
School Nurse (tatu Girls)
Corporate Staffing Services
Nairobi | Full Time | Medical
Closing in 2 months ago
School Nurse (Tatu Girls) Job. Health and Safety Jobs In Kenya
Key responsibilities for the role include:
- Managing our students’ wellness and development and offering them psycho-social support as needed.
- Provide the students with basic health services throughout the school day and night.
- Maintaining close liaison with the Medical staff at the nearest Private Hospital consistently
- Handle confidential situations, information, and documentation.
- Maintain an updated record of all medication in the infirmary and tracking student medical history.
- Ensure students adhere to their prescription medication
- Support students with special medical conditions and advise the school accordingly
- Develop a robust reporting system within the infirmary and communicate with the procurement team in a timely manner.
- Communicate effectively at all levels with students, staff, parents and other clinicians and paramedics.
- Organize a professional development training for students and teammates addressing pertinent health issues.
- Inspecting boarding house facilities (toilets and bathrooms, laundry area) when pupils are away from the facilities and appraise the level of hygiene and cleanliness.
- Monitoring standards achieved by cleaners and other support agencies within the Boarding House and report on any deficiencies to the Director, Operations.
- Managing students with chronic medical conditions and students with disabilities.
- Keeping an up to date inventory of the infirmary supplies and create procurement lists on stock depletion
- Keep daily incident reports for all health and safety incidents reported
- Evacuation and Referral support for students who need more health interventions than can be offered at the school
- Support the catering department by ensuring that students take all meals and especially fruits and vegetables.
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Skills and Qualifications required:
- You have a Diploma or Degree in Nursing with great people skills.
- A professional, flexible and conscientious registered nurse with the ability to build a harmonious, energetic and cohesive relationship with students and co-workers.
- Professional counseling skills with a proven track record will be an advantage.
- You have 3-4 years’ experience as a registered nurse. Having worked in a school setting is desirable!
- You are willing to reside on the school campus under the school’s housing scheme.
- Ability to train students on basic health practices and standards
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