General Nurse at Avenue Hospital

General Nurse – Private Wing

Job Objective/Purpose

Adhere to Avenue Healthcare’s defined policies, protocols, procedures and standards.

General Nurse 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

General Nurse role 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