International Rescue Committee

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse is directly responsible to the Facility in charge or the departmental 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 and Junior 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.
Participate in hospital coverage and on-call as required.

Organization of services

Guide and supervise support staff on departmental cleanliness in absence of the In-charge.
Arrange and submit weekly/monthly ward or unit work schedule, plan daily duties and responsibilities for both national and refugee staff and leave plans to ensure adequate coverage in consultation with the facility/departmental in charge.

Essential supplies and equipment

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.
Identify and manage obstetric emergencies and newborn related emergencies appropriately.
Manage post-natal mothers and their babies to prevent complications.
Provide focused antenatal care as per national policies and guidelines.
Provide family planning services as per national policies and guidelines.
Provide growth monitoring services as per guidelines.
Manage minor childhood illnesses using national policies and guidelines.
Provide health promotion services in the department.
Provide emergency services including referral of patients to other level of care.

Monitoring and Evaluation

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.

Minimum Qualifications:

Certificate or Diploma in Nursing/Midwifery/Community Health Nursing from a recognized medical training college with a minimum of1 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.