{"id":100604,"date":"2026-07-11T08:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/nurse-covering-role\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T08:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:35:10","slug":"nurse-covering-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/nairobi\/nurse-covering-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurse Covering Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Nurse Covering Role\", \"description\": \"Key Responsibilities\\nTake overall charge of the ward\/unit during the assigned shift.\\nCoordinate nursing staff and allocate duties effectively.\\nEnsure delivery of safe, high-quality patient care.\\nSupervise medication administration and clinical procedures.\\nManage incidents, escalations, and shift handovers.\\nEnsure compliance with hospital policies and nursing standards.\\nLiaise with doctors and other departments as required.\\nRequirements\\nDiploma or Degree in Nursing.\\nValid Nursing Council of Kenya NCK practicing license.\\nMinimum of 3 years' experience as a Nurse In-Charge\/ Covering Nurse in a busy hospital.\\nStrong leadership, decision-making, and communication skills.\\nAbility to work flexible shifts at short notice..\\nImmediate availability is an added advantage.\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-07-09\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"Westlands Specialist Hospital\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Nairobi\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-07-23T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Westlands Specialist Hospital<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-07-23<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Key Responsibilities<br \/>Take overall charge of the ward\/unit during the assigned shift.<br \/>Coordinate nursing staff and allocate duties effectively.<br \/>Ensure delivery of safe, high-quality patient care.<br \/>Supervise medication administration and clinical procedures.<br \/>Manage incidents, escalations, and shift handovers.<br \/>Ensure compliance with hospital policies and nursing standards.<br \/>Liaise with doctors and other departments as required.<br \/>Requirements<br \/>Diploma or Degree in Nursing.<br \/>Valid Nursing Council of Kenya NCK practicing license.<br \/>Minimum of 3 years&#8217; experience as a Nurse In-Charge\/ Covering Nurse in a busy hospital.<br \/>Strong leadership, decision-making, and communication skills.<br \/>Ability to work flexible shifts at short notice..<br \/>Immediate availability is an added advantage.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested candidates should submit their CV and current KMPDC license to hr@wgshospital.com<br \/>Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjobmag.co.ke\/job\/nurse-covering-role-westlands-specialist-hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:10px 20px;background:#2271b1;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\">Apply Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: MyJobMag<\/small><\/p>\n<p><!-- job-expiry: 2026-07-23 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: Westlands Specialist Hospital Location: Nairobi Job Type: Full Time Apply Before: 2026-07-23 Job Description Key ResponsibilitiesTake overall charge of the ward\/unit during the assigned shift.Coordinate nursing staff and allocate duties effectively.Ensure delivery of safe, high-quality patient care.Supervise medication administration and clinical procedures.Manage incidents, escalations, and shift handovers.Ensure compliance with hospital policies and nursing standards.Liaise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1408,1409],"tags":[1425,1413,1412,2104],"class_list":["post-100604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-nairobi","tag-full-time","tag-job-listing","tag-myjobmag","tag-westlands-specialist-hospital"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}