At a glance
- Closing date
- 21 January 2027 (89 days left)
- Where
- Nairobi, Kenya
- How to apply
- On brightermonday.co.ke, where the employer takes applications.
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- This employer
- EMMANUEL TREATMENT AND RESOURCE CENTER LIMITED has 2 open roles on RezSync.
Psychiatric Nurse
Job Location: Ngong
Duties and responsibilities
A Psychiatric Nurse, or mental health nurse, provides direct patient mental health care based on the orders of a doctor or nurse practitioner. Their duties include administering medications, implementing treatment plans and educating patients.
Psychiatric Nurses balance treatment for several patients at once, requiring flexibility and attention to detail. The job description for Psychiatric Nurse positions typically includes several duties and responsibilities, such as:
● Following the doctor’s orders and treatment plans
● Collaborating with other medical professionals
● Administering medications and monitoring responses to medication
● Conducting screenings and evaluations and monitoring patients
● Educating patients and family members
● Communicating with other care team members
● Documenting all treatments, medications and other patient care aspects in medical records
● Responding to emergency psychiatric situations
Minimum Requirements
● Preference given to Certificate in Enrolled Community Health Nursing with psychiatry must have license
● Experience in a mental hospital/a rehabilitation setting.
● Ability to interact in a professional manner in both individual and group counseling settings.
● Excellent oral and written communication skills.
● Ability to work with a team of professionals and have the ability to implement team strategy approaches to work assignments.
● Ability to work with minimal supervision.
● Must be clean and sober.
DISCLAIMER:
This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skills, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
Interested candidates to send a written application and attaching copies of credentials indicating the position applied for to Human Resource at info@etrcenter.org Closing date being October 30, 2026
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