
Study Nurse - 2 Posts
University Of Nairobi
Nairobi | Full Time | Education / Teaching
Closing in 1 week from now
AD/10/43/2025
The position
- The Study Nurses will report to the Project Coordinator, Accelerating CHIKungunya burden Estimation to inform Vaccine Evaluation ACHIEVE, be based at Isiolo County Referral Hospital and Merti Sub-County Hospital, and occasionally travel between the two sites.
Duites and Responsibilities
- Obtain informed consent/assent and ensure participant rights, safety, and confidentiality are safeguarded.
- Perform study-related nursing procedures, including venipuncture and the handling of biological and maternal samples in line with study protocols.
- Provide treatment and routine clinical care as instructed by study clinicians, including monitoring vital signs, giving prescribed medications, and follow-up care.
- Accurately complete Case Report Forms CRFs, Laboratory Requisition Forms LRFs, and all other required study documentation within the REDCap electronic data capture system.
- Ensure compliance with biosafety, infection prevention, and ethical standards in all study-related procedures.
- Support the study sites to ensure a safe and efficient environment.
- Maintain accurate study and patient records and generate reports as required.
- Perform any other study-related duties as may be assigned by supervisors.
Job Specification
Applicants must have:
- Diploma in Nursing or its equivalent from a recognized institution.
- Registration and valid practising license with the Nursing Council of Kenya NCK.
- At least three 3 years of nursing experience.
- Certificate in Computer Applications from a recognised institution
- Experience working in donor-funded infectious disease research projects will be an added advantage.
- Ability to use REDCap for data entry and management will be an added advantage.
- Knowledge of the local languages spoken in Isiolo County will be an added advantage
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