Critical Care Nurses
Job Description
The Critical Care Nurses’
job exists to provide advanced nursing services and patients care in the ICU
and HDU, to provide nursing research and training and advise on the same at
KUTRRH.
Duties and
Responsibilities
- Ensure
that the critical care centers are clean and in the right conditions to
provide the conducive environment needed by patients into the critical
care centers of the hospital.
- Ensure
that the critical care centers have all the machinery, equipment and
materials needed to provide critical care to patients admitted into the
critical care centers of the hospital.
- Set
up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors,
mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers,
or pressure lines, and identify malfunctioning equipment or devices, and
report the same to the biomedical engineering section of the hospital.
- Receive
patients in critical conditions that are referred to the critical care
centers and book them in for advanced care and attention in the hospital.
- Ensure
the provision of quality critical care nursing services to the admitted
critically ill patients, based on assessment data or identified needs in
the hospital.
- Monitor
patients for their progress and changes in status and indications of
health conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate
interventions together with medical specialists in the hospital.
- Administer
the prescribed therapeutic procedures based upon patients’ clinical status
and assess patients’ pain levels or sedation requirements in the critical
care centers of the hospital.
- Conduct
pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or
breathing sounds that indicate medical conditions of patients in the
critical care centers of the hospital.
- Document
patients’ medical histories and assessment findings, compile and analyze
data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests in the critical care
centers of the hospital.
- Perform
any other duties as may be assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
and Experience
- Diploma
or Degree in Nursing from a recognized institution.
- Higher
Diploma in Critical Care Nursing from a recognized institution.
- Registration
with the Nursing Council of Kenya.
- Valid
Practice License as a Critical Care Nurse.
- Must
have a Certificate in a course in life saving.
- Proficiency
in computer applications.
- At
least two (2) years working experience as a Critical Care Nursing Officer
in reputable health facility
How to Apply
