St Theresa Mission Hospital-Kiirua continues to provide Affordable and Sustainable Quality healthcare through motivated workforce in accordance with social teachings of the Catholic Church and set professional standards, over the past 58 years. To strengthen our team, we are seeking to fill the following position:
Kenya Registered Pediatric Critical Care Nurse
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure that the critical care centers are clean and in the right conditions to provide the conducive environment needed by patients into the critical care centers of the hospital;
- Ensure that the critical care centers have all the machinery, equipment and materials needed to provide critical care to patients admitted into the critical care centers of the hospital:
- Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, or pressure lines, and identify malfunctioning equipment or devices, and report the same to the biomedical engineering section of the hospital;
- Receive pediatric patients in critical conditions that are referred to the critical care centers and book them in for advanced care and attention in the hospital:
- Deliver qualify nursing care in accordance with the set Nursing Standards and as per the policies and procedures of the hospital:
- Ensure the provision of quality critical care nursing services to the admitted critically ill pediatric patients, based on assessment data or identified needs in the hospital:
- Monitor patients for their progress and changes in status and indications of health conditions;
- Administer the prescribed therapeutic procedures based upon patients’ clinical status and assess patients’ pain levels or sedation requirements in the critical care centers of the hospital;
- Conduct pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate medical conditions of patients in the critical care centers of the hospital:
- Document patients’ medical histories and assessment findings, compile and analyze data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests in the critical care centers of the hospital:
- Evaluation of critical care nursing practice protocols in the critical care centers of the hospital;
- Any other duties as may be assigned by your immediate supervisor.
Applicants Qualifications, Experience, Competencies and Attributes;
- A Higher Diploma in Pediatric Critical Care
- A valid Nursing Council License
- Valid ACLS/BLS training
- Minimum 2 years of relevant working experience in Pediatric critical care.
- Commitment to providing high quality care and excellence.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Critical thinking, analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Great team player who can coordinate other team members to offer the best outcomes to the patient
- Ethical, Empathetic and patient centered.
- Ability to work under minimum supervision.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates may apply by sending their application to: recruit@sttheresahosp-kiirua.com quoting the job title (KENYA REGISTERED PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE NURSE) on the email subject. Deadline of application is Wednesday 31st December 2025.