Senior Public Health Nurse
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Job summary
Manage health interventions for the prevention of illness and promotion of health
Min Qualification:
Bachelors
Experience Level:
Mid level
Experience Length:
3 years
Job descriptions & requirements
Salary Scale: U3
Reports to: Principal Public Health Nurse, Medical Superintendent,
Directly Supervises: Nursing Officer (Public Health)
Location: Kayunga
Purpose of the Job
Manage health interventions for the prevention of illness and promotion of health.:
Key result areas
a) Provision of technical support and supervision in public health nursing.
b) Promotion of professional code of conduct and ethics.
c) Mentorship training and coaching
d)Promotion of research and innovation:
e) Management of staff performance
Key duties and responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities of a Senior Public Health Nurse are to:-
A) Provide quality Public Health Nursing services
b) Provide technical support and supervision
c) Enforce professional code of conduct and ethics in the provision of public health nursing services
d) Manage the performance of the public health nursing services staff
e) Conduct and utilize evidence-based research to improve public health nursing services
f) Mentor, train, and coach public health nursing staff
Qualifications
Either
a) Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing/Midwifery from a recognized University or Institution
b) Post Graduate Diploma in Public Health Nursing from a recognized University or Institution
c) Registered with the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council
d) Must have relevant working experience of at least three (3) years, at a senior level in Government or its equivalent from a reputable organization
Or
a) Advanced Diploma in Public Health from a recognized University or Institution
b) Bachelor’s degree in nursing/Midwifery from a recognized University or Institution
c) Registered with the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council
d) Must have relevant working experience of at least three (3) years, at a senior level in Government or its equivalent from a reputable organization
Behavioural Competencies
a) Results orientation
• Ready to achieve challenging objectives despite obstacles and roadblocks
•Ready to seize new challenges and opportunities to set and achieve results
•Integrates sustainability into work processes by setting actions that encompass building coalitions, capacity, and support
b) Leadership
• Resolves Team conflict and tries to create an atmosphere that encourages collaboration towards the achievement of results
• Makes sure that the practical needs of the team are met by removing roadblocks and/or obtaining the needed personnel, resources, and information, among others.
•Sets and articulates a clear direction for the team and inspires confidence in the team
c) Concern for quality
• Recommends and implements changes to procedures to achieve performance targets and meet expectations
• Uses initiative to define quality criteria/standards for the performance of one's own or others' work where none exist or where there is a variety of inconsistent standards
d) Judgment, decision making, and problem solving
• Easily and quickly identifies causes and recommends the most workable course of action within a good time
• Takes a leading role in arriving at a decision
• Takes follow-up action to ensure that the decision made is implemented
Technical Competencies
a) Planning, organizing, and coordinating
• Plans allocation of staff, funds, tools, and facilities
• Develops and implements work plans for complex projects
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of the relationships among various components of programs and organizes them to use resources most effectively
• Builds capacity through coaching, counseling, rewards, reinforcement of positive behavior, and effective design of planning systems
b) Financial management
• Can identify and lobby key stakeholders
• Can fit the organizational/departmental budget into the macroeconomic framework
• Can establish a link between the provision of financial resources and other resources
c) Managing employee performance
• Identifies competencies required of each job function for the achievement of those goals and can communicate that understanding to others
• Helps an individual clearly establish objectives for their job function and clarifies their job responsibilities and measures of success
• Helps staff establish methods for self-assessment and performance improvement
d) Coaching and mentoring
• Arranges increasingly complex learning opportunities or experiences for the purpose of fostering learning to make the individual independent
• Seeks to develop expertise, skills, or knowledge in the individual being coached to the point that the coach is no longer needed as a resource
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