NORAH MURIUNGI

Tel: +254 717 410 669

Email: norah.muriungi@gmail.com

CAREER PROFILE SUMMARY

As a goal driven and dedicated Clinical Officer, I am passionate about treating people back to health
through diagnosis and proper care. I am dedicated to ensuring that professional medical healthcare
is given to all the patients under my care. With professional experience under my belt, I have
excelled in; clinical monitoring of patients, diagnosing, treating and performing minor surgeries,
ensuring Quality health service delivery at facilities, coordinating information and counseling, health
education and health promotion and facilitating screening, diagnosis and treatment of patients. In
addition, I have also successfully provided HIV testing and counseling services. My passion is to
further advance in my career and to participate in providing proper and professional medical care to
patients and offering psychological help to families of patients.

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

 Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery- Mount Kenya University; 2010 to 2013.
 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education- St. Mary’s Girl’s Secondary School; 2004 to
2007.

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES ACQUIRED

 Clinical Care: An expert in performing complete physical assessments, handling appropriate

laboratory or other diagnostic works and documenting findings and planning for care.
 Medical diagnosis: Skilled in clerking patients, performing relevant investigations and
guiding them accordingly in regard to diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.
 Counseling skills: Knowledgeable and passionate about offering guidance and counseling to
patients and their families on health seeking behaviors, self-care skills, and treatment
option.
 Monitoring: Ability and experienced in monitoring, interpretation and recording of vital
signs and also successfully monitoring patient progress and communicating appropriately in
any complication or change in their condition to the doctor.
 Mental and Physical endurance: Ability to quickly adapt to and effectively work under
stressful and challenging environments especially in emergency cases.
 Professional Ethics: Ability to respect human life and treating the sick with compassion and
competence and maintaining confidentiality.
 Equipment Usage: I have proficiency in using equipment like; Oxygen concentrators and
cylinders, O2 delivery devices; nasal cannula, masks, Nasal gastric tubes, Nebulizer for
administering treatment in vapor form as inhalation.
 Administration of Medical Procedures: An expert in administering oxygen and prescribing
drugs through infusions such as inotropes, antibiotics, sedatives such as morphine, and also
administering any other prescribed medication.
 Team working skills: Experienced in working with a team of nurses and doctors
collaboratively in order to ensure the promotion of proper and professional healthcare
services to patients.
 First aid skills: Knowledge of first aid basics and can hence tend to any accidents or
illnesses in case any such incident happens.

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Residential Clinical Officer

Sunshine Medical Diagnostic Centre Muthaiga; January 2017 to Date
Duties and Responsibilities
 Diagnosing, treating and performing minor surgeries in an outpatient set-up.
 I am also the manager and the head of the medical department.
 Working with various patients covered on various medical insurance schemes- NHIF, First
Assurance, Resolution, Madison, APA etc.
 Coordinating continuous health education activities in the facility.
 Compiling end of month reports.
 Ensuring Quality health service delivery at the facility.
 Coordinating information and counseling, health education and health promotion.
 Aiding in the planning and execution of sales promotion strategies at the outpatient
department.

Residential Clinical Officer

Brims Medical Clinic, Huruma; May to December 2016
Duties and Responsibilities
 Ensured Quality health service delivery at the facility.
 Coordinated information and counseling, health education and health promotion.
 Diagnosed and treated illnesses.

Locums
Partners for Health and Development in Africa swop Kariobangi Branch; July 2015 to April
2016
Duties and Responsibilities
 Carried out screening, diagnosis and treatment of patients.
 Handled comprehensive management of HIV infected patients.
 Facilitated clinical monitoring of patients and collection samples.
 Performed all other roles as was assigned.

OTHER PAST EXPERIENCES

 Residential Clinical Officer; Imani medical health Centre Syokimau, January 2015 to
July 2016- assisted in coordinating continuous health education activities in the facility.
 Intern; Meru Teaching and Referral Hospital, January to December 2014- aided in
facilitating medical processes as was assigned.

REFEREES

Dr. Patrick Mutinda

Senior Medical Officer
Sunshine Medical Centre
Tel: +254 700 151 291

Mary Gatwiri
RCO Pediatric
Mama Lucy Hospital
Tel+254 723 051 502