KEMRI Hiring Nurse – Nairobi

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Nurse – Nairobi

Key Responsibilities:

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

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