Director Nursing Services at Machakos County Public Service Board

Duties and Responsibilities

• Giving technical advice in a Nursing field of specialty at national/county level of healthcare services,
• Development and dissemination of policies, standards and policy guidelines.
• Developing, implementing and reviewing health care policies relating to nursing services.
• Initiating development and review of training programmes for nurses
• Ensuring compliance with nursing standards guidelines and ethics
• Developing standards and guidelines for nursing commodities
• Compiling monitoring and evaluation reports of nursing services at county/national government
• Ensuring recommendations from nursing research from nursing research is utilized to inform policy development
• Developing departments strategic/work plans
• Training and development of nursing staff and
• Annual planning and budgeting for nursing services.

Requirement for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, an officer Must have;

• Served in the grade of Senior Assistant Director Nursing Services for a minimum period of three (3) years
• Bachelors’ degree in either Nursing or Midwifery from a recognized institution

OR

• Higher diploma in any of the following discipline: Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing, Registered Anesthesia Nursing, Kenya Registered Psychiatric Nursing, Kenya Registered Peri-operative Nursing, Kenya Registered Ophthalmology Nursing, Kenya Registered Paediatric, Kenya Registered Critical Care Nursing, Kenya Registered Accident & Emergency Nursing, Kenya Registered Neonatal Nursing, Kenya Registered Nephrology Nursing or Kenya Registered Palliative Nursing from a recognized institution.

OR

• Diploma in Advanced Nursing in any of the following disciplines, Nursing, Education Psychology, Nursing Administration, Community Health Nursing, Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing or Clinical Care from a recognized institution.
• Masters’ Degree in any of the following disciples: Nursing, Midwifery, Medical Surgical Nursing, Pediatric Nursing, Critical Care Nursing, Oncology and Palliative Care Nursing Forensic Nursing, Community Health Nursing, Nursing Education, Nursing Management or Geriatric Nursing from a recognized institution.
• Registration certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya.
• Valid practicing license from the nursing Council of Kenya
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution and
• Demonstrated a high degree of professional competence and administration capability as well as broad experience in Nursing and Health standards and programmes.