Registered Nurse III at Kisii County Government

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide appropriate healthcare services including Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), Immunization, PMTCT, antenatal care, labour, birthing, and post-natal services.
• Provide health education and counseling to patients, clients, and the community on identified health needs.
• Refer patients and clients appropriately.
• Facilitate patients’ admission and initiate discharge plans.
• Maintain records on patients’ or clients’ health condition and care.
• Ensure a tidy and safe clinical environment.
• Collect and compile data.
• Conduct assessment of school health needs.
• Assess, diagnose, and manage individuals across the life cycle utilizing relevant standards and protocols stipulated in the scope of practice.
• Provide emergency care in line with stipulated guidelines.
• Order, perform, and utilize laboratory and diagnostic findings to provide healthcare to patients according to relevant protocols and guidelines, and as prescribed in the scope of practice.
• Prescribe selected drugs and administer any other prescribed medication to clients/patients as stipulated in the scope of practice.
• Contribute to specification and quality checks to determine the suitability of medical health devices and supplies in healthcare.
• Prescribe and perform selected medical surgical procedures as stipulated in the scope of practice.
• Contribute to designing and implementation of community health initiatives/programmes.
• Provide a link or interface between the community and the appropriate health system.

Requirements for Appointment

• 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 or its equivalent from a recognized institution.
• Computer proficiency.
• Registered practitioner by the Nursing Council of Kenya.
• Valid Practicing License from the Nursing Council of Kenya.
• Member of relevant Nursing and Midwifery Associations.
• Training in Critical Care Nursing, Renal Nursing, Anaesthesiology, or Neonatal Care Nursing will be an added advantage.