SCHEMES OF SERVICE FOR THE NURSING CADRE

3.2 Staff Performance
Upon deployment, a respective Responsible Officer shall have full
responsibility for the management of the Nursing Officer(s). The
Responsible Officer’s responsibility shall include:
(a) Management of the Nursing officer’s day to day performance
at work
(b) Periodic performance appraisals
(c) Pay, training and discipline; and
(d) Custody of personal and confidential records of the Nursing
officer
3.3 General Management Guidelines
The general management guidelines shall be as follows:
(a) Implementation of the Nursing Scheme
In implementation of the scheme, the positions shall be redesignated
to reflect the new titles introduced under the scheme.
(b) Recruitment and Promotion
Whether filling of a post requires recruitment from the open market
or internally, an MDA shall declare the vacant post to the MoPS
which will in turn clear the vacancy based on availability of funding
for the post and then declare such vacant post(s) to a relevant
Service Commission.
Serving Officers shall be eligible to progress to higher ranks on
attaining of higher qualification and /or having served the
required minimum number of years. The Officers shall further be
subjected to Service Commission interviews.
(c)
Deployment
i) Filling of posts in Ministries and Departments will normally be
filled through deployment or posting.
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