About Us:
Penda Health is an award-winning, innovative healthcare company dedicated to delivering high-quality, compassionate, and trustworthy care to every patient we serve.
Our vision is for everyone in Africa to have healthcare they can trust — care that is accessible, reliable, and centered on people.
Today, our team of 500+ passionate professionals proudly operates 20 Medical Centres across Nairobi, Kiambu, and Kajiado Counties, offering a wide range of outpatient and diagnostic services that bring The Penda Way to life every day.
At Penda, we are building a culture where our people grow, our patients feel valued, and our communities thrive — because we’re Here When It Matters.
Role Summary:
Nursing Officer at Penda ensures the best quality of service and excellent patient experience through standardized patient triaging, management of emergencies, best MCH/FP services as well as other out-patient procedures.
Responsibilities:
- Provide comprehensive and high-quality clinical services. This includes initial assessment of patients, triaging, MCH/FP and nursing procedures as well as administering IV or IM medications using nursing best practice.
- Ensure the Medical Centre is always ready and well stocked with supplies and equipment, including well-packed clean and sterile items to attend to general and emergency cases.
- Be an Infection Prevention and Control Champion by implementing IPC best practices and Penda Health’s IPC protocols
- Accurately and comprehensively record patient data in Penda’s electronic medical record in real-time.
- Complete the necessary MoH reporting requirements and ensure timely and accurate submission.
- Provide quality patient education and excellent patient experience to all clients.
- Embrace, learn and develop in an evidence-based medical system in line with Penda’s developed protocols.
- Participate in continuous professional development to stay current with advances in medical practices and technology.
- Work with the nurse officer in-charge and/or branch manager to identify areas for process improvement and implementation of best practices (continuous improvement) to enhance overall clinical/nursing operations.
- You may be assigned additional tasks within the medical center by the branch manager or nursing officer in-charge.
- Be a great teammate and go above and beyond by actually making sure your teammates love their work. Work well with other colleagues and go above and beyond what is expected from you.
- Adhere to all ethical and legal standards of healthcare delivery.
Key requirements and attributes
- Diploma in Nursing - KRCHN holding a valid practicing license from NCK.
- Valid BLS certification is mandatory, ACLS is an added advantage
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a busy Healthcare Facility
- Demonstrated experience in MCH/FP
- Good communication (written and verbal) skills, outstanding patient interaction skills.
- Strong demonstrated ability to use electronic health records and digital health tools
Application Process:
If you are excited and meet the above qualifications, please apply. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Kindly note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, only candidates who are shortlisted will be contacted.
