Background:
The Center for International Health, Education and Biosecurity (Ciheb) — Kenya is a local nongovernmental organization collaborating with the Ministry of Health and County Health Management. Teams to strengthen health systems for improved quality of healthcare in Kenya. Ciheb-Kenya is collaborating with the county governments of Mombasa, Kilifi, Kwale, Taita Taveta, Machakos, Makueni, Kitui, Nairobi, Kisumu, and Migori to support the implementation and expansion of high quality, sustainable, and comprehensive HIV prevention, care, and treatment programs, and expansion of COVID19 vaccination with funding from the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Through the County Ownership and Networks to maintain Nairobi Epidemic Control (CONNECT) program, Ciheb-Kenya and the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) are working on a collaborative project towards the provision of high quality HIV prevention, care and treatment services to select health facilities in Nairobi City County. The project is therefore seeking for suitably qualified persons able to fill the positions of the positions below. The positions will be based at the various county health facilities in Nairobi within the County Health Services Department and mainstreamed into the county structures. These are one-year fixed-term contracts, renewable based on performance and availability of funding.

Primary Function

Reporting to the facility in-charge, the nurse will oversee the implementation of HIV care activities in the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services integration in the health facility assigned.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Support ANC, PNC, and Maternity HIV testing.
2. Ensure ART uptake among HIV infected pregnant/lactating women.
3. Ensure viral suppression among PMTCT women.
4. Oversee the provision of early infant diagnosis, care and follow-up of HIV-exposed infants.
5. Ensure follow-up and retention of HIV-infected pregnant/lactating women and HIV-exposed infants (HEI) by use of the case management model.
6. Strengthen linkages between PMTCT and HEI services and Comprehensive Care Clinics.
7. Strengthen facility-community/community-facility linkages with the help of CHVs and case managers.
8. Supervise eMTCT services provided by the maternal case managers.
9. Work hand in hand with the clinical officers to implement patients Plan of Care.
10. Perform TB intensified case finding for PLHIV on every clinical encounter.
11. Initiate IPT for all PLHIV who don’t have TB or other Isoniazid Contra-Indications.
12. Send all PLHIV presenting with presumptive TB for GeneXpert as a first test.
13. Send all patients diagnosed with TB for HUV testing.
14. Initiate ART in all newly diagnosed TB/HIV co-infected patients within two (2) weeks of starting TB treatment.
15. Ensure that laboratory results are filed, documented and communicated to the patients at all times.
16. Ensure 12 month/24 month HEI Cohort Analysis (HCA), PCR positive validation, and audits and PMTCT reports is done each month.
17. Participate in MNCH Working Improvement Teams(WITS) and initiate CQI projects on gaps identified.
18. Participate in MNCH in the generation, compilation, and utilization of PMTCT data.
19. Participate in Continous Professional development as required by the nursing council.
20. Perform any other duty as maybe assigned by the organization.
Qualifications:
 Diploma in any of the following disciplines: Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing, Kenya Registered Nursing, Kenya Registered Midwifery, Kenya Registered Nursing/Midwifery or Kenya Registered Nursing/Mental Health and Psychiatry from a recognized institution
 Registration Certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya
 Valid practicing license from Nursing Council of Kenya
 Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.
 NASCOP Certification in Provision of both adult and pediatric ART, and PMCT is an added advantage
Experience & Skills:
 Two (2) years experience, 1 year of which should be within a busy HIV Comprehensive Care Centre and/or in the provision of PMTCT services.
 Demonstrable knowledge of HIV/ART management, diagnosis and treatment procedures of conditions associated with HIV, adherence support and PMTCT service delivery.
How to Apply:
Kindly send your application which includes a cover letter and an updated CV including the names of three professional referees to: [email protected]. Applicants are advised to include the title “REGISTERED NURSE” on the subject line. The Centre for International Health, Education and Biosecurity (Ciheb) — Kenya is an equal opportunity employer. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted