Renal Nurse

Organization: Southrift Hospital, Kericho

Job Title: Renal Nurse

Reports to: Nurse Manager

Contract Period: 1 Year Contract

• Mission: To provide quality and costeffective patient care with dedicated care to clinical excellence, patient safety and passion to the community we serve.

Job Overview:

Southrift Hospital is looking for a professional, goal oriented, organized, reliable and self-driven Renal Nurse to join our multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will be responsible to ensure an outstanding patient experience while providing the highest quality Pharmacy services.

Job Description:

• Provide hemodialysis treatments to patients, closely monitoring their vital signs, and administering medications as prescribed.

• Collaborate with a team of healthcare professionals to ensure the highest quality of care and patient safety

• Conducts pre and post dialysis patient assessment and patient discharge

• • Review doctor’s prescription for dialysis patients, collects pretreatment dialysis data, and reviews patient records prior to dialysis.

• Documenting and recording patient treatment data.

• Preparation of daily and monthly dialysis reports

• Provides patient and family education applicable to the patients medical condition

• Ensure proper records recording and safe keeping of patient’s records

• Ensure patients safety following the 6 International Patient Safety Goals (IPSGs)

• Submit all new drug orders to pharmacy promptly and proper management of renal stock inventory.

• Preparation of the dialysis delivery system, dialysate bath, and dialyzer and confirms that all mandatory alarm tests on the dialysis equipment are performed.

• Ensure financial objectives are met by managing costs within budget, timely and accurate billing of medication and services in the HMIS.

• Ensure compliance with all systems, policies and procedures as outlined in the Hospital Manuals, nursing and renal unit standard operating procedures and policies pertaining to provision of medical services, admission & discharge procedures, nurses’ reports, ward equipment and supplies, emergency protocols etc.

• Document and report all incidents/events and report within 24 hours using the provided tools.

• Prevent, detect and report any fraud or criminal activity.

• Keep D.D.A. drugs safe and maintain the DDA drug register properly per unit requirements

• Offering quality care to patients and ensuring patient satisfaction.

• Liaise with the Nurse in charge to fully implement internal audit recommendations and attain satisfactory ratings in subsequent audits.

• Adhere to Government and respective professional standards of care and treatment of patients as guided by the Nursing Council of Kenya.

• Any other duties as may be assigned by your immediate supervisor.