Nurse - (Re-Advertisement) at Mount Kenya University

Duties and responsibilities:

• Provision of Nursing care and counselling
• Observe patients’ vital signs, review and maintain patients records and reports from assistant nurse and where appropriate escalate matters to the chief clinical officer for action.
• Ensure care and patients assisted in movement within the health centre.
• Assist doctors while carrying out procedures e.g. taking blood samples, fixing drips, giving medication
• Carry out simple procedures like bed bathing, dressing simple wounds while referring difficult procedures to the Chief Clinical Officer.
• Ensure proper maintenance of patient records.
• Plan, supervise and co-ordinate nursing care
• Ensure availability of medical supplies and keep inventory of medical supplies
• Ensure cleanliness of patients and the environment.
• Any other duties that may be assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Qualification
Education, Skills and Experience

• Diploma in Nursing from a recognized Institution.
• Must be registered as a Nurse with Nursing Council of Kenya
• Possess a valid practicing license from the Nursing Council of Kenya
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience at a comparable position.Grade 8 within MKU or at a similar position.
• Must be computer literate.