Nursing Officer at Neema Hospital

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identify patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promote patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
• Assure 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 division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
• Resolve patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
• Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Document patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Maintain patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential. title: nurse, registered

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Over two (2) years’ experience.
• Registered nurse with a Diploma in Nursing from KMTC or other recognized nurse training institute.
• Valid and current registration with the Nursing Council of Kenya.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• At least 2 years working in a busy hospital set-up.
•  Strong leadership, team building, conflict resolution and ability to deliver the Society’s strategic objectives.
• Demonstrated proficiency in computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, database, email and utilization of the internet.
•  Should be a team player and culturally sensitive.
•  Strong communication skills: oral, written and presentation skills