2 Fresher Nurse USAID Project Jobs – Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
Job Title: Nurses (2 Fresher Jobs)
Organization: Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
Project Name: USAID RHITES-SW Project
Duty Station: Mbarara, Uganda
About US:
Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital has received a grant from EGPAF under the USAID RHITES-SW project to support implementation of integrated health services, including quality maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, malaria and child development services at the hospital.
Job Summary: The Nurse will provide continuous nursing care and public health interventions to clients and to provide support to medical personnel in effectively carrying out their duties.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Participates in the organization of the clinical set up i.e. formulates clinical duty roaster, prepares the doctors rooms etc.
- Takes vital signs of all patients
- Sorts patients by the very sick and immediately forward them to the doctors, takes the critically ill to the wards and re-sustains the very weak
- Participates in health Education by supervising the quality of health Education sessions by expert patients
- Carries out on going counselling
- Draws out patients files from records, distributes patients to doctors rooms and after the day’s work return all the files to records
- Files patients’ lab investigations
- Collecting and delivering drugs/sundries from the central stores
- Prepares and parks the prescribed drugs, dispenses septrin, and other drugs for
- Records all patients and drugs dispensed and declares the day’s drug balances to the senior nurse
- Participates in giving clinical weekly reports
- Participates in the distribution of important components of basic care packages to patients
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Diploma in Nursing and above from a recognised Nursing Institution or University.
- Must be registered with the nurses and midwives council.
- A minimum of two years’ experience working in HIV care, treatment and prevention will be an added advantage.
How to Apply:
All candidates should send their applications to: The Hospital Director, Mbarara regional Referral Hospital, P.O. Box 40, Mbarara or deliver them to the hospital registry. Applications should include cover letter, curriculum vitae, photocopies of certificates and testimonials of the academic credentials and contact information for 3 professional references. Applicants must clearly indicate on the application letter which position they have applied for their contact addresses and telephone numbers.
Email to: mbararareferral2018@gmail.com, mreferral.hospital@gmail.com
Deadline: 8th June 2018
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