Theatre Nurse at Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital

Job Purpose:

• The Theatre Nurse’s job exists to provide advanced nursing services and patients care in the Theatre Unit, to provide nursing research and training and advise on the same at KUTRRH.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Receive, register, record and document patients’ information and present the same the Medical Officers at the hospital.
• Transfers referred patients from the Theatre unit for further diagnosis or specialized treatment from other units of the hospital.
• Provide general nursing services and care to patients in the Theatre unit of the hospital.
• Ensure cleanliness and tidiness at the Theatre unit of the Hospital.
• Support Medical Officers and Medical Specialists in attending to patients in Theatre unit of the hospital.
• Administer medication to patients in the Theatre unit as prescribed by Medical Officers and Medical Specialists in the hospital.
• Administer patient care and nursing to outpatients in the Theatre unit of the hospital.
• Monitor patients’ progress Theatre unit, document the same for clear patient records and report the same to the Medical Officers and Medical Specialists in the hospital.
• Summon Medical Officers/Specialists to attend to patients in the Theatre unit if need arises in the Hospital.
• Liaise with other healthcare staff in handling patients with multiple complex medical conditions in the Hospital.
• Supervise, guide and mentor junior nursing officers, interns and nursing students, together with their work in the Theatre unit of the hospital.
• Provide nursing services research and training to students at the Theatre unit of the hospital.
• Ensure that the nursing areas of the hospital are clean and tidy complying with sanitation standards of the Hospital.
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Diploma or Degree in Nursing from a recognized institution.
• Higher Diploma in Kenya Registered Perioperative/Theatre Nursing training qualification from a recognized institution.
• At least four (4) years nursing experience out of which at least one (1) year must have been in Theatre Nursing.
• Registration by the Nursing Council of Kenya.
• Valid practicing license as a Perioperative/Theatre Nurse from the Nursing Council of Kenya.
• Proficiency in computer applications.
• Fulfilled the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010.