Medical Volunteer Jaramogi Oginga Odinga teaching hospital

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga teaching and referral hospital, located in Kisumu City, Nyanza Province. Volunteers will be involved in most areas of the hospital, which involves working in different departments such as Pharmacy, Laboratory, Pediatric, General, HIV/AIDS, and Morgue. Orientation will be conducted for the volunteers to understand the objectives and expectations of the program. The volunteers will be supervised/guided by the doctors and clinical officers. Other duties will be counseling patients, feeding patients, therapy, giving health talks, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT).

VOLUNTEER ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Volunteer will be working and engage different target groups within the communities explaining to the community how T.B is a social problem.  Volunteer will be working with local medical doctors and support the health delivery system and will be attending to TB patients HIV/AIDs, giving drugs and recording, booking patients. Attending to pregnant mother clinic/family planning, giving children injections and weighing and Laboratory services. Social Bench and VCT, Reception and Recording Room, Community bench and enrollment Room, Women’s & Children's Health, Mother and Child Care, Patient Support Centre (PSC HIV), Gender based violence recovery Centre, Group therapy and Adherence Room. Also, Assist doctors,Nurses and medical staffs, Assist doctors Examine and treat the patients, Treat minor injuries,Volunteers can also participate in hospital programs like record keeping, Educate patients on the importance of sanitation, nutrition, etc.

Airport Transfer

You will be met by our representative at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi from where you are transferred to the accommodations in Nairobi itself. Volunteers who will be already in Kenya or arriving overland would need to give us their contact details so that the pickup can be arranged from a specific location.

Special requirements: Doctors, nurses, paramedics, pre-med students and medical students are required for this project. However, we have an open policy and applicants with other ideas to share are also welcome to apply and will be considered. Participants should have a positive attitude, be ready to adopt and enjoy simple living conditions, and be flexible and patient.

Please note that you will share the typical living conditions of a Kenyan family. There will be electricity, but no shower and pipe water/taps at the accommodation. Volunteers will be using buckets for bathing. Water will be boiled for drinking purposes and those who prefer can buy bottled water.

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga teaching and referral hospital is located in Kisumu city.