Job Description
The Nurse A2 is responsible of providing nursing care and mentoring nursing students in the clinical practice
II. Key Duties and Tasks
• Acts as liaison between the patient and other hospital personnel
• Assess patient’s general health status (consultation)
• Assume and maintain patient and his environment hygiene and infection control
• Conduct normal delivery
• Deliver detailed nursing instructions to patients for discharge
• Document and communicate actions to maintain continuity among the nursing team
• Educate patient and his family their roles of promoting successful therapy and rehabilitation
• Engage in research activities related to nursing and mentor nursing students and nurses A1 in the clinical practice
• Making patient transfer to high level (outpatient department or within ambulance)
• Monitor record and report vital signs, symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions and signs within his/her full name
• Perform activities: ARTs, TB, NCDs
• Perform Minimum Package Activities of Health center.
• Prepare a nursing care plan according to the needs and area of work with the help of other health professionals
• Prescription of drugs
• Perform any other duties assigned by his/her supervisor
Minimum Qualifications
- Diploma (A2) in Nursing0 Year of relevant experience
- Associate Nurse0 Year of relevant experience
Competency 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
- Ability to provide care as prescribed in the scope of practice under the supervision of registered nurse/midwife/clinical officer/mental health nurse
- Ability to maintain safe environment for the patient
- Ability to document clinical care
- Ability to use basic health center equipment
- Ability to apply basic computer knowledge