Registered Nurse - 10 Positions at Moi Teaching & Referral Hospital

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities and duties for Registered Nurse entails;
• Assessing, planning, implementing nursing interventions, evaluating patient’s nursing care plans and preparing periodic reports.
• Maintaining accurate, complete Health care records and reports.
• Diagnosing common health conditions;
• Providing appropriate healthcare service including Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI), Integrated Management of Adolescents and Adulthood illnesses (IMAI), immunization and reproductive health, providing health education and counseling to patients/clients on identified health needs.
• Administering medication to patients and monitoring them for side effects and reactions.
• Facilitating patients’ admission and initiating discharge plans.
• Referring patients and clients appropriately
• Providing and coordinating patient care, educate patients and the public about various health conditions, provide advise and emotional support to patients and their families.
• Reading and interpreting patient information, making treatment decisions when appropriate
• Consulting with supervisors and doctors to decide on the best treatment plan for patients
• Counseling and educating patients and their families on treatment plans
• Changing wound dressings and care for other treatment options
• Directing and supervising nurses, nurse assistants and nurse aides
• Ensuring a tidy and safe clinical environment;
• Identifying occupational health needs
• Research ways to improve healthcare processes and patient outcomes
• Collecting and Compiling Data
• Implementing recommendations from research findings for improvement of care.

Minimum Requirements:

For appointment to this grade a candidate must have:

• A minimum of five (5) years relevant work experience in a busy Hospital with at least two hundred (200) bed capacity.
• Diploma in any of the following disciplines; Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing, Kenya Registered Nursing, Kenya Registered Midwifery, Kenya Registered Nursing/Midwifery or Kenya Registered Nursing/Mental Health and Psychiatry from a recognized institution.
• Registration Certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya.
• 2023 Valid practising license from Nursing Council of Kenya.
• Proficiency in computer applications.