POSITION: Deputy Head of Nursing

REPORTING TO: Head of Nursing

DUTY STATION: Lifelink Hospital

JOB PURPOSE:

To coordinate and provide direction and guidance to the Nursing department, and being mindful of the uniqueness of the sub departments therein.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of Diploma in Nursing
• Registered General Nurse with up-to-date License with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Essential).
• Experience of working as a Nurse in the Independent Sector (Desirable) with more than 3 years working experience including at leadership level
• Training in Management/ Administration
• First Aid at Work Certificate (or willing to do a course)

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Excellent communication skills and ability to build effective working relationships with staff and management at all levels.
• Problem identification, analysis and solving skills
• Leadership skills
• Basic computer skills in Word and Excel.
• To keep abreast of new techniques in identified specialist areas
• Ability to enact policies and procedures
• A comprehensive understanding of the nursing

KEY RESULT INDICATORS

• Stock, Inventory AND equipment Management
• Timely, quality and accurate Reports
• Quality control measures in place and implemented
• Level of staff motivation and satisfaction
• Patient satisfaction

SPECIFIC JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in recruitment of staff in the nursing department.
• Participate in annual routine staff appraisal for the nursing departments.
• Training and supervision of new staff and all existing staff for the department.
• Participate in drafting annual reviews of job description related to the nursing department.
• Assess staff performances, mentorship and give feed back to the clinical coordinator and human resource.
• Identify individual/staff training requirements and try to address these needs through organization of seminars, CMEs, among others.
• To identify and recommend innovations and service changes in practice and be responsible for establishing the necessary clinical change.
• Participate in drafting SOPs for the department.
• To ensure standard patient care is maintained by the nursing staff.
• Identify gaps/areas of need within the nursing department, including the challenges and actively get involved in solving these challenges/filling up these gaps.
• Allocate duties and responsibilities to the nursing staff on a regular basis and follow up to ensure that staffs take their responsibilities.
• Organize duty cover weekly, and in cases of absence e.g. sick leaves, annual leaves.
• Plans and organizes staff annual leaves and forwards to HR in-time.
• Make monthly reports for the nursing department as may be required by management.
• Monitor stocks at the different stations (weekly) and utilization of supplies to ensure no misuse/stop wastage.
• To ensure proper record keeping within the nursing department.
• In charge of maintaining working relationships within the nurses, which includes scheduling, and conflict resolution where necessary.
• To initiate and lead discussions within the team which enables the team to take responsibility for solving problems and making decisions.
• To lead, maintain and enhance effective team working.
• To identify team members with specialist interests and support them in acting as a resource for the team.
• Ensure that staffs are following the Job descriptions as given to them.
• Ensure that staff are conforming to the clinic guidelines/rules and regulation.
• To report incidents/accidents as required by the Health & Safety policy
• Creation of an environment and culture that enables the hospital to fulfill its mission by meeting or exceeding its goals, conveying the hospital mission to all nursing staff, holding staff accountable for performance, motivating staff to improve performance and being responsible for the measurement, assessment and continuous improvement of the departments.

• Participate in recruitment of staff in the nursing department.
• Participate in annual routine staff appraisal for the nursing departments.
• Training and supervision of new staff and all existing staff for the department.
• Participate in drafting annual reviews of job description related to the nursing department.
• Assess staff performances, mentorship and give feed back to the clinical coordinator and human resource.
• Identify individual/staff training requirements and try to address these needs through organization of seminars, CMEs, among others.
• To identify and recommend innovations and service changes in practice and be responsible for establishing the necessary clinical change.
• Participate in drafting SOPs for the department.
• To ensure standard patient care is maintained by the nursing staff.
• Identify gaps/areas of need within the nursing department, including the challenges and actively get involved in solving these challenges/filling up these gaps.
• Allocate duties and responsibilities to the nursing staff on a regular basis and follow up to ensure that staffs take their responsibilities.
• Organize duty cover weekly, and in cases of absence e.g. sick leaves, annual leaves.
• Plans and organizes staff annual leaves and forwards to HR in-time.
• Make monthly reports for the nursing department as may be required by management.
• Monitor stocks at the different stations (weekly) and utilization of supplies to ensure no misuse/stop wastage.
• To ensure proper record keeping within the nursing department.
• In charge of maintaining working relationships within the nurses, which includes scheduling, and conflict resolution where necessary.
• To initiate and lead discussions within the team which enables the team to take responsibility for solving problems and making decisions.
• To lead, maintain and enhance effective team working.
• To identify team members with specialist interests and support them in acting as a resource for the team.
• Ensure that staffs are following the Job descriptions as given to them.
• Ensure that staff are conforming to the clinic guidelines/rules and regulation.
• To report incidents/accidents as required by the Health & Safety policy
• Creation of an environment and culture that enables the hospital to fulfill its mission by meeting or exceeding its goals, conveying the hospital mission to all nursing staff, holding staff accountable for performance, motivating staff to improve performance and being responsible for the measurement, assessment and continuous improvement of the departments.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to build effective working relationships with staff and management at all levels.
• Problem identification, analysis and solving skills
• Leadership skills
• Basic computer skills in Word and Excel.
• To keep abreast of new techniques in identified specialist areas
• Ability to enact policies and procedures
• A comprehensive understanding of the nursing

• Minimum of Diploma in Nursing
• Registered General Nurse with up-to-date License with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Essential).
• Experience of working as a Nurse in the Independent Sector (Desirable) with more than 3 years working experience including at leadership level
• Training in Management/ Administration
• First Aid at Work Certificate (or willing to do a course)