Employer: Uganda Heart Institute (UHI)
Job Title: Nursing Officer
Number of Vacancies: 44
Salary Scale: UHI 4 MED-2
Reports To: Nursing Officer – Cardiovascular
Direct Supervision: Critical Care/Ward Orderly
Duty Station: Mulago Hospital Complex, Kampala, Uganda
Application Deadline: 11 November 2026 at 5:00 p.m.

Job Overview

Uganda Heart Institute invites applications from suitably qualified Ugandans for 44 Nursing Officer positions. The successful candidates will contribute to the delivery of specialised nursing care to patients with cardiovascular conditions.

Job Purpose

To provide safe, comprehensive and patient-centred cardiac nursing care through assessment, monitoring, treatment, health education, disease prevention, rehabilitation and continuity of care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary healthcare team.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform administrative duties at ward or unit level.
• Implement nursing protocols to ensure quality nursing care.
• Allocate duties to nursing staff and students to support the smooth running of wards and units.
• Ensure wards and units have adequate equipment, supplies and drugs, and that these are safely kept.
• Provide education and counselling services to staff, patients and patient attendants.
• Participate in on-the-job teaching for midwifery, medical and nursing students.
• Participate in research and community education activities.
• Promote adherence to ethical practice by the healthcare team.
• Provide support supervision to staff on the unit.
• Conduct staff performance appraisals.

Qualifications and Requirements

Applicants must have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from a recognised university.
• Registration with the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council.
• A valid practising licence.

How to Apply

Submit a cover letter, copies of academic and professional certificates and transcripts, registration documents and a valid practising licence, curriculum vitae, O-Level certificates, A-Level certificates where applicable, a copy of the National Identity Card, and evidence of work experience where required.

Applications should be addressed to:

The Executive Director
Uganda Heart Institute
P.O. Box 37392, Kampala, Uganda.

Applications can be hand-delivered to the Institute’s headquarters at Mulago, Kampala, or emailed to erecruitment@uhi.go.ug.

Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on 11 November 2026. Incomplete applications and applications sent to other email addresses will not be accepted.

Official website: https://www.uhi.go.ug