The Endoscopy Nurse provides essential nursing services within the CTC Endoscopy Unit to ensure patients receive high-quality care in line with hospital policies and regulations. The role involves assessing patient needs, coordinating treatments, and performing specialized clinical procedures in a mission-driven healthcare environment.
Key Responsibilities
Patient Care & Assessment: Assess assigned patients' needs, monitor and accurately record vital signs, and document all assessments and interventions.
Clinical Treatments: Administer medications and fluids, monitor patient input and output, and provide enteral feeding (nasal gastric tubes).
Specialized Procedures: Perform wound care, IV access insertion, catheterization, and nebulization treatments as required.
Patient Hygiene: Perform bed baths and hygiene tasks for bedridden patients, including oral care and skin protection to prevent decubitus ulcers.
Operational Duties: Organize and coordinate nursing care and medical treatments, handle patient handovers during shift changes, and facilitate discharge processes.
Safety & Quality: Practice strict infection prevention techniques (handwashing, waste handling), maintain a clean and safe work environment, and ensure compliance with legal requirements for nursing practice.
Public Relations & Education: Provide health counseling and teaching to patients and families, and promote effective interpersonal relations within the community.
Research: Identify research topics, construct research plans, and carry out surveys at the operational level.
Requirements and Qualifications
Education: Diploma in Nursing or a related field.
Specialization: Higher National Diploma in Gastroenterology or Endoscopy Nursing from a recognized institution.
Licensing: Valid registration and license from the Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK).
Experience: Minimum 3 years of progressive experience in a similar hospital role.
Technical Skills: Proficiency in endoscopy procedures and related patient care; good computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
Personal Attributes: Exemplary integrity, honesty, strong work ethic, and a passion for God and the well-being of mankind.
How to Apply
Interested candidates who meet the above criteria should send their applications to CTC.recruit@tenwekhosp.org on or before March 9th, 2026.
Applications must include:
A Resume.
A Cover Letter.
A Statement of Faith: This should describe your Christian faith, spiritual disciplines (e.g., prayer, study), and your current fellowship or place of worship, illustrating how your faith aligns with the mission of Tenwek Hospital and the Africa Gospel Church.
How to Apply
Interested candidates who meet the above criteria should send their applications to CTC.recruit@tenwekhosp.org on or before March 9th, 2026. Your application must enclose: a Resume, a Cover Letter, and a Statement of Faith. The Statement of Faith should describe your Christian faith and how you see it as relevant to your involvement with Tenwek Hospital, including a description of your spiritual disciplines and your current fellowship or place of worship.
