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Locum Staff Nurses
Main Duties:
- Planning, providing, and evaluating nursing care to patients on their individual needs
- Ensuring patients’ nursing needs such as physical, psychological and mental needs are attended to
- Providing individually tailored care to patients
- Assisting patients to perform their ordinary daily activities.
- Monitoring, recording and reporting changes in patient’s symptoms.
- Maintaining accurate reports on patients.
- Assessing the needs of patients and planning for nursing care.
- Participating in ward rounds with medical and nursing personnel.
- Assisting medical staff in the examination and treatment of patients
- Assisting in clinical investigative procedures.
- Orienting and supervising new staff and students.
- Ensuring proper coordination and smooth running of the ward activities.
- Ensuring good communication with patients and other departments for continuity of patient care
- Maintaining a safe and clean working environment by adhering to set standards and procedures
- Ensuring that patients discharged from the wards take with them the prescribed drugs and discharge summaries and follow up on any scheduled appointments.
- Any other duty assigned.
Required Qualifications for the Position
- Diploma in KRCHN/KRN/M
- BSc Nursing
- Computer Proficiency.
- Registered with NCK with a valid practicing license.
- Minimum experience of 2 years post-graduation in Nursing.
Nutritionist
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Main Duties
- Participate in patient ward rounds to conduct thorough evaluations and collaborate with medical teams
- to design tailored nutrition care plans.
- Develop and implement individualized nutrition therapy based on patients’ medical conditions.
- Provide patient education on healthy eating habits, dietary modifications, and lifestyle changes to support their treatment goals.
- Collaborate with healthcare providers, including doctors, nurses, and other specialists, to integrate nutrition strategies into patient care plans.
- Monitor patient progress, adjust nutrition plans as necessary, and ensure appropriate follow-up care.
- Maintain accurate patient records, ensuring compliance with hospital protocols and confidentiality standards.
- Keep detailed records of patient assessments, nutrition plans, and progress.
- Promote wellness programs by leading or supporting initiatives such as weight management programs, preventive health measures, or nutrition workshops for patients and staff.
- Manage special dietary needs by overseeing the prescription of special diets for patients requiring particular dietary interventions.
- Assess patient nutritional needs by conducting comprehensive evaluations of dietary habits, health conditions, and lifestyle factors to provide personalized nutrition advice.
- Design and implement individualized nutrition plans addressing specific medical conditions based on patient assessments.
Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:
- Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition or Dietetics.
- Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist by the Kenya Nutritionists and Dieticians Institute (KNDI).
- A minimum of 2 years of experience in a clinical or hospital setting.
- Strong knowledge of Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) and experience working with patients with chronic conditions.
Method of Application
If you are interested in the above position and you meet the requirements listed, please send your application together with a detailed CV, Copies of Academic Certificates, and three [3] referees and include their telephone contacts and email address to hrrecruit@materkenya.com to reach us not later than 18th April 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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