Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Patient care: Provide holistic patient care, including physical, mental, and social wellbeing
• Respond to emergencies: Instantly respond to medical emergencies and immediately alert the senior nurse on duty and doctor on duty.
• Administer Medication: Administer prescribed medicine to patients either orally or parenterally and there offer to monitor patients for side effects.
• Monitoring of vital signs: Monitor and document vital signs, and hydration status and conduct diagnostic tests. In the case of abnormal findings, seek help from the senior nurses or the doctor on duty.
• Assist in Surgical operation: Prepare patients for complex procedures and assist doctors during the procedures as prescribed.
• Waste management: Dispose of clinical and non-clinical waste safely in accordance with MP Shah Hospital IPC Guidelines on waste management.
• Customer care – Educate patients and family members on treatments and care plans. Answer all of the patient’s and family member’s questions.
• Liaise with other medical professionals: Work with other medical professionals such as surgeons, physicians, and physiotherapists who are treating the patient, update them on the patient’s status, and receive orders or patient care recommendations.
• Perform routine procedures: Conduct routine activities such as safety checks, IV insertion urinary catheterization, and changing of wound dressing.

Qualifications & Requirements 

• Must be a qualified and Registered Nurse (KRN/KRCHN/BSN).
• Must have a valid licensure from the Nursing Council of Kenya.