Skills Laboratory Nurse (One Position)- Thika Campus

Qualification

Must have:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from a recognized Institution.
• Must be registered with Nursing Council of Kenya.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience at a comparable position.
• Must be Computer Literate.
• Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS).

Key responsibilities also include

Reporting to: Dean, School of Nursing

Duties and responsibilities:

• Assisting the chief technologist in day-to-day activities of the laboratory.
• Provide support in teaching and assessing courses in the nursing discipline at undergraduate level.
• Supervising practical conduction technologists and ensuring that they are of quality.
• Liaising with the directorate of teaching programs and the relevant department to ensure that practical conduction and their monitoring is done.
• Liaising with academic staff to discuss timetables, equipment requirements and work plans.
• Running trials of experiments prior to practical sessions and then demonstrating techniques for experiments.
• Preparing equipment and chemicals before practical sessions.
• Maintaining /being the custodian of equipment and laboratory apparatus in the assigned laboratory(ies).
• Reporting failure /breakdown of the equipment to the chief technologist
• Record keeping, e.g., student’s practical sessions, tracking methods results, etc.
• Ensuring that the laboratories are properly cleaned and that chemicals, drugs and other materials are appropriately stored.
• Cataloguing records and making them available when requested.
• Supporting the work of lecturers in laboratory sessions and giving technical advice to staff and students.
• Working with students and supporting them on research projects.
• Managing the stock control of chemicals and equipment.
• Contributing to research.
• Ensuring that all health and safety procedures are understood and followed correctly.
• Coordinating work in the laboratory to ensure efficient use is made of expensive pieces of equipment.
• Maintain laboratory equipment and supplies by cleaning maintaining quality assurance.
• Developing and maintaining standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the laboratory and equipment.
• Maintaining a clean sanitary work area in accordance with standard laboratory practice.
• Keeping up to date with technical developments, especially those which can save time and improve reality.
• Maintaining the catalogue of all equipment and their movement.
• Ensuring regular and scheduled maintenance log of equipment including their repair calibration.
• Any other duties that may be assigned by the immediate supervisor.