and surgical conditions, prioritizing their care needs, planning and implementing nursing interventions for positive outcomes, evaluating nursing care given. • Administering Pre- and post-operative care • Infection prevention and control. • Working as a resourceful member of the men’s ward. • Taking care of patient care equipment and supplies. • Ordering, storing, and using patient care supplies • Taking care of the ward. • Writing reports daily, monthly and periodically. • Performing other duties that are assigned to me from time to time by my employer. • Triaging and administration of emergency treatment and resuscitation of patients. • Infection prevention and control. • Working as a resourceful member of the obstetrics health care team. • Taking care of patient care equipment and supplies. • Ordering, storing, and using patient care supplies • Taking care of the OPD. • Writing reports periodically. Assessing needs and problems of women in labour and their newborns, and those women with pregnancy-related medical-surgical problems, prioritizing their care needs, planning and implementing nursing interventions for positive outcomes, evaluating nursing care given. • Infection prevention and control in the unit. • Working as a resourceful member of the obstetrics health care team. • Taking care of patient care equipment and supplies. • Ordering, storing, and using patient care supplies • Taking care of the ward. • Writing reports daily, monthly and periodically. • Performing other duties that are assigned to me from time to time by my supervisor