United Nations Office at Nairobi Senior Nurse Jobs in Kenya

United Nations Office at Nairobi Senior Nurse Jobs in Kenya

Org. Setting and Reporting

The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) is the UN headquarters in Africa and the Director-General of UNON is the representative of the Secretary-General in Kenya.

UNON supports programme implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the Resident Coordination System (RCS) globally, as well as other UN offices in Kenya, by providing administrative, security, conference and information services (www.unon.org).

This position is located at the Joint Medical Services, Nairobi duty station.

Under the supervision of the Head Nurse, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties:

Responsibilities

• Responds to emergency calls, performs patient stabilization, and assists Medical Officers and Staff Counsellors in providing adequate care; ensure effective liaison between patient and private doctor, paramedics, family members, and colleagues as appropriate; and documents case findings. Ambulance escort operations in emergencies as may be required

• Providing support in implementing workplace occupational health programs, health education, and health promotion programs for staff including mental health and wellbeing programs; participating in the implementation of the mental health and wellbeing strategy

• Performs clinical assessment of patients visiting the walk-in clinic; provides care/advice accordingly or facilitates referral to the UN Medical Officer or to an outside physician, as indicated; Supports absence and case management, mental health referral services, and liaison with management on active cases

• Ensures preparedness of staff traveling on missions or reassignments, including administration of the appropriate vaccines, instructions on malaria prophylaxis, and other travel-related ailments. Instructs on the individual medical preparedness required for various duty stations

• Performs diagnostic and screening tests such as ECG, x-rays, laboratory (blood and urine), and other tests as required, as well as counseling staff for VCT services.

General

• Assists with the collection and analysis of data as well as preparation of data presentations and reports for information sharing, responding to queries, knowledge management, planning and decision making.

• Assists with visualizations and updating information material such as web pages or brochures. Ensures that requirements and background information used for data analysis are documented.

• Performs other related duties as required.

Competencies

Professionalism:

Knowledge of occupational nursing requirements, treatments and procedures. Ability to respond to emergencies and provide first care to patients and prepare for treatment. Knowledge of major medical office equipment and ability to use them in emergency situations. The ability to perform analysis, modeling and interpretation of data in support of decision-making.

Communication:

Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions to clarify and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; tailors language, tone, style and format to match audience; demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.

Client Orientation:

Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Bachelor of Nursing degree OR Diploma in nursing - Kenya Registered Nurse (KRN) Or Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse (KRCHN) diploma is required. Current registration and license with the Nursing Council of Kenya allowing unrestricted nursing practice in Kenya required. Training in infectious disease is desirable.

Passing the Global General Service Test (GGST) is a prerequisite for recruitment consideration in the General Services and related categories in the United Nations Secretariat.

Successful passing of the Administrative Support Assessment Test (ASAT) in English at the United Nations Headquarters (UNHQ), Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) or International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) may be accepted in lieu of the GGST. The GGST is administered to applicants when required before the administration of a written assessment and/or interview.

Work Experience

A minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible work experience in Nursing or related field is required.

Two (2) years, of the ten (10) years of experience, working in an Accident and Emergency Unit, Intensive Care Unit or Aeronautical medicine is required.

Experience in occupational health and safety at the work place setting is desirable.

Experience in supporting workplace health and wellbeing programs is desirable.

Work experience of one (1) year or more in data analytics or related area is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in English is required.

Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; United Nations Office at Nairobi Senior Nurse Jobs in Kenya

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