Gloria Ndung'u
Kenya
Summary
Dynamic perioperative nurse intern with hands-on experience at Nazareth Hospital Ruiru, excelling in surgical assistance and patient monitoring. Proven ability to implement infection control protocols and enhance workflow efficiency. Adept at medication verification and fostering teamwork, ensuring optimal patient care and safety in high-pressure environments. Knowledge in Sorting and segregation of defective products. Recording of production documents and ensuring healthy work ethics and integrity.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Perioperative and theatre nurse intern
Nazareth hospital Ruiru
Ruiru, Kenya
01.2026 - 04.2026
- Organise and carry out all nursing activities related to the operating theatre in line with health protocols and universal hygienic standards.
- Ensure the preparation of materials and equipment, including checking quality and quantity, in the operating theatre.
- Manage patient reception, transport, and installation from the preparation room to the operating theatre, ensuring proper positioning for surgery.
- Assist the surgeon and anaesthetist during surgery by anticipating their needs and supporting them throughout the procedure.
- Monitor the patient’s vital signs with the nurse anaesthetist during surgery.
- Organise patient transport and installation from the operating theatre to the recovery room and supervise post-operative activities to prepare for the next surgery or emergency.
- Implement and follow hygiene, sterilisation, asepsis, and disinfection protocols throughout the pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative phases to ensure the safety of patients and staff.
- Supervise and train nurse-aides and cleaners in the operating theatre, ensuring they follow proper protocols and procedures.
- Perform cleaning and minor maintenance of biomedical equipment, following user manuals and alerting the supervisor of any malfunctions.
- Manage the stock of equipment and materials used in the operating theatre, ensuring efficient use of resources while preventing damage and deterioration.
- Complete and supervise administrative procedures, including checking patient identity and consent for surgery, filling patient files and forms, and collecting surgical data, ensuring accurate records are maintained.
- Participate in data collection and reporting for surgical activities in the operating theatre.
- Support other services when needed, working closely with the accident and emergency department and obstetrics.
Pharmacist
Transchem pharmaceutical ltd
Nairobi, Kenya
07.2025 - 08.2025
- Verifying dosage on medications prescribed by health care providers
- Preparing prescriptions according to prescriber instructions
- Ensuring whether or not a particular medication will interact with other medications used by the patient
- Verifying that the patient is not otherwise at risk of adverse reactions caused by a prescription
- Educating patients about how and when to take or administer the prescription
- Advising patients about potential side effects of medication and answering any questions they may have
- Administering various vaccinations, such as flu shots.
- Basic record-keeping and administrative tasks, as required.
General packaging staff
Kenafric industries
Nairobi, Kenya
07.2024 - 08.2024
- Assisted in maintaining cleanliness and organization of production areas in line with 5s methodology.
- Collaborated with team members to ensure efficient workflow during production shifts.
- Sorting and detecting products with defects.
- Maintaining production records of workstation
- Doing production reworks.
- Ensure safety by using PPEs and reporting incident and hazards.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Diploma in Perioperative Theatre Technology.
Thika School of Medical And Health Sciences
Kiambu, KenyaSkills
- Surgical assistance
- Patient monitoring
- Medication verification
- Infection control
- Sorting
- 5s methodology
- Charts interpretation
- Quality control
- First Aid
- Packaging
Languages
English
First Language
Swahili
Intermediate (B1)
B1
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Perioperative and theatre nurse intern
Nazareth hospital Ruiru
01.2026 - 04.2026
Pharmacist
Transchem pharmaceutical ltd
07.2025 - 08.2025
General packaging staff
Kenafric industries
07.2024 - 08.2024
Some College (No Degree) - Diploma in Perioperative Theatre Technology.
Thika School of Medical And Health Sciences