Senior Nursing Officer/Senior Registered Nurse/Senior Enrolled Nurse I/Specialists - 4 Posts at County Government of Nandi

Requirements for Appointment:
For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing or its equivalent from a recognized institution;
• Served in the grade of Nursing Officer for a minimum period of two (2) years;

OR

• 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
• Served in the grade of Registered Nurse I for a minimum period of three (3) years:

OR

• Certificate in any of the following disciplines: Kenya Enrolled Nurse, Kenya Enrolled Community Health Nurse, Kenya Enrolled Midwife, Kenya Enrolled Psychiatric Nurse or Enrolled Nurse/Midwife from a recognized training institution;
• Served in the grade of Senior Enrolled Nurse II for a minimum period of three (3) years;

OR

• Higher National Diploma in Nursing or Midwifery in any of the following disciplines: Anesthesia, Ear, Nose, Throat/Audiology, Child Health and Pediatrics, Lung and Skin, Orthopedics and Trauma, Reproductive Health, Epidemiology, Ophthalmology and Cataract Surgery, Dermatology and Venereology, Medical Education, Clinical Oncology and Palliative Care, Sonography, Mental Health and Psychiatry, Chronic Disease Management, Nephrology, Audiology and Hearing Care Technology, Emergency and Critical Care, Family Health, Cardiology, Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Enrolment Certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Registration Certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Valid practising license from Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution;
•  And shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Providing holistic care by carrying out risk identification and assessment of an individual throughout the lifespan;
• Performing a comprehensive physical examination within various settings;
• Assessing, formulating, planning and implementing evidence-based nursing care for client/patient;
• Creating and maintaining a safe nursing care environment for client/patient;
• Carrying out clinical audits to improve client/patient care;
• Collaborating and maintaining effective working relationships among interdisciplinary teams to support client/patient and their families;
• Documenting interventions and nursing outcomes; conducting a community health risk assessment and providing outcome-based interventions;
• And participating in quality improvement and quality assurance procedures.

In addition, duties and responsibilities will also include:

• Referring patients and clients appropriately;
• Facilitating patients' admission and initiating discharge plans;
• Maintaining records on patients/clients personal and health condition/care;
• Following up convalescing patients referred from higher facilities for continuity of care;
• Conducting assessment of school health needs, plan, implement interventions, and preparing periodic reports;
• Conducting occupational health needs assessment, planning, implementing, evaluating, making recommendations and preparing periodic reports;
• Conducting community diagnosis and providing feedback;
• And conducting desk review, collecting data and implementing recommendations of the findings for improvement of nursing care.