Duties and Responsibilities.

• Assessing planning Nursing interventions and evaluating patient outcome.
• Providing appropriate health care service including Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), Immunization, PMTC, ante-natal care and delivery
• Providing health education and counselling to patients/clients and community on identified health needs
• Referring patients and clients appropriately
• Facilitating patients’ admission and initiating discharge plans
• Maintaining records on patients’/clients’ health condition and care
• Ensuring a tidy and safe clinical environment
• Collecting and compiling data.

Requirement for appointment.

• Diploma in any of the following disciplines: Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing, Kenya Registered Nursing, Kenya Registered Midwifery, Kenya Registered Nursing/Midwifery or Kenya Registered Nursing/Mental Health and Psychiatry from a recognized institution.
• Registration certificate issued by the nursing Council of Kenya
• Valid practicing license from Nursing Council of Kenya
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution

Duties and Responsibilities.

This will be the entry and training grade into this cadre. An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a senior officer.

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:

• assessing patients and clients and establishing health care needs;
• planning and implementing nursing care interventions based on patients’/clients’ health needs;
• providing appropriate healthcare services, including immunization, ante-natal care, delivery, referring patients and clients appropriately;
• evaluating healthcare outcomes on patients/clients preparing individualized reports;
• making appropriate discharge plan for patients; conducting assessment of school health needs;
• planning, implementing interventions and preparing periodic reports;
• maintaining records on patients/clients personal and health conditions/care;
• ensuring a tidy and safe clinical environment; ensuring safe custody for in-patient belongings;
• conducting home visits, following up discharged patients/clients and providing continuity of care; and treating minor ailments.

Requirement for appointment.

• Certificate in any of the following disciplines: Kenya Enrolled Nurse, Kenya Enrolled Community Health Nurse, Health Nurse, Kenya Enrolled Midwife, Kenya Enrolled Psychiatric Nurse or Enrolled Nurse/Midwife from a recognized institution.
• Enrolment certificate issued by the nursing Council of Kenya
• Valid practicing license from Nursing Council of Kenya
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution

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; carrying out patient audits to improve client/patient care; collaborating and maintaining effective working relationships among interdisciplinary teams to support client / patient; conducting community health risk assessment and providing outcome based interventions; documenting interventions and nursing outcomes; participating in quality improvement and quality assurance procedures; and diagnosing common health conditions and recommending necessary interventions.

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• 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 the Nursing Council of Kenya, and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.

Duties and Responsibilities.

• Receive, register, record and document patients’ information and present the same to the Medical Officers at the accident and emergency unit of the hospital.
• Transfer referred patients from the wards for further diagnosis or specialized treatment from other units of the hospital.
• Provide general nursing services and care to patients in the hospital.
• Support Medical Officers and Medical Specialists in attending to patients in accident and emergency of the hospital.
• Administer medication to patients as prescribed by Medical Officers and Medical Specialists in the hospital.
• Administer patient care and nursing to outpatients in the hospital.
• Monitor patients’ progress in the hospital, document the same for clear patient records and report the same to the Medical Officers and Medical Specialists in the hospital.
• Liaise with other healthcare staff in handling patients with multiple of complex medical conditions in the hospital.
• Ensure that the nursing areas of the hospital are clean and tidy complying with sanitation standards of the hospital.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned.

Requirement for appointment.

• Must have served for five (5) years in a comparable position in Public Service or the Private sector.
• Diploma in any of the following disciplines: Kenya Registered Community Health   Nursing, Kenya Registered Nursing, Kenya Registered Midwifery, Kenya Registered Nursing/Midwifery or Kenya Registered Nursing /Mental Health and Psychiatry from a recognized institution.
• Higher Diploma in Kenya Registered Accident & Emergency Nursing or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
• Registration Certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Valid practicing license from the Nursing Council of Kenya, and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.

Duties and Responsibilities.

• Conducting patient assessments
• Educating patients about their surgery and recovery
• Preparing anesthetic for patients
• Administering medication
• Monitoring a patient’s vitals and adjusting anesthesia levels during surgery
• Overseeing the patient’s safety as they recover from anesthesia
• Working with other medical staff to develop pain management plans

Requirement for appointment.

• Must have served for five (5) years in a comparable position in Public Service or the Private sector.
• Diploma in any of the following disciplines: Kenya Registered Community Health   Nursing, Kenya Registered Nursing, Kenya Registered Midwifery, Kenya Registered Nursing/Midwifery or Kenya Registered Nursing /Mental Health and Psychiatry from a recognized institution.
• Higher Diploma in Kenya Registered Anaesthetic Nursing, or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
• Registration Certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Valid practicing license from the Nursing Council of Kenya, and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.

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;
• carrying out patient audits to improve client / patient care;
• collaborating and maintaining effective working relationships among interdisciplinary teams to support client / patient;
• conducting community health risk assessment and providing outcome based interventions;
• documenting interventions and nursing outcomes;
• participating in quality improvement and quality assurance procedures;
• and diagnosing common health conditions and recommending necessary interventions.

Requirement for appointment.

• Must have served for five (5) years in a comparable position in Public Service or the Private sector.
• Diploma in any of the following disciplines: Kenya Registered Community Health   Nursing, Kenya Registered Nursing, Kenya Registered Midwifery, Kenya Registered Nursing/Midwifery or Kenya Registered Nursing /Mental Health and Psychiatry from a recognized institution.
• Higher Diploma in Kenya Registered Pediatric Nursing, or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
• Registration Certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Valid practicing license from the Nursing Council of Kenya, and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.