The UNIVERSITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced persons to fill the position of:
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The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) is the largest and fastest growing private higher education institution in the Caribbean. UCC’s dynamic leadership, together with its professionally qualified, experienced and committed staff, has exemplified best practice across the institutional development horizon for more than a decade.
UCC now seeks to recruit a University Nurse. The successful applicant should be a Registered Nurse, certified by the Nursing Council of Jamaica.School Nurse
- Identifies patient care requirements by establishing a personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
- Exercise professional judgment in making decisions.
- Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
- Schedule and administer at least two workshop sessions monthly accumulating to three hours on Personal Development, Hygiene and Sex Education.
- Communicate appropriately and effectively with students, parents, administrators and other school personnel
- Assures quality of care by adhering to standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and following nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by the Nursing Council of Jamaica and other governing agency regulations.
- Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies as well as Initiate referrals to the appropriate persons for intervention, remediation and follow-through.
Qualification and Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
- Valid nursing license
- Minimum of 2 years’ nursing experience, preferably in a Health Care Facility.
- Retired nurses are welcome to apply