Job Responsibilities
Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients.
Providing appropriate health care services including IMCI, immunization, PMTCT and antenatal care
Promotes patient’s independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care set by the Nursing Council of Kenya and other governing agency regulations.
Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
Documents patient care services by charting and using electronic medical records system.
Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
Prepares daily reports and other reports as requested.
Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications
Degree/Diploma in Nursing.
At least 5 years’ Nursing clinical experience in a similar position
Registration certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya.
Valid practicing license from Nursing Council of Kenya.
Excellent communication, interpersonal and attention to detail.
