Public health officers’ salaries in Kenya and how to become one
Salaries of public health officers depend on their cadres. Some of the cadres in the public health profession are:
Public Health Assistant
Responsibilities of a public health assistant include;
- Provision of Environmental/ public Health Extension services
- Mobilization and sensitization of communities and giving them advice on matters pertaining environmental health
- Referral of health cases to corresponding health care facilities
- Performing immunization
- They identify environmental health matters at household stages
- Arranging dates for community health events to empower communities on emerging public health issues
- Keeping records of services performed
- Analyzing health demands of the community
- Advising communities on safety measures relating to food and water
Qualifications
- Must have Certificate in Environmental Health Science or Public Health from an accredited college.
- Must be computer literate
Senior Public Health Assistant or Assistant Public Health Officer 1
This is the highest-ranking Public Health Assistant. The senior public health assistant has the following responsibilities.
- Provision of Environmental/ public Health Extension services
- Mobilization and sensitization of communities and giving them advice on matters pertaining environmental health
- Performing immunization, tracking TB within communities and vaccinating.
- Referral of health cases to corresponding health care facilities
- They identify environmental health matters at household stages
- Arranging dates for community health events to empower communities on emerging public health issues
- Keeping records of services performed
- Analyzing health demands of the community
- Advising communities on safety measures relating to food and water
- Regular inspection of homes, market centres, commercial buildings, trading places, to make sure that cleanliness and sanitary rules are followed.
- Issuance of statutory notices
- Inspection of water sources within the community to ensure proper maintenance for drinking purposes.
Qualifications
- Must have served as a Public Health Assistant I or Assistant Public Health Officer II for not less than three years
- Must have a diploma in either Environmental Health Science /Public Health from an accredited institution
- Must be Computer literate
Senior Assistant Public Health Officer or Senior Public Health Officer
Responsibilities of a Senior Public Health Officer include;
- Provision of Environmental/ public Health Extension services
- They identify environmental health matters at community stages
- Keeping records of services performed
- Implementing control measures for rodents, vermin and vectors in the communities within their stations.
- Issuance of statutory notices
- Inspection of water sources within the community to ensure proper maintenance for drinking purposes.
- inspection of health care facilities
- they oversee the construction of sanitary rooms in schools, market centres and commercial buildings;
- collection of water and food samples for chemical analysis
- Performing immunization
- Initiation and implementation of Community Based Health Care Programs
- Implementation of integrated mosquito control techniques
- Assessing proper solid waste collection and disposal
Qualifications
- Must have Served as an Assistant Public Health Officer 1 for not less than three years
- Must have a Diploma in either environmental health science or Public health from a chartered Institution
- Must be computer literate.
Designation | J/G | Salary scale in Kshs. P.m. |
Public health assistant | J | 24,662-29,918 |
Senior public health assistant/assistant PBO officer | K | 31,020-41,590 |
Senior assistant public health officer | L | 35,910-45,880 |
Senior public health officer | L | 35,910-45,880 |
Chief assistant public health officer | M | 41,590-55,840 |
Chief public health officer | M | 41,590-55,840 |