Community Health Nurse Job in Kenya - Chosen Children of Promise (CCP)

Chosen Children of Promise (CCP) is a Christian-based non-governmental organization that helps people in poverty situations by empowering them with services and trainings that focus on their spiritual and physical needs. CCP was started as a Kenyan organization in 2004.

Our current focus areas are Kawangware and Ngando.

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Requirements:

• A born again Christian with a desire to see Jesus’ glory spread
• Experience in Evangelism and Discipleship with a passion for the growth of His Kingdom
• H.N.D. in nursing and experience in the medical and community fields
• Counseling skills required
• Administration skills required
• Experience working in the slums
• Have excellent English skills in writing and speaking with a proficiency in Swahili

Specific Responsibilities:

• Understand the sponsorship families’ current health condition and needs
• Offer personalized medical care for the sponsorship children and guardians through home visits / referrals to medical facilities.
• Assist the social workers in case studies from the medical aspect completing all necessary medical case study forms
• Maintenance of the family medical records.
• Assist in the organizing of the medical camps.
• Manage all medical specific programs / groups
• Monitoring and overseeing of CCP medical referral centers.
• Counseling of children and guardians from a medical perspective.
• Support the site manager in purchasing all medical items for the children and families.
• Organizing, facilitating and/or participating in the health trainings as needs arise for CCP’s clients and staff.
• Assist in the Evangelism—with focus on the assigned families.
• Assist in the Discipleship and/or Mentoring—of the children and families who desire to further develop their relationship with Christ.

Personal Skills:

• Problem solving skills, able to assess a problem and make wise recommendations
• Be a person of integrity; trustworthy and honest, one that others look up to as a leader
• Demonstrate quality leadership skills
• Be cooperative as a team member
• Must have a positive attitude, able to work under pressure
• Be flexible, able to adapt to change
• Be reliable; time conscience and dependable
• Be trainable and organized
• Reflect upon and evaluate own performance
• Self-Motivated with a high work ethic, proactive in approaching tasks
• Computer skills in typing, MS Word and MS Excel

Starting Range: 20,000 – 25,000 Kshs

If you meet these requirements please forward your complete CV, “Attention: Community Health Nurse” to the above address or send it via email to jobs@ccpnow.org

We will be accepting CV’s until January 28th, 2011.