Critical Care Nurse at KANAM HOMECARE (2023-10 – Present)
Providing critical and intensive care nursing services to patients.
- Monitoring and managing patients on ventilatory and life-support systems
- Administering medications and treatments as prescribed
- Maintaining accurate and professional nursing documentation
- Supporting the overall quality of care within the facility
Case Management Officer at Uk-Med/Stand By Partner (SBP) For (WHO's Health Emergencies) (2025-02 – 2025-07)
- Liaise with technical units and pillars (RCCE, logistics, epidemiology) in outbreak hotspots establishing needs of the affected population in regard to case management including referral pathways for cholera treatment
- Support the IMS team and all partners with issues related to case management, setting up cholera treatment units and oral rehydration points
- Ensure that there are clear structures for coordination on managing the outbreak at county, state, and national levels in affected areas
- Monitor the implementation of the systems and procedures for emergency triage at healthcare facilities
- Provide training to the healthcare workers, hospital management and auxiliaries on cholera case management
- Compile and analyze incoming field information on treatment, health facilities, and health workers, ensure that updates are provided on a regular and timely basis to all levels of response
- Provide technical support to strengthening isolation facilities based on standard guidelines and principles for infection prevention and control, as and when required
- Perform any other incident-specific related duties, as required by the functional supervisor
Emergency Nurse - Cholera Treatment Centre at Uk-Med (2023-02 – 2023-06)
Triage responsibilities including rapid evaluation of all patients on arrival.
- Carries out a rapid evaluation of all patients on arrival
- Decides treatment plan (oral or IV rehydration)
- Provides initial emergency care (e.g. inserts line IV), until the patient is stabilized
- Initiates an individual patient file (parameters, observations, etc.)
- Alerts the doctor in the event of a problem: e.g. associated pathology (e.g. fever, cough), suspicion of acute malnutrition, pregnancy
Nurse - Critical Care at UK-EMT (2022-03 – 2022-04)
- Supporting Ministries of Health & partners to design, startup emergency response plan for COVID-19
- Perform health facilities assessments; Capacity building & training of national staff in case management, infection prevention & control measures, referral pathways, patient flow
- Surge clinical support for case management infection prevention & control
- Adaptation of WHO clinical guidelines to context needs & resource availability
Nurse - High Dependency /Intensive Care Units at Mediheal Group of Hospitals (2019-08 – 2023-01)
Assess, plan & implement care based on patients' needs, evaluate nursing care rendered.
- Assist doctors in performing various procedures within the scope of practice
- Documentation in a brief, accurate & complete manner
- Initiate CPR during Cardiopulmonary arrest, operate defibrillator as needed
- Assist anesthetist during intubation, operate mechanical ventilator with anesthetist consent
- Do ECG taking, IV cannulation, blood collection, nasogastric tube and Urinary catheter insertion
- Observe and monitor closely the patient and report undue development
- Safely administer and monitor medications given
- Demonstrate appropriate practice on infection prevention and control
Charge Nurse - Adult Wards at Kenya Red Cross Society, Dadaab Refugee Operations (2011-08 – 2016-12)
Ensure high standards of health care management are offered to the beneficiaries.
- Safe administration and monitoring of medication given
- Undertake day-to-day care assessment & provide clinical care to severely sick patients
- Initiate CPR during Cardiopulmonary arrest, operate defibrillator as when needed
- Assisting doctors in performing various procedures within the scope of practice
- Do IV cannulation, blood collection, nasogastric tube insertion & catheterization
- Observe and monitor closely patients for any undue development
- Demonstrate appropriate practice on infection prevention and control
Nurse - Intensive Care & Emergency Units at Pandya Memorial Hospital (1998-06 – 2010-12)
Assess, plan & implement care based on patients' needs then evaluate nursing care rendered.
- Assist doctors in performing various procedures within the scope of practice
- Documentation in a brief, accurate & complete manner
- Initiate CPR during Cardiopulmonary arrest, operate defibrillator as needed
- Assist anesthetist during intubation, operate mechanical ventilator with anesthetist consent
- Do ECG taking, IV cannulation, blood collection, nasogastric tube and Urinary catheter insertion
- Observe and monitor closely the patient and report undue development
- Safely administer and monitor medications given
