General Nurse - Accident & Emergency
2025-06-12T22:01:40+00:00
Avenue Healthcare
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FULL_TIME
Kisumu
Kisumu
00100
Kenya
Healthcare
Healthcare
2025-06-20T17:00:00+00:00
Kenya
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Job Objective/Purpose
Adhere to Avenue Healthcare’s defined policies, protocols, procedures and standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure proper inventory of the available equipment on a daily basis and ensure that they are in good working condition. Report any malfunction to Bio-Medical Technician/Unit Manager.
- Ensure the unit is financially viable and demonstrate growth through;
- Offering quality care to patients and ensuring good working relationship with our stakeholders
- Record all sentinel incidents/events and report within 24 hours using the provided tools
- Maintain and enforce infection control standards per the hospital manual and observe the infection control bundles (SSI, VAP, CAUTI and CLABSI) where applicable.
- Daily compilation of government reports and submitting them to the Unit Manager (leprosy, cholera, maternal deaths etc)
- Active participation in ward rounds and receive handover reports from the outgoing nurse on shift
- Proper documentation of patient notes and review; consulting with fellow clinicians, consultants when need be.
- Ensure that all diagnostic requests (lab and radiology) have patient’s clinical information.
- Ensure patients safety following the 6 International Patient Safety Goals (IPSGs)
- Provides patient and family education/teaching applicable to the patients’ medical condition.
- Organize emergency trolley for easy use during resuscitation, drugs and supplies are well stocked, damaged equipment is removed and reported promptly
- Update doctors/consultants on patient’s progress and any critical values as soon as they are available
- Ensure all the relevant consultants have explained procedures and have obtained consent.
- Complete official checklists for all patients prior to procedures (theatre, radiology, renal)
- Ensure patient privacy and confidentiality is maintained at all times, as per policy.
- Participate in emergency response
- Drug administration.
- Adhere to the 10 rights of drug administration (right patient, medication, dosage, route, time, documentation, client education, assessment, evaluation and client refusal of treatment)
- Submit all new drug orders to pharmacy promptly and STAT doses given within 30 minutes
- Keep D.D.A. drugs safe and drug register properly per unit requirements
- Ensure all verbal prescriptions should be signed within 24 hours by the respective doctor per the hospital policy.
- Ensure all treatment sheets have patients biodata including information on drug allergies.
- Any other duty as assigned by your immediate supervisor in line with the job description
Person Specification
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
- A valid nursing council of Kenya license
- Up to date BLS, ACLS/ATLS certificate
- 2 years’ experience in nursing
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Result Oriented
- Customer focus
Ensure proper inventory of the available equipment on a daily basis and ensure that they are in good working condition. Report any malfunction to Bio-Medical Technician/Unit Manager. Ensure the unit is financially viable and demonstrate growth through; Offering quality care to patients and ensuring good working relationship with our stakeholders Record all sentinel incidents/events and report within 24 hours using the provided tools Maintain and enforce infection control standards per the hospital manual and observe the infection control bundles (SSI, VAP, CAUTI and CLABSI) where applicable. Daily compilation of government reports and submitting them to the Unit Manager (leprosy, cholera, maternal deaths etc) Active participation in ward rounds and receive handover reports from the outgoing nurse on shift Proper documentation of patient notes and review; consulting with fellow clinicians, consultants when need be. Ensure that all diagnostic requests (lab and radiology) have patient’s clinical information. Ensure patients safety following the 6 International Patient Safety Goals (IPSGs) Provides patient and family education/teaching applicable to the patients’ medical condition. Organize emergency trolley for easy use during resuscitation, drugs and supplies are well stocked, damaged equipment is removed and reported promptly Update doctors/consultants on patient’s progress and any critical values as soon as they are available Ensure all the relevant consultants have explained procedures and have obtained consent. Complete official checklists for all patients prior to procedures (theatre, radiology, renal) Ensure patient privacy and confidentiality is maintained at all times, as per policy. Participate in emergency response Drug administration. Adhere to the 10 rights of drug administration (right patient, medication, dosage, route, time, documentation, client education, assessment, evaluation and client refusal of treatment) Submit all new drug orders to pharmacy promptly and STAT doses given within 30 minutes Keep D.D.A. drugs safe and drug register properly per unit requirements Ensure all verbal prescriptions should be signed within 24 hours by the respective doctor per the hospital policy. Ensure all treatment sheets have patients biodata including information on drug allergies. Any other duty as assigned by your immediate supervisor in line with the job description
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) A valid nursing council of Kenya license Up to date BLS, ACLS/ATLS certificate 2 years’ experience in nursing Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Attention to detail Result Oriented Customer focus
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Vacancy title:
General Nurse - Accident & Emergency
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Healthcare, Category: Healthcare]
Jobs at:
Avenue Healthcare
Deadline of this Job:
Friday, June 20 2025
Duty Station:
Kisumu | Kisumu | Kenya
Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, June 12 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
Job Objective/Purpose
Adhere to Avenue Healthcare’s defined policies, protocols, procedures and standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure proper inventory of the available equipment on a daily basis and ensure that they are in good working condition. Report any malfunction to Bio-Medical Technician/Unit Manager.
- Ensure the unit is financially viable and demonstrate growth through;
- Offering quality care to patients and ensuring good working relationship with our stakeholders
- Record all sentinel incidents/events and report within 24 hours using the provided tools
- Maintain and enforce infection control standards per the hospital manual and observe the infection control bundles (SSI, VAP, CAUTI and CLABSI) where applicable.
- Daily compilation of government reports and submitting them to the Unit Manager (leprosy, cholera, maternal deaths etc)
- Active participation in ward rounds and receive handover reports from the outgoing nurse on shift
- Proper documentation of patient notes and review; consulting with fellow clinicians, consultants when need be.
- Ensure that all diagnostic requests (lab and radiology) have patient’s clinical information.
- Ensure patients safety following the 6 International Patient Safety Goals (IPSGs)
- Provides patient and family education/teaching applicable to the patients’ medical condition.
- Organize emergency trolley for easy use during resuscitation, drugs and supplies are well stocked, damaged equipment is removed and reported promptly
- Update doctors/consultants on patient’s progress and any critical values as soon as they are available
- Ensure all the relevant consultants have explained procedures and have obtained consent.
- Complete official checklists for all patients prior to procedures (theatre, radiology, renal)
- Ensure patient privacy and confidentiality is maintained at all times, as per policy.
- Participate in emergency response
- Drug administration.
- Adhere to the 10 rights of drug administration (right patient, medication, dosage, route, time, documentation, client education, assessment, evaluation and client refusal of treatment)
- Submit all new drug orders to pharmacy promptly and STAT doses given within 30 minutes
- Keep D.D.A. drugs safe and drug register properly per unit requirements
- Ensure all verbal prescriptions should be signed within 24 hours by the respective doctor per the hospital policy.
- Ensure all treatment sheets have patients biodata including information on drug allergies.
- Any other duty as assigned by your immediate supervisor in line with the job description
Person Specification
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
- A valid nursing council of Kenya license
- Up to date BLS, ACLS/ATLS certificate
- 2 years’ experience in nursing
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Result Oriented
- Customer focus
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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