General Nurse – OPD at Avenue Healthcare
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Date posted
November 21, 2025
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Closing date
November 21, 2025
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Hiring location
Thika
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree Diploma
Description
ERF0205 | General Nurse - OPD
Purpose Statement
Our purpose is to enable and maintain health.
Mission
To provide high quality care that exceeds our clients’ expectations.
Job Description
About Avenue Healthcare
Avenue Healthcare is one of the leading private healthcare groups in East Africa running 3 Hospitals, and 15 clinics across Kenya, and a Homecare business. With over 25 years in the healthcare industry, Avenue Healthcare runs 300 hospital beds with over 1.000 staff members, and more than 400 specialists and serves over 400,000 patients annually, offering primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare services.
POSITION: GENERAL NURSE - OUTPATIENT
TYPE: PERMANENT
LOCATION: THIKA
DEPARTMENT: NURSING
REPORTS TO: UNIT MANAGER
Job Objective/ Purpose:
Provide professional and compassionate nursing services and high-quality care to patients, by ensuring their review and treatment as per the Hospital protocols, and nursing standards and practices.
Key Responsibilities:
1.Work with the Clinical team to navigate patients through the treatment journey to help address underlying medical conditions, and provide treatment as per plan.
2.Ensure all nursing protocols have been administered as per the set-out policies and guidelines, recording and reporting all sentinel incidents/events within 24 hours using the provided tools.
3.Constantly Monitor, assess and chart a patient's condition and response to treatment and medication, including the patients' physical and psycho-social status, and adjust treatment accordingly.
4.Ensure proper and effective drug administration and management as per policy and procedures.
5.Actively participate in patient admission, receive handover reports from the outgoing nurse on shift, while ensuring all the relevant consultants have explained procedures and have obtained consent.
6.Effectively and confidentially manage patient data and records.
7.Ensure patients safety following the 6 International Patient Safety Goals (IPSGs).
8.Supervise Patient Attendants as per their job description.
9.Maintain and enforce infection control standards per policy, and observe the infection control bundles (SSI, VAP, CAUTI and CLABSI) where applicable.
10.Organize emergency trolley for easy use during resuscitation, ensure drugs and supplies are well stocked, damaged equipment reported promptly, and a checklist kept and updated as needed.
11.Ensure the unit is financially viable and demonstrate growth by managing costs and ensuring proper pre - authorization and documentation is done.
12.Ensure that Avenue Healthcare corporate governance policies are adhered to, including preventing, detecting, and reporting any fraud or criminal activities, and Implementing audit recommendations.
13.Ensure adequate knowledge of and compliance to all Avenue Healthcare policies, procedures, and systems, especially policies pertaining to the provision of medical services i.e. Admission & discharge, nurses’ reports, equipment and supplies, etc.
14.Adhere to Government and respective professional standards of care and treatment of patients as guided by the Nursing Council of Kenya.
15.Any other duty as assigned by the supervisor.
Person Specification
- BSc in Nursing or Diploma in Nursing.
- A valid Nursing License from NCK
- Updated certification in BLS, ACLS.
- 2+ years’ experience working in a busy environment.
- Customer focus and results oriented
- Strong interpersonal skills, team playing abilities, and communication skills.
- Highly responsive, ethical and responsible
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