Job Description
Registered Nurse I - (Critical Care) - Job Group “K” - Three (3) Positions - Advert No. 06/2024/05
Basic Salary Scale: Kshs. 39,700 – 52,960 p.m (Job Group ‘K’)
Allowances as per the SRC circulars attached to the position.
Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable.
For appointment to this position, a candidate must have:
i. Diploma in Kenya Registered Community Nursing or Kenya Registered
Nursing;
ii. Higher Diploma in Kenya Registered Critical Care Nursing, from a
recognized institution;
iii. Registration Certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya;
iv. Valid Critical care Practicing License from the Nursing Council of
Kenya; and
v. Certificate in Computer Application skills from recognized institutions.
Duties and Responsibilities
i. Identifying a patient’s specific and critical needs and adopt care plans
as necessary to meet those needs;
ii. Proving emotional support for both the patient and their families;
iii. Safe-guarding Hospital’s and patients’ confidential information and
property;
iv. Reporting all complaints and incidents to the In-charge as they occur;
v. Assess, plan, implement nursing interventions;
vi. Evaluate and document patient outcomes;
vii. Provide appropriate healthcare services using evidence-based practice;
viii. Facilitate patients’ admission and initiate discharge plans;
ix. Maintain patient records on health condition and care;
x. Initiate patient care and machine monitoring in the ICU;
xi. Nursing care prior to and following specialized surgery;
xii. Organize for continuous medical education on critical care; and
xiii. Ensure a safe and clean environment for care of critical patients.