Back EPI Officer - Grade NOA

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Qualifications

Objectives of the programme

Strengthen routine immunization against Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) diseases for all children in the first five years of life and for all women of child-bearing age. Achieve and sustain certification standard surveillance as a strategy to eradicate poliomyelitis, to reduce mortality caused by measles, and to eliminate neonatal tetanus. Additionally support Supplemental Immunization Activities.

Duties and Responsibilities

 Under the overall guidance of the WHO Country Representative, the incumbent will work under direct supervision of the sub-office coordinator and report to WHO EPI team leader.  He/she will perform the following duties:

• Initiate, coordinate and support the states within the Hub to develop immunization plans and services integrated with other child health packages for high impact.
• Develop and ensure the use of the components of the Reach Every Community Strategy for Routine Immunization in the county.
• Plan, organize and implement all SIAs including NIDs.
• Train, Supervise and evaluate the work of the Field Supervisors and Field Assistants
• Conducts in service training to the health staff at every level on AFP/measles/ Neonatal Tetanus (NNT)
  Encourages the heads to designate an AFP/ measles/IDSR focal person at every level. Keeps database of health facility AFP focal persons and update regularly. Organizes and supervises social mobilization activities to encourage reporting of AFP cases by the community.
• Prioritizes all sites (hospitals, health centers, health stations, health posts, private hospitals and clinics, holy water sites, traditional healers, etc.) as \"high\", \"medium\", or \"low\" priority. After completing prioritization, develops a realistic short, medium and long-term operational plan to conduct active case search and sensitization.
• Investigates all \"hot Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) cases\". Examines all cases to complete a care seeking questionnaire and for late cases, conducts the after 60th day follow up clinical evaluations.
• Conducts outbreak investigation whenever there is clinically classified or virologically confirmed polio.
• Conducts outbreak investigations when necessary for other causes and prepare an outbreak investigation report.
• Assists with timely utilization and retirement of surveillance funds at every level.
• • Ensure technical support to the Boma Health Initiative
  • Provide technical support to the MoH agencies and NGO partners on EPI plus activities.

    Reporting: 

    ·         Immediate notification report of AFP cases

    ·         Weekly programme update: AFP and Measles Zero Reporting.,

    ·         Weekly IDSR line list/log of rumors and suspect outbreaks

    ·         Weekly IDSR line list of deaths at community level

    ·         Monthly AFP Surveillance Line List.

    ·         Monthly case-base line list of Measles – cases with investigations forms.

    ·         Monthly Supervision Reports

    ·         Monthly Routine Immunization Reports

    ·         Monthly Field Supervision Report

    Quarterly EPI Plus reports covering:

    ·         AFP Surveillance Activities

    ·         SIAs

    ·         Measles Activities

    ·         Routine Immunization

    📚 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯! 🌍🤝 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗡𝗛𝗖𝗥, 𝗪𝗙𝗣, 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗙, 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗦, 𝗨𝗡𝗙𝗣𝗔, 𝗜𝗢𝗠 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🌐

    ⚠️ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐖!

    ·         IDSR

    ·         Malaria Control

  • a)   Annual Report

    MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

    Education qualifications:

    ·         Essential – First University Degree in Public Health or health-related disciplines

    ·       Desirable – Degree in Medicine (MD/MBChB) or Clinical Officer, Post-Graduate Diploma in Public Health/Epidemiology/HMIS or Programme Management

     Experience

    ·         Essential – At least one year of clinical or public health work experience with emphasis in surveillance, EPI and/ or other child health program

      Desirable - Experience managing disease outbreak or any public heath emergencies will be an added advantage.

    Knowledge and skills required.

    ·         Technical expertise in public health and epidemiology, planning, program management and coordination of health programs, especially as it relates to surveillance, outbreak investigation of vaccine preventable diseases and other diseases under surveillance and routine immunization; ability to train others, familiarity with polio eradication, measles mortality reduction, neonatal tetanus elimination activities and strategies as well as key routine and supplemental immunization activities. 
    Other Skills
    Working knowledge of computer software with spread sheet and data analysis skills.
    

    Languages

    Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English.
    

    Management and Supervision

    The EPI Officer will be supervised by the Polio Team Leader and Ministry of Health the EPI Focal Point. 

    Other qualities:

    ·         Excellent communicator (both verbally and in-writing)

    ·         Team Player