Project Nurse at Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI

Responsibilities

• 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
• Completes interviewer administered questionnaires
• Conducts protocol specific tests and procedures
• Providing project management team with regular feedback on field activities
• Does HIV counseling, testing and lab results interpretation
• Verify quality of data by comparing abstracted data to source documents
• Responds to participant’s calls

Education and Professional training

• At least Diploma in Nursing (KRN/KRCHN)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• At least 3 years professional experience in epidemiological research relevant to the transmission and/or control of tropical infectious diseases
• Previous working experience in a multi-disciplinary team including with Ministry of health teams and community health worker teams
• Strong hands-on experience with current methods of epidemiology surveillance; having worked in a multidisciplinary, multi-site project will be an added advantage
• Strong supervisory and management skills
• Ability to work independently, in a timely manner and under minimum supervision
• Experience working in/with a Public Health Institutions

Licensure

• Registered with the Nursing Council of Kenya

Competencies

• Team player
• Excellent Communication and people skills
• Highly organized
• Ability to work without supervision

Experience

• Two (2) years’ experience as a nurse
• Prior GCP and Human subjects training is desirable
• Experience working in clinical research setting is an added advantage