Senior Nursing Officer at Kiambu County Government

Job Details

• Providing holistic care 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-bases nursing care for client/patient;
• Creating and maintaining a safe nursing care environment for client/patient;
• Carrying out clinical audits to improve client/patient care;
• Collaborating and maintaining effective working relationships among interdisciplinary teams to support client/patient and their families;
• Documenting interventions and nursing outcomes. Conducting a community health risk assessment and providing outcome based interventions;
• Participating in quality improvement and quality assurance procedures;
• Referring patients and clients appropriately;
• Facilitating patients’ admission and initiating discharge plans;
• Maintaining records on patients/clients personal and health condition/care;
• Following up convalescing patients referred from higher facilities for continuity of care;
• Conducting assessment of school health needs, plan, implement interventions, and preparing periodic reports;
• Conducting occupational health needs assessment, planning, implementing, evaluation, making recommendations and preparing periodic reports;
• Conducting community diagnosis and providing feedback;
• Conducting desk review, collecting data and implementing recommendations of the findings for improvement of nursing care;

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in either Nursing or Midwifery (BSN) from a recognized institution;
• Registration certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Valid practicing license from the Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Computer literate;
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and result.