Nursing Officer, JG CPSB 09 (K)

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.
• 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.
• Any other duty that might be assigned to him/her time to time

REQUIREMENTS 

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• Bachelor’s Degree in either Nursing or Midwifery from a recognized institution;
• Registration Certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Valid practicing license from Nursing Council of Kenya; and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.