Migori County Careers

Duties and Responsibilities

• Taking history, examining, diagnosing and treating patients’ common ailment at an outpatient or inpatient health facility.
• Implementing community health care activities in liason with other health workers
• Guiding and counseling patients, client and staff on health issues
• Sensitizing patients and clients on preventive and promote health; referring patients and clients to appropriate health facilities.
• Providing clinical outreach and school health services
• Carrying out minor surgical procedures as per training and skill; collecting and compiling clinical data assessing, preparing and presenting medico- legal reports.
• Support clinical management of opportunistic infections.
• Offer integrated prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT)
• Screening for HIV exposure in children, ART initiation and follow up during ANC and PMC and appropriate follow up on HIV infected children as per National guidelines.
• Support integrated TB/HIV service including a TB active case finding and ICF, TB Preventive treatment  
• Appropriate and timely initiation of TB and ART treatment and TB patient follow up and accurately documentation of treatment outcomes.  
• Support integration of the following services in routine HIV Care-family planning cervical cancer screening, GBV screening and referral, PEP and PrEP services.
• Monitor facility ART cohort growth by ensuring program retention strategies are implemented with fidelity.
• Support facility rational use of ART and TB commodities through good dispensing practices, stock monitoring, reporting, placing order and pharmacovigilance. 
• As a technical member of facility service delivery team, participate in implementation of QI project, preparation review and submission of report, multi-disciplinary team meetings and trainings, ECHO/Zoom meetings and trainings.
• Collecting and compiling clinical data
• Referring patients and clients to appropriate health facilities
• Actively participate in other service delivery areas and joint facility activities.

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Be a Kenyan citizen.
• Minimum of C plain in KCSE
• Diploma in clinical Medicine and surgery from a recognized medical training institution.
• Registered with the clinical officers Council and possess a valid practicing license.
• Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution is an added advantage.

Duties and responsibilities

• Diagnosing, caring and treating diseases
• Performing medical and surgical procedures
• Preparing and responding to emergencies and disasters
• Participating in management of medicines, medical instruments and equipment; providing health education
• Maintaining medical records, health Information and data
• Counselling patients and their relatives on diagnoses and bereavement
• Teaching and coaching medical students, nursing students and clinical officer interns and 
• Preparing requisite documents for registration.

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• Minimum of B+ Mean Grade at KCSE
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B; Ch.B.) degree from an institution recognized by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council
• Successfully completed one (1) year Internship from a recognized institution
• Registration license from the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council; and
• Certificate in computer application skills.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Screening prescription for legal validity, drug contraindications, drug interactions, and appropriateness of dosage, frequency and duration of dosing and patience convenience.
• Preparing and dispensing medicines according to Good Dispensing Practices
• Counseling patients on the use of medicines
• Making extemporaneous preparations
• Participating in ward rounds
• Identifying medicinal gaps and challenges
• Recommending Over The Counter (OTC) medicines to patients/clients with simple medical conditions and making necessary referrals
• Making entries into the relevant inventory management records and registers

Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Be a Kenyan citizen.
• Minimum of B+ Mean Grade at KCSE
• Bachelors of Pharmacy Degree (B.Pharm) from an institution recognized by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
• Successfully completed one (1) year Internship from a recognized institution
• Registration Certificate by the Pharmacy & Poisons Board
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution is an added advantage.

Duties and Responsibilities
This will be the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a more experienced officer. Duties and responsibilities will entail: 

• Participating in animal health field demonstrations and agricultural shows 
• Participating in sample collection and dispatch; inspecting livestock stock routes
• Collecting data and writing technical reports
• Demonstrating and training on milking techniques and external parasite' control techniques such as dipping, spraying and dusting
• Carrying out vaccination, closed castration, dehorning, ear tagging, branding, deworming, disbudding, docking, debeaking and hoof trimming
• Carrying out simple treatment of animals participating in disease search and reporting
• Keeping records on animal breeding, animal health, milk production, dipping data; and maintaining dairy units.

Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• A Certificate in any of the following disciplines; Animal Health, Animal Health and Production, Environmental Health, Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Diagnosis, Poultry Science, Veterinary Public Health and Meat Technology or Animal Husbandry from a recognized institution
• Certificate in meat inspection from Kenya Meat Training Institute
• Be registered by the Kenya Veterinary Board
• Have a certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution; and
• Have shown ability and demonstrated merit in work performance and results

Duties and Responsibilities    

• This will be the entry and training grade for Assistant Agricultural Officer I cadre. The officer will be placed under the supervision of a more senior officer.  An officer at this level will be deployed at the Ward or in an Agricultural Training Centre.  Duties and responsibilities will involve training and advising farmers on matters related to Crop Production, Land Development, planning and management of demonstration plots.

Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• A Certificate in any of the following fields: Agriculture, Food Technology, Agriculture and Home Economics, Agricultural Education, Horticulture or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognized qualification
• Professional competence in work performance and exhibited a thorough understanding of National goals, policies, objectives and ability to relate them to proper management.

Duties and Responsibilities

• This will be the entry and training grade for Assistant Agricultural Officer I cadre.  An officer at this level will be deployed at the Ward or in an Agricultural Training Centre.  Duties and responsibilities will involve training and advising farmers on matters related to Crop Production, Land Development, planning and management of demonstration plots.

Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• A diploma in any of the following fields: Agriculture, Food Technology, Agriculture and Home Economics, Agricultural Education, Horticulture or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognized qualification
• Professional competence in work performance and exhibited a thorough understanding of National goals, policies, objectives and ability to relate them to proper management.

Duties and Responsibilities
This will be the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a more experienced officer. 'Duties and responsibilities will entail: - 

• Participating in animal health field demonstrations and agricultural shows participating in sample collection and dispatch; inspecting livestock stock routes; and
• Collecting data and writing technical reports
• Demonstrating and training on milking techniques and external parasite' control techniques such as dipping, spraying and dusting
• Carrying out vaccination, closed castration, dehorning, ear tagging, branding, deworming, disbudding, docking, debeaking and hoof trimming
• Carrying out simple treatment of animals
• Participating in disease search and reporting
• Keeping records on animal breeding, animal health, milk production, dipping data; and maintaining dairy units.

Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this grade an officer must-

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• Have a Diploma in any of the following disciplines.- Animal Health, Animal Health and Production, Environmental Health, Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Diagnosis, Poultry Science, Veterinary Public Health and Meat Technology or Animal Husbandry from a recognized institution
• Be registered by the Kenya Veterinary Board
• Have a certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution; and
• Have shown ability and demonstrated merit in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities
This is the entry and training grade for this carder. An officer at this cadre will work under the guidance of the senior officer. Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: 

• Preparing livestock technical information, 
• Providing technical advice in animal production, livestock marketing and apiculture
• Promoting economic livestock farming,
• Participating in organizing extension activities, 
• Implementing livestock production programs/projects.

Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• Have a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines; animal science, animal production, agriculture, apiculture, food science and technology, agribusiness, range management, natural resource management, livestock/agricultural economics, dairy technology or agricultural education and extension from a recognized institution; and 
• Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution

Duties and Responsibilities

• Undertaking disease control activities such as disease search, vaccination and enforcement of livestock movement regulations
• Participating in the training of stakeholders in vector control programmes
• Treating sick animals
• Advising on good veterinary practices
• Collecting data and preparing reports on animal health, products and markets
• Providing advice on animal breeding and welfare; and undertaking post-mortem examination and other diagnostic tests.

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• Have Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (BVM) degree from a recognized institution;
• Be registered by the Kenya Veterinary Board; and
• Have a Certificate in computer application skills.