Nurse Clinical Officer

Job responsibilities

Assess patient’s health problems and needs;

• Provide the health education in order to increase the knowledge of trainees about the communicable diseases.

• Conduct the screening of health problems among the youth live at Rehabilitation and new comers.

• Assess the physical fitness of new comers, Conduct the HIV voluntary test and counselling for youth.

Develop and implement nursing care plans;

• Provide good custom care to the patients, prepare nursing care plan for each hospitalized patients,

• Conduct consultation of patients according to the National guideline,

• Request drugs and all materials needed in health services,

• Prescribe and administer the drugs to the patients,

• Prepare transfers and accompany the referred patients to the District hospital,

• Conduct the night duties,

• Report the patient’s daily condition,

• Provide Minor surgical interventions for the injured patients,

• Make sure that the medical materials needed in surgical service are availed and sterilized

Maintain medical records, record all drugs dispensed,

• Monitor and report expiration dates of the drugs and medicines,

• Ensure the safety of patients records,

• Monitor and record vital signs on client fil

Administer nursing care and supervise nutrition service;

• Collaborate with nutritionist in screening and management of malnourished cases.

• Evaluate the improvement of patients under nutrition program.

Advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management;

• Ensure general hygiene of the patients,

• Provide the health education for the patients about the prevention of various diseases.

Submit a regular and emergency report to the Head of Medical services,

• Report at time the suspect epidemic diseases.

• Prepare and submit regular reports.

Qualifications

• Advanced Diploma in Clinical Medicine

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Clinical Medicine

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor's Degree in General Nursing

  0 Year of relevant experience

• ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN GENERAL NURSING

  0 Year of relevant experience

Required competencies and key technical skills

• Integrity

• Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills

• Inclusiveness

• Accountability

• Communication

• Teamwork

• Client/citizen focus

• Professionalism

• Commitment to continuous learning

• Resource management skills

• Analytical skills

• Problem solving skills

Decision making skills

• Risk management skills

• Results oriented

• Digital literacy skills

• Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage

• Hospitality skills