About CoRSU:
CoRSU was established in 2006 as a private non profit, non government organization in Uganda after extensive consultation with various stake holders. It is a Ugandan initiative which was encouraged and supported by CBM with the main aim of expanding and improving the rehabilitation services for children and people with disability.
The primary focus is on children with physical impairment for whom CoRSU provides orthopaedic and plastic/reconstructive surgical interventions and rehabilitation services. CoRSU provides free surgery for CWDs below 17 years of age; parents/guardians are expected to contribute towards hospital stay (accommodation and food).
Job Summary: The Nursing Aide works under a Registered Nurse’s supervision to support patients perform the most basic daily tasks. He/she provides extensive daily contact with each patient and plays a key role in the lives of their patients and in keeping the Registered Nurse in-charge up- to-date on vital information about the patients’ conditions.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Receive patients on admission, ensure they present a receipt for private ward, and admit in the correct room, admission book, and receipt book)
Ensure clinical rooms are ready for use at all times; set the rooms (by dusting , making bed, orientation of patients on the ward, providing towel, soap tissue)
Bathe, groom, shave, dress, and/or drape patients to prepare them for surgery, treatment, or examination
Escort patient to and from theater, x-ray, lab, (both private out patients and in patients), and physiotherapy for in patient.
Escort private patients to and from OPD
Take lab samples to the lab, and pick results
Collect drugs from pharmacy
Assist patient during discharge (ensure they have all their medication) and private belongings
Observe and check patients so that they do not take hospital property with them, on discharge
Generally, provide assistance with such tasks as: patient dressing, Toileting assistance and catheter care, Bowel and bladder care, Taking vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, etc), Helping patients walk, assisting with range-of-motion exercises, Helping wheelchair-bound patients using safe patient handling devices, Turning and positioning patients regularly, Reporting all changes to the nurse in-charge, safety awareness, Observing, reporting and documentation and Post-mortem care
Perform any other duties that may reasonably be expected from the immediate supervisor
Key Performance Indicators:
Admitted patients assisted through registration
Patients facilities (rooms), drugs and other requirements set up
Patients assisted to perform the most basic daily tasks/motion exercises
Discharged patients assisted through exit process
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The applicants should be Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA), Registered (RNA), or Licensed (LNA)
Completion of a state tested and approved Nursing Assistants (STNA) Course
Registration with the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council (UNMC)
A minimum of two years’ experience as a Nursing Aide/Assistant
Working knowledge of working with physiotherapeutic gadgets
Past experience of working in a health setting
Experience of working with Children
Basic principles of nursing and complete supervised clinical work course
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are strongly encouraged to send their application letters with detailed CVs, motivation letters and copies of professional / academic certificates to hr@corsu.or.ug or hand deliver to the Head of Human resources, CoRSU Hospital, P.O. Box 46, Kisubi, Uganda.
Deadline: 20th February, 2015