Registered Nurse

Company:Unilever Tea Tanzania Ltd
Areas: Iringa, Mufindi
Position Description:
Company Profile
Unilever's mission is to add vitality to life. We meet everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene, and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life.
Our Corporate Strategy aims to double the size of our business by 2020 while halving our environmental footprints.
Every day, around the world, people drink cups of tea. Our brands are trusted IJ everywhere and, by listening to the people who buy them, we can confirm that we've grown to become one of the world's most successful fast moving consumer goods companies.
Besides, Unilever places so much value on employee engagement and development by providing vital and relevant professional experiences.
Unilever Tea Tanzania Limited is a plantation company operating under Unilever Tea, East Africa (UTEA). UTIL employs over 5,500 employees whose safety and security are very important to the business.
We are currently looking to hire Assistant manager - Mechanical workshop, Assistant Manager - Engine and pumps, Assistant Manager Electrical, Registered Nurses and Assistant Accountant bank reconciliation and VAT for our Tanzania business. These roles will be both office and field based and requires candidates with knowledge for the respective jobs discipline.
Department: Medical Department
Job Position:Registered Nurse 
Reports to: Hospital Matron
Location:  Mufindi, Tanzania
Duties and responsibilities of Registered Nurse
-Giving direct nursing care to individual patients.
-Keeping custody of patients valuables, hospital property and safety of patients and staff
-Maintaining highest nursing ethical conduct and etiquette guided by philosophies of nursing and those formulated in the hospital.
-Utilizing nursing process as a guide for planning nursing care, ordering nursing intervention to meet patients needs and implement -both intervention and treatment regimes
-Ascertaining correctness and validity of doctor's prescription for treatment before, during and after giving treatment to patients.
-Keeping accurate and update state of health observation charts, and nursing care notes
-Assist in major operations and surgical procedures when required and also during outside working hours.
-Advising and liaising with matron all matters pertaining to patients care i.e requirement for standard nursing care and supervise their -implementation Assisting in orientation of both new nursing staff, patients, and visitors Maintaining the ward conducive for patients -care and writing nursing and patients progress report
-Liaising with Religious leaders for patients spiritual care adoration and ablution(baptism)
-Implementation of company defined policies ,procedures ,programs and systems allowing the unit/Department to meet the company -commitment on Occupational Health, Safety environment care and consumer safety
-Proactive identification of hazards or environmental aspects and putting in place effective safeguards aiming at eliminating/reduction of accidents or incidents. Facilitation of learning for nursing staff in class room and clinical setting. Supervise Enrolled Nurses and Medical attendants under her/ his care.
-Prepare work plan for staff under her/his care
-Responsible for giving health education on common diseases to in patients.
Relevant Skills and experience
-A Diploma in Nursing
-3 years experience in relevant field
-Effective communication and influencing skills
-Good spoken/written English and Swahili languages Good computer skills
-Flexibility with work hours depending upon business needs
-Excellent communication skills and trainer capabilities
Application Instructions:
All applications should be sent to the address below on or before 11th October 2013. Eligible candidates are required to submit detailed CV with names of three referees and an application letter.
Unilever is an equal opportunity employer.
Unilever Tea Tanzania Ltd
P.O.BOX40,
Iringa
Mufindi
Source:The Guardian 26th September,2013