Enrolled Nurse at County Government of Kericho

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:

• Assessing patients and clients and establishing health care needs;
• planning and implementing nursing care interventions based on based on patient’/clients’ health needs;
• providing appropriate healthcare service, including immunization, prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT), antenatal care and delivery, providing health education and counseling on identified health and socio-economic needs to patient’/clients’;
• referring patients and clients appropriately;
• facilitating patients’ admission and discharge in a health facility; ensuring a tidy and safe clinical environment;
• ensuring safe custody of in-patients belongings;
• maintaining records on patients/clients personal and health condition/care;
• evaluating health care outcomes on patients/clients and preparing individualized reports; conducting assessment of school health needs;
• planning, implementation interventions and preparing periodic reports;
• j.    maintaining records on patients/clients personal and health condition/care;
• k.    ensuring a tidy and safe clinical environment; ensuring safe custody for in-patients belongings;
• l.    Conducting home visits, follow up discharged patients/clients and providing continuity of care and treating minor ailments.

Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

• Certificate in any of the following disciplines; Kenya Enrolled Nurse, Kenya Enrolled Community Health Nurse, Kenya Enrolled Midwife, Kenya Enrolled Psychiatric Nurse or Enrolled Nurse/Midwife from a recognized training institution;
• Enrolment 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.

Terms of service: Three (3) year contract