Summary
Date Posted: Monday, August 14 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Overall purpose of the job.
To administer the nursing staff to ensure proper delivery of the nursing care.

Key Responsibilities
• Perform administrative duties at ward/ unit level
• Ensure quality nursing care is achieved by implementing nursing protocol
• Ensure a continuous nursing coverage on wards/units and receive daily reports.
• Ensure smooth running of ward/unit by allocating duties to nursing staff
• Ensure that wards are adequately equipped with equipment, supplies and drugs
• Provide educational and counselling services to staff and patients attendants
• Organise special clinics and outreach programs
• Call and conduct regular meetings for nurses and attend hospital management committee meetings.
• Participate in offering nursing care
• Participate in the periodical review of manpower in the hospital and advise the medical superintendent on the requirements.
• Participate in Primary health care activities.
• Compile monthly reports generated by the wards and submit a single report to the Medical Superintendent.
• Prepare and release duty rosters and annual leave plans for Nursing staff.
• Identify promotional and training needs of nursing staff and recommend to the Medical Superintendent.
• Participate in organization of Continuous medical education for Nursing staff.
• Conduct support supervision within and to lower units.
• Participate in the appraisal for all the nursing staff in the hospital.
• Participates in planning and budgeting for the hospital and lower units.
• Ensure compliance to company and hospital SHE policies
• Implement standard SOPs including PPE donning and doffing procedures for Covid / Ebola patients in quarantine / isolation ensuring MOH mandatory protocols
• Attending Continuous Professional Development (CPD) regularly and maintaining CME records
• Perform any other duties as maybe assigned by the Medical
• Superintendent/Management from time to time.

Knowledge, qualifications & Experience
Education:
• Diploma in midwifery / General Nursing
• An area of specialisation in a relevant field in nursing will be an added advantage
• Must be registered with the Uganda Nurses and Midwives council

Experience, Skills and Competences:
• Must have at least three (3) years of working experience at the level of a nursing officer


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Associate Degree

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