Registered Nurse (Paediatric Critical Care) at Kiambu County Government

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

• Be a Kenyan citizen;
• Be a holder of a Diploma in any of the following disciplines: Kenya Registered
• Community Health Nursing or Kenya Registered Midwifery:
• Higher Diploma in Critical Care Nursing from a recognized institution;
• Registration with the Nursing Council of Kenya:
• Valid Practice License as a Crifical Care Nurse:
• Must have a valid resuscitation training certificate in life saving course;
• Three (3) years relevant work experience;
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding and commitment to values and principles as outlined in Articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution;
• Ability to work in a multi-ethnic environment and sensitivity and respect for diversity;
• Must have good inter-personal and communication skills;
• Proficiency in computer applications; and
• Satisfy the requirement of Chapter Six of the Constitution.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure that the critical care centers are clean and in the right conditions to provide the conducive environment needed by patients into the critical care centers of the hospital;
• Ensure that the critical care centers have all the machinery, equipment and materials needed to provide critical care to patients admitted into the critical care centers of the hospital:
• Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, or pressure lines, and identify malfunctioning equipment or devices, and report the same to the biomedical engineering section of the hospital;
• Receive pediatric patients in critical conditions that are referred to the critical care centers and book them in for advanced care and attention in the hospital:
• Deliver qualify nursing care in accordance with the set Nursing Standards and as per the policies and procedures of the hospital:
• Ensure the provision of quality critical care nursing services to the admitted critically ill pediatric patients, based on assessment data or identified needs in the hospital:
• Monitor patients for their progress and changes in status and indications of health conditions;
• Administer the prescribed therapeutic procedures based upon patients’ clinical status and assess patients’ pain levels or sedation requirements in the critical care centers of the hospital;
• Conduct pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate medical conditions of patients in the critical care centers of the hospital:
• Document patients’ medical histories and assessment findings, compile and analyze data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests in the critical care centers of the hospital:
• Evaluation of critical care nursing practice protocols in the critical care centers of the hospital; and
• Any other lawful duties that may be assigned from time to time.