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Job Purpose/Objective

This position aims to provide holistic preventive, promotive, curative rehabilitative and palliative care services using the nursing process to meet the health needs of individual clients/patients.

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 organize Auxiliary Nurses 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

Write report on 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 patients 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

Identify and manage obstetric emergencies and newborn related emergencies appropriately

Manage post-natal mothers and their babies to prevent complications

Provide growth monitoring services including updating the MCH booklet as per guidelines.

Manage minor childhood illnesses using national policies and 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 CWC register Is clearly filled and support in generation of monthly report

Write reports on services in the department as necessary through Compiling and submitting weekly/monthly HIS reports.

Key Result Areas

Assessment, Planning, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of nursing care services and other related activities within the allocated ward/unit.

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.

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct . Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding , Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation. IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs. IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.

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