• Receive patients for different consultations using excellent customer care approach, and facilitate consultations and carry out doctors’ orders
• Provide emergency nursing care for clients and monitor their condition
• Plan and implement nursing care using good judgment and critical thinking skills based on scientific knowledge
• Collect samples from admitted patients for various laboratory investigations
• Follow agreed standards of infection prevention and control to create a safe environment for clients and a conducive working environment for clinical staff
• Perform voluntary counseling and testing for HIV, etc., with absolute confidentiality
• Arrange for the transfer of referred patients and proper handover to the appropriate staff in the referral hospital
• Ensure up-to-date registry of hospitals or clinics and their contact numbers for referral of patients/clients
• Perform hospital/home visits to follow up on patients’ health conditions or on their management and report back to the senior nursing officer and the managing doctor
• Prepare and present shift report to the principal nursing officer
• Participate in the development and delivery of health promotion, disease prevention and occupational health and safety programmes of the directorate
• Play an active role in the medical evacuation of patients and facilitate their return
• Participate in medical coverage for AU summits and meetings
• In collaboration with the principal/senior nursing officer, quantify and forecast requirements of medical/nursing supplies and equipment for procurement and submit on time to the immediate supervisor
• Give the required attention and care to all nursing equipment as required by the manufacturer and ensure preventative maintenance as agreed and on schedule
• Participate in continuing medical education programmes for medical staff
• Be part of the team in development of clinical care guidelines
• Provide supportive supervision for the medical attendants
• Receive and facilitate registration, triage, doctors’ consultation and carry out doctors’ orders
• Provide quality nursing care to clients at the AU Clinic in line with international nursing standards

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Nursing with two years of work experience in a clinical nursing role in a busy, tertiary level hospital
• Licence to practice as a clinical nurse in home country or country of residence
• Relevant work experience within a government hospital, private practice or an international organisation is essential
• Friendly demeanor, empathy and ability to communicate well with medical staff, clients and care givers politely
• Able to work effectively under pressure
• Able to maintain confidentiality at all times
• Ability to use various software packages and hospital information systems