Community Health Extension Worker at Lindii Peace Foundation (LPF)

Duty Description 

• Provide obstetrical care to pregnant women and their babies, doing home follow up before, during and after delivery, according to required standard and obstetrical/reproductive health protocols, universal hygienic and newborn caring standards and under supervision of a specialist to avoid post-delivery complications

Main Duties

• Facilitating communication between community members and the facility
• Building a trusting relationship with the community and the facility
• Helping people understand their health or social conditions
• Providing advocacy for those who need it
• Making home visits to high-risk patients, pregnant or nursing mothers, and the elderly
• Holding groups and individual meetings with people in the community
• Delivering health care information in a way that is easy to understand
• Providing informal counselling
• Determining eligibility for health care plans
• Collecting data to inform future programs
• Track an individual’s progress toward meeting health goals.

Qualifications

• Academic: HND and ND in Community Health.
• Professional License: Must have a valid and updated practicing license(preferred)
• Work Experience: Minimum of 1 to 2 years of working experience.
• Computer skills: Candidate must have good knowledge of computer
• Registration: The ideal candidate must be a member of the relevant professional body.