Nursing Officer Nurse Manager

**/*/****- ** **** NURSING OFICER- AGA KHAN HOSPITAL KISUMU

Triaging of patients and managing according to their priority needs

•Offer high quality nursing care services to patients admitted in the following approved protocols and procedures.

•Taking samples for various laboratory tests ordered urgently ie blood smaples

•Administration of prescribed medication and monitoring response to therapy, noting prognosis and any other adverse drug reactions.

•Accurate and timely monitoring of vital signs,documenting using tools already in place and prompt reporting of abnormal vitals, appropriate nursing intervention for patient care

•Timely recognition of emergency situations and appropriate intervention.

•Ensuring safe custody of patient information.

•Perform quick triaging of patients and visitors presenting in the triage area and assuming responsibility for ensuring focused attention to patients’ conditions.

01/O4/2021-3/31/2022

NURSING OFFICER- ADULT IN PATIENT DEPARTMENT (IPD) – MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES (MSF) FRANCE -HOMABAY

Triaging clients in the unit and clinics

Assisting and working together with CCC team in line with the MOH policies and guidelines

Providing skilled nursing procedures to clients as per SOPs

Administration of prescribed medications and noting any adverse drug reactions as per the scope of practice of the license

Attending and participating in team conferences as requested and organized by the organization

Ensure that patients’ confidentiality is maintained at all times.

Supervision of the care given by junior staffs and other cadres including ART Aides, Caregivers and hygienists

Provision and support of educational sessions at the CCC before offering the services

Organizing on follow up of clients who have defaulted treatment and care

Providing patients and family education related to the care

Exercising of appropriate judgment and decision making skills

Vitals signs monitoring and noting any abnormal values and intervening necessarily

Documentation and charting notes on the appropriate forms as per the protocols

04/011/2020 – 30/03/2021 – NAIROBI ADVENTIST HOSPITAL

NURSING OFFICER – GENERAL WARDS NURSE

•Offer high quality nursing care services to patients admitted in the COVID19 isolation (HDU/ICU) units following approved protocols and procedures.

•Administration of prescribed medication and monitoring response to therapy, noting prognosis and any other adverse drug reactions.

•Accurate and timely monitoring of vital signs,documenting using tools already in place and prompt reporting of abnormal vitals, appropriate nursing intervention for patient care

•Timely recognition of emergency situations and appropriate intervention.

•Ensuring safe custody of patient information.

•Perform quick triaging of patients and visitors presenting in the triage area and assuming responsibility for ensuring focused attention to patients’ conditions.

•Execution of tasks as may be delegated by senior nursing officers from time to time

•Liaising with other members of the healthcare team in management of patients with complex comorbidities.

•Supervising and mentoring junior nursing staff and students.

•Report writing and handing over of shifts.

•Coordinating and participating in continuous medical education (CMEs) Creation of daily and weekly work plans to ensure smooth running of departments.

•Implementing strategies geared towards IPC in the departments.

•Provision of various methods of family planning, ART initiation and follow up.

•Complete concise reports /data collection as required including the compiling of adequate patient reports and analysis for the disease trend prediction.

•Participating in multidisciplinary team meetings

01/04/2019 – 30/06/2020 – Kisumu, Kenya

COMPREHENSIVE CARE CLINIC, MIGOSI SUB COUNTY – JOOTRH {MOH NURSE INTERN

Project Profile: HIV/TB project operating within Migosi Sub County. It supports MoH decentralized facilities in implementing HIV/TB services in terms of mentorship, trainings, gap assessments, strengthening adolescents/pediatric HIV/TB programs, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) and community linkages of patients to care and treatment

mentoring the clinical team on the Adolescent package of care (APOC) to enhance quality care for the adolescents living with HIV

Facilitating mentorship on MOH ART/TB, PMTCT, HTS protocols and quality services for nurses, counselors and C.Os in Migosi sub decentralized facilities.

Training & Mentor the team on Point of Care Services (POC) Laboratory services like use of TB LAM, PIMA CD4 machine.

strengthening the quality of care by identifying the areas and the gaps (resource, material, SOPS, HR and lack of competence) and implement interventions as per the need

Assisting the MSF-F medical team in setting up and the implementing task shifting in drug dispensation, spacing of appointments and the relevant criteria for such activity

Responsible for continuing monitoring and assisting in Differentiated Models of Care e.g. Six Monthly Appointments (SMA), Community ART Groups (CAG) and the task shifted activities.

Data:

Compile weekly and monthly project reports

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

01/09/2014 – 30/11/2018 – Kisumu, Kenya

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING (BSN); NCK REG: 9061 – Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology {JKUAT}

05/02/2010-30/11/2013-Migori County

Kanyawanga Secondary School-Grade A {plain}

2003-2009-Migori County

Kondoro Primary School –Grade B+

HIV/TB TRAINING – Médecins sans Frontiers

CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF HIV – University of Washington (Department of Global Health and Medicine)

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Mother tongue(s): LUO Other language(s): English

KISWAHILI

UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING

WRITING

Listening

Reading Spoken production Spoken interaction

ENGLISH

C2

C2 C2

C2

C2

FRENCH

A1

A1 A1

A1

A1

Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user; B1 and B2: Independent user; C1 and C2: Proficient user

DIGITAL SKILLS

Microsoft Office Microsoft Excel Google Drive Zoom Outlook Microsoft Powerpoint Microsoft Word

Google Docs Skype Team-work oriented Organizational and planning skills Internet user

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS

Good resource management skills to include HR

Good conflict resolution tactics and setting a conducive working environment for all Ability to work in teams and meet deadlines

REFEREES

1.George Okado

Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) - France,

Homa Bay in Patient Department (IPD),

Cell: +254-*********

E-mail: ***********@*****.***

2.Mr Dancun Ndegwa

Nurse Manager

Nairobi Adventist Hospital,

Cell: +254*********

3.Karo Kogi

Kisumu County MOH -JOOTRH

Cell: +254*********

E-mail: ********@*****.***

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