Nurse II at PCEA Tumutumu Hospital and Training College

Responsible for promoting and maintaining high standards of professional nursing care by providing quality services with special focus on operations and surgeries to meet the needs of patients and their families

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, friends, and families.
• 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 mission, vision and standards.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Community health Nursing (KRCHN) /BSN from a recognized institution
• Higher Diploma in Preoperative Nursing
• Previous experience in a busy operating theatre an added advantage
• Should be registered and licensed by Nursing Council of Kenya
• Certification in ACLS and ATLS will be an added advantage