Senior Clinical Officer at Machakos County Public Service Board

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Providing clinical services in a health facility.
• History taking, examining investigating, diagnosing, treating and managing diseases/conditions of patients.
• Ordering laboratory and imaging investigations.
• Interpreting laboratory and imaging results.
• Conducting ward rounds, reviewing and making appropriate referrals.
• Carrying out surgical procedures as per scope of training.
• Implementing clinical service procedures, guidelines, quality assurance standards in the provision of clinical services.
• Providing clinical and clinical services care in health institutions and communities;
• Implementing medico-legal standards and guidelines in the provision of clinical services;
• Preparing medico-legal reports on clinical services;
• Undertaking disease surveillance, control and management;
• Guiding and counseling patients, clients and staff on health issues;
• Undertaking research on critical clinical health issues and emerging trends;
• Providing clinical outreach and school health services;
• Leading and organizing health management teams and convening health management committee meetings at level 3 health facilities;
• Collecting data and compiling clinical reports.
• Monitoring patients, making appropriate referrals and providing necessary guidance and counselling;
• Providing emergency clinical and critical care;
• Coaching and mentoring students and interns o attachment; and
• Guiding and counselling staff.