Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

CDL was founded in early 2003 by its current Managing Director Lucy Mmari.Within her 14 year tenure in a well established logistics company, She honed her skill in human resources management and thereafter started CDL.

Responsibilities or duties

Dialysis Care & Clinical Management: The role ensures safe delivery of hemodialysis and/or peritoneal dialysis by preparing, initiating, monitoring, and completing dialysis sessions in accordance with prescribed treatment plans and clinical protocols.

Patient Monitoring & Complication Management: The role ensures continuous monitoring of patient vitals and clinical status before, during, and after dialysis, and promptly identifies, manages, and escalates complications such as hypotension, cramps, and disequilibrium syndrome.

Dialysis Equipment Operation & Safety: The role ensures proper operation, troubleshooting, and safe use of dialysis machines and related equipment to maintain treatment accuracy and patient safety.

Infection Prevention & Control (IPC): The role ensures strict adherence to IPC protocols in all dialysis procedures, vascular access handling, and equipment usage to minimize infection risks.

Patient Education & Counseling: The role ensures effective patient and family education on renal disease management, dietary restrictions, fluid control,medication adherence, and home care practices.

Clinical Documentation & Reporting: The role ensures accurate and timely documentation of dialysis sessions, patient progress, incidents, and treatment outcomes in compliance with hospital standards.

Multidisciplinary Collaboration: The role ensures coordination with nephrologists, dieticians, and other healthcare professionals to provide comprehensive renal care.

Quality Improvement & Clinical Audits: The role participates in renal audits, quality improvement initiatives, and patient outcome reviews to enhance service delivery and clinical performance.

Consumables & Equipment Management: The role ensures proper handling, storage, and accountability of dialysis consumables and equipment to maintain availability and prevent wastage.

Incident Reporting, Escalation and Risk Management: Ensure all clinical and operational incidents are promptly reported and escalated in accordance with hospital protocols.

Emergency Response Support: The role ensures readiness to support emergency renal interventions and critical care situations within the unit.

Strategic Program Responsibilities

The Renal Nurse will support implementation of hospital strategic priorities by ensuring excellence in renal care delivery, patient safety, infection prevention, clinical outcomes, and operational efficiency in alignment with hospital quality frameworks and regulatory standards.

Clinical Outcomes & Patient Recovery: Ensures delivery of effective dialysis care that improves patient stability and supports recovery outcomes.

Infection Prevention & Control (IPC): Ensures strict adherence to IPC standards to minimize dialysis-related infections.

Patient Safety, Duty of Care & Clinical Accountability: Ensures delivery of safe, competent, and timely clinical care in line with professional duty of care obligations, including early identification of risks, appropriate escalation, and adherence to clinical protocols.

Quality & Clinical Governance: Ensures compliance with clinical standards, protocols, and audit requirements.

Patient Experience & Education: Enhances patient satisfaction through effective care delivery and patient education.

Operational Efficiency & Service Flow: Ensures timely dialysis sessions and reduced delays in service delivery.

Multidisciplinary Care Integration: Ensures seamless coordination with clinical teams to support holistic patient management.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (KRCHN / BScN)

Post-basic training or certification in Renal Nursing / Dialysis Nursing

Valid Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK) practicing license

Registered with the Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK)

Renal nursing certification (mandatory)

ACLS and BLS Certification

Experience needed

Minimum 2–3 years’ experience in a dialysis/renal unit

• Safe delivery of hemodialysis and/or peritoneal dialysis by preparing, initiating, monitoring, and completing dialysis sessions in accordance with prescribed treatment plans and clinical protocols.
• Continuous monitoring of patient vitals and clinical status before, during, and after dialysis, and promptly identifies, manages, and escalates complications such as hypotension, cramps, and disequilibrium syndrome.
• Proper operation, troubleshooting, and safe use of dialysis machines and related equipment to maintain treatment accuracy and patient safety.
• Strict adherence to IPC protocols in all dialysis procedures, vascular access handling, and equipment usage to minimize infection risks.
• Effective patient and family education on renal disease management, dietary restrictions, fluid control, medication adherence, and home care practices.
• Accurate and timely documentation of dialysis sessions, patient progress, incidents, and treatment outcomes in compliance with hospital standards.
• Coordination with nephrologists, dieticians, and other healthcare professionals to provide comprehensive renal care.
• Participation in renal audits, quality improvement initiatives, and patient outcome reviews to enhance service delivery and clinical performance.
• Proper handling, storage, and accountability of dialysis consumables and equipment to maintain availability and prevent wastage.
• Prompt reporting and escalation of all clinical and operational incidents in accordance with hospital protocols.
• Readiness to support emergency renal interventions and critical care situations within the unit.
• Excellence in renal care delivery, patient safety, infection prevention, clinical outcomes, and operational efficiency in alignment with hospital quality frameworks and regulatory standards.
• Delivery of effective dialysis care that improves patient stability and supports recovery outcomes.
• Strict adherence to IPC standards to minimize dialysis-related infections.
• Delivery of safe, competent, and timely clinical care in line with professional duty of care obligations, including early identification of risks, appropriate escalation, and adherence to clinical protocols.
• Compliance with clinical standards, protocols, and audit requirements.
• Enhancement of patient satisfaction through effective care delivery and patient education.
• Timely dialysis sessions and reduced delays in service delivery.
• Seamless coordination with clinical teams to support holistic patient management.

• Renal Nursing
• Dialysis Nursing
• Patient Monitoring
• Complication Management
• Dialysis Equipment Operation
• Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
• Patient Education
• Clinical Documentation
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration
• Quality Improvement
• Risk Management
• Emergency Response
• ACLS Certification
• BLS Certification

• Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (KRCHN / BScN)
• Post-basic training or certification in Renal Nursing / Dialysis Nursing
• Valid Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK) practicing license
• Registered with the Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK)
• Renal nursing certification (mandatory)
• ACLS and BLS Certification