Nurse

The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) is a state corporation established through the Science and Technology (Amendment) Act of 1979, which has since been amended to Science, Technology and Innovation Act 2013 as the national body responsible for carrying out health research in Kenya.

Nurse – Nairobi

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide high-quality nursing care to participants,
• Conduct participant’s assessments, monitor vital signs, and assist in the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions.
• Obtaining informed consent and enrolment of participants into study.
• Explaining study procedures to eligible participants
• Obtains medical history and performs physical examination
• Offers individual, group and family counseling to participants and patients
• Confirms eligibility for all study participants
• Conducts protocol specific tests and procedures
• Providing project management team with regular feedback on participant recruitment.
• Provide HIV counseling, testing and lab results interpretation
• Verify quality of data by comparing abstracted data to source documents
• Responds to participant’s calls
• Administer the oral cholera vaccine and perform phlebotomy.
• Retention activities-follow up of participants in need of close monitoring and review together with visit reminders via phone calls
• Record any adverse events and notify the lead clinician of the same as per protocol
• Performs other duties as may be assigned
• Collaborate with the research team to collect, document, and report clinical data accurately.
• Administer Case Report Forms and perform quality checks
• Ensure compliance with ethical, regulatory, and clinical guidelines in all activities.
• Participate in training and capacity-building activities for clinic staff and community partners.

Vacancy Requirements:

• Diploma in Nursing
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both English and Kiswahili.
• Registered with the Nursing Council of Kenya
• Team player
• Excellent Communication and people skills
• Highly organized
• Ability to work without supervision

Added Advantage

• Training in GCP and Human subjects will be an added advantage.
• Experience with current methods of epidemiology surveillance; having worked in a multidisciplinary, multi-site project will be an added advantage