Clinical Nurse

Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUH, N) is a private not-for-profit institution that provides tertiary- and secondary-level healthcare services. Established in 1958 and currently a 300 bed facility, the Hospital was upgraded to a tertiary level teaching hospital in order to respond to the health care needs of the people of East Africa.

AKUH, N is a premier provider of ambulatory care and quality in-patient services, including critical care. The University Hospital focuses on providing high quality care, and supports postgraduate medical education in all major clinical specialties. Patients treated at the University Hospital benefit from a team-based approach that ensures a high level of quality care.

Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi invites applications for the position of Clinical Nurse
 

Responsibilities

​The incumbent will primarily be responsible for the provision of safe, competent, individualized nursing care to patients with a range of needs from simple to complex. The RN is also responsible for providing patient/family education and support and is required to assume a leadership role. Key responsibilities include: utilization of the nursing process to identify care needs and documentation of the same assessing patient environment for safety, cleanliness, and proper functioning of equipment complete re-assessment of assigned patients planning and delivering holistic care with minimum supervision to all assigned patients as needed administering medication safely, monitor patient responses to medication where indicated and report related incidents promptly using clinical judgment to interpret and communicate abnormal and critical lab results to physician assessing patient/family health education needs and interventions needed demonstrates safe handling and proper use of equipmen reporting any unusual findings and occurrences both clinical and non-clinical to team leader providing timely, comprehensive and complete nursing documentation by utilizing nursing process, which meets nursing quality standards ensuring a safe environment by applying safety measures for the patients/families and healthcare team by following infection control policies continuously assessing patients’ satisfaction throughout the shift using Centre supplies/ equipment judiciously

Requirements

​Applicants should: have valid registration with the Nursing Council of Kenya have a valid license to practice from Nursing Council of Kenya be a graduate from a recognized school of Nursing be Basic Life Support certified have knowledge of Advanced cardiac monitoring show demonstrated knowledge of the pharmaceuticals and CSSD supplies in use in the department have Microsoft Office Application computer skills

To Apply

Applications together with detailed Curriculum Vitae, names of three professional referees, telephone contact, e-mail address and copies of certificates and testimonials should be sent to, The Coordinator HR, Outreach Division Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. P. O. Box 30270-00100, NAIROBI. Or by email to hr.recruitment@aku.edu Your email application should have the position title as the subject e.g. Clinical Nurse - Nairobi Applications by email are preferred. Only short listed candidates will be contacted Applications should be submitted latest by May 31, 2013.