Volunteer Triage Nurse at International Rescue Committee

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse is directly responsible to the MCH in charge and will carry out the following duties:

• Assessment, planning, coordination and implementation of patient care
• Assess patients and plan for their care as appropriate
• Guide and support staff in the department to meet patient care needs
• Make orders of drugs and other supplies as necessary
• Ensure patients access specialized procedures as prescribed by clinicians/doctors/other team members
• Document and handover patients during shift change
• Attend and facilitate Continuous Medical Education and clinical audits
• Organization of services
• Guide and supervise support staff on departmental cleanliness in absence of the In-charge
• Arrange and submit weekly/monthly unit work schedule, plan daily duties and responsibilities for support staff and leave plans to ensure adequate coverage in consultation with the facility/departmental in charge
• Essential supplies and equipment
• Keep inventory of drugs and equipment in the department
• Service delivery (Quality nursing services)
• Ensure that all required observations, prescribed treatment and procedures are properly carried out and documented on patient’s charts.
• Provide quality triage services documenting vital signs, identify and initiate emergency care in collaboration with the clinicians
• Document clearly patient vital signs in the patient cards, books and ensure growth monitoring charts are fully filled.
• Counsel and educate patients on identified psychosocial-economic needs
• Adhere to the hospital health and safety policies, guidelines/protocols (e.g. the use of personal protective clothing/equipment)
• Provide standard care to patients at the triage, emergency and outpatient units
• Provide growth monitoring services including updating the MCH booklet  as per guidelines 
• Provide health promotion services in the department
• Provide emergency services in  including referral of patients to other level of care
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• In the Absence of EMR, ensure all MoH registers  are clearly filled and support generation of monthly report
• Write reports on services in the department as necessary through Compiling and submitting weekly/monthly HIS reports. 
• Key Result Areas
• Rapid assessment and prioritization of patients based on the severity of their condition to ensure they receive timely and appropriate care.

Required Qualifications:

• Certificate or Diploma in Nursing/Midwifery/Community Health Nursing from a recognized medical training college with a minimum of 1 year in clinical practice in a busy Hospital
• Registered by the Nursing Council of Kenya
• Possess a valid practice license
• Basic skills in computer applications