Renal Nurse at Kajiado County

Job Group K

Duties and responsibilities:

• To provide leadership of the renal team to ensure a high and safe standard of patient care
• Ensuring that nursing procedures are carried out in accordance with hospital policy taking appropriate action in emergency situations.
• Setting, monitoring and maintaining excellent standards of nursing care in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team working in renal unit.
• Maintaining personal contact with patients, relatives and careers, being sensitive to their needs for courtesy, dignity and privacy and ensuring a friendly environment at all times. Providing holistic care by carrying out risk identification and assessment of an individual throughout the lifespan
• Performing a comprehensive physical examination within various settings
• Assessing, formulating, planning and implementing evidence based nursing care
• Creating and maintaining a safe working environment
• Carrying out patient audits to improve client patient care
• Documenting interventions and nursing outcomes

Basic qualifications:

• Kenyan citizen
• Must have a diploma in Kenya Registered Community Nursing and higher diploma in Renal nursing from a recognized institution from a recognized institution
• Registration certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya
• Valid Practicing license from Nursing Council of Kenya
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution
• Must satisfy the requirement of chapter of the constitution of Kenya 2010
• monitor the patient's health and support them, providing appropriate care and treatment until the patient has recovered from the effects of the anesthesia and/or surgery and is stable
• assess the patient in order to ensure they can be discharged back to a surgical ward area
• Evaluate the care given during the perioperative phases (anesthetics, surgery, and recovery).