Job Adverts for New
NWH Medical Centre - Kitengela
Nairobi Women’s Hospital is trusted with the healthcare of Women in Africa, and with passion, we deliver healthcare.
We are recruiting for the following high calibre individual to join our team of healthcare professionals.
1. Manager - Medical
CentreNairobi Women’s Hospital is trusted with the healthcare of Women in Africa, and with passion, we deliver healthcare.
We are recruiting for the following high calibre individual to join our team of healthcare professionals.
2. Pharmaceutical Technologist
3. Laboratory Technologist
4. Radiographer
5. Senior Staff Nurse
6. Staff Nurse
7. Counsellor
8. Medical Officer
9. Medical Records Technologist
10. Registration Clerk/Cashier
11. Social Officer (Hurlingham)
Manager - Medical Centre
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
- Leading
in business model (mission, vision, structure tree ) implementation in
line with the Hospital’s goals and plan within the medical centre
- Planning
and managing day to day operations and serving as a resource in provision
of patient care and unit activities in line with Organizational and
regulatory policies and procedures while ensuring efficiency and
effectiveness.
- Formulating
and implementing policy and procedures to ensure timely decisions that
directly impact patient care.
- Responsible
for quality, health and safety within the medical centre including
reviewing activity data and forecast and ensuring preparedness for all
changes needed with the medical centre.
- Supervising,
Directing, Developing, medical centre staff and providing managerial
support as required achieving highest levels of performance including
coaching staff to develop problem solving and decision making skills.
- Function
as the medical centre liaison with patients, businesses, hospitals,
academic administration, and faculty.
- Ensure
maintenance of accurate on-site Medical Records and Financial
administration and ensuring that all data is collated and analyzed as
required.
- Determine
annual goals for the medical centre, preparing budgets & plans
accordingly & provide regular reports on business performance in
relation to goals.
- Ensuring
budgetary control and implementing functional controls to achieve Medical
Centre profitability and mitigate risks.
- Ensure
Superior Customer Experience to all internal and external clients
Qualifications and Skills
- At
least 5 years relevant experience , 2 of which must be in managing a
medical centre or a busy casualty
- A
diploma from a reputable organization in any medical area.
- A
Bachelor’s Degree in any medical area will be a definite advantage.
- Previous
experience managing a medical centre or a busy casualty is a must
- Good
working knowledge of finance procedures, reporting and MIS is required.
Pharmaceutical Technologist
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
- Receiving,
filling and dispensing drugs and medical supplies as ordered or prescribed
by a qualified medical practitioners
- Inventory
control
- Ensuring
pharmacy equipments are kept in good working condition
- Ensuring
regular updates on the various pharmacies registers e.g. DDA, ARV’s e.t.c.
- Filling/storing
prescriptions and maintaining them for the required number of years as
guided by law
- Ensuring
prompt communication to clients of any therapeutic incompatibilities and
potential drug interactions
- Clarification
of prescription to patients and notification of any prescription errors to
the prescriber
- Updating
of drug patient bills
- Generating
relevant reports as the basis for the statistical reports on the
consumption and balances of stocks in the pharmacy
- Promoting
rational drug therapy
- Ensure
Superior Customer Experience to all internal and external clients
Qualifications and Skills
- At
least 2 years relevant work experience
- Diploma
in Pharmaceutical Technology
- Valid
registration license by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board
Laboratory Technologist
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
- Ensuring
all Laboratory equipments are in good condition before starting the day’s
work
- Ensuring
availability and optimum utilization of reagents for cost effectiveness
- Producing
timely and accurate in line SOPs
- Billing
all procedures to capture revenue
- Documenting
all processes and results to ensure availability of supportive information
- Implementing
all set stock control procedures to ensure accountability
- Ensure
Superior Customer Experience to all internal and external clients
Qualifications and Skills
- At
least 2 years experience
- Diploma
in Medical Laboratory Technology from a board recognized institution
- Registration
with the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technologist and Technicians Board
- HND is
an added advantage
Radiographer
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
- Performing
clinical assessment and diagnostic x-ray examinations.
- Generating
images by using cognitive x-ray skills to identify, record, and adapt
procedures as appropriate to anatomical, pathological, diagnostic
information and images.
- Differentiating
between normal and pathologic findings by using independent judgment during
the x-ray exam
- Managing
work schedule with Departmental Manager and/or scheduling work to assure
workload coverage.
- Resolving
the problems by addressing problems of patient care as they arise and make
decisions appropriately.
- Taking
responsibility for the safety, mental and physical comfort of patients
while they are in the radiographer care.
- Maintaining
a daily log of patients seen and completing all required billing
information.
- Ensuring
preventive maintenance in handling imaging equipments and work area
- Maintaining
adequate supplies to ensure uninterrupted service to clients.
- Ensuring
compliance with all regulatory requirements.
- Establishing
and maintaining ethical working relationships and good rapport with all
interrelating hospitals, referral or commercial agencies.
- Ensure
Superior Customer Experience to all internal and external clients
Qualifications and Skills
- At
least 1 year relevant work experience
- Diploma
holder in Medical Imaging Sciences from a recognised institution
- Must be
a member of Radiology Board of Kenya
Senior Staff Nurse
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
- Delivering
a professional and high standard of nursing care within the section while
leading a team of nurses in delivering projects and team targets
- Orientating
new staffs at the section level
- Maintaining
good communication within the section and other sections to provide
unified approach to patient care
- Implementing
health and safety regulations and policies and procedure
- Administering
prescribed treatment to patients as necessary.
- Ensuring
patients/clients proper orientation within the sections.
- Ensuring
accurate information is relayed to clinical staff on a patient’s condition
- Caring
for postoperative patient by undertaking and recording post operative
observations.
- Responding
to and reporting any abnormal recordings to the person in charge
- Implementing
emergency procedure including resuscitation as and when necessary
- Conducting
training in NWHMTC including clinical instruction and ensure clinical
supervision of all students
- Labeling
and dispatching specimens to laboratory promptly and safely
- Undertaking
routine duties to prepare and clear the ward before admission and after
discharge
- Ensuring
patients are provided with relevant health education and follow up care.
- Participating
in continuous medical education
- Ensuring
proper documentation, maintaining proper records, confidentiality, and
handing over between shifts at all times
- Preparing,
implementing and monitoring departmental rotas including reports.
- Ensuring
Superior Customer Experience to both internal and external clients
Qualifications and Skills
- At
least 3 years relevant experience (BSN qualifications)
- At
least 6 years relevant experience with KRCHN with diploma in specialised
area (s) and ability to work in more than one specialised areas
- Consistent
good performance for 4 years
- KRCHN
with diploma in specialised area (paediatric, theatre, ICU or Maternity)
and working knowledge in more than one specialised areas
- Diploma
in a specialised area
- BSN or
its equivalent is an added advantage
- Membership
to a professional body
Staff Nurse
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
- Delivering
a professional and high standard of nursing care within the section
- Orientating
new staffs at the section level
- Maintaining
good communication within the section and other sections to provide
unified approach to patient care
- Implementing
health and safety regulations and policies and procedure
- Administering
prescribed treatment to patients as necessary.
- Ensuring
patients/clients proper orientation within the section.
- Ensuring
accurate information is relayed to clinical staff on a patient’s condition
- Responding
to and reporting any abnormal recordings to the person in charge
- Implementing
emergency procedure including resuscitation as and when necessary
- Labeling
and dispatching specimens to laboratory promptly and safely
- Undertaking
routine duties to prepare and clear the ward before admission and after
discharge
- Ensuring
patients are provided with relevant health education and follow up care.
- Participating
in continuous medical education
- Ensuring
proper documentation, maintaining proper records, confidentiality, and
handing over between shifts at all times
- Ensure
Superior Customer Experience to both internal and external clients
Qualifications and Skills
- At
least 2 years relevant experience
- KRCHN
with basic training in specialised area (paediatric, theatre, ICU or
Maternity)
- BSN or
its equivalent is an added advantage
- Membership
to a professional body
Counsellor
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
- Providing
psychosocial care to the counselee and their families, in the specific
areas assigned, through group or one-on-one therapy interventions, which
meet the recognized criteria of counseling credentialing associations
- Providing
VCT services to the counselees who need this service.
- Networking
with stakeholders: implementing partners, counselees and Nairobi Women’s
Hospital, to discuss clinical and administrative issues relevant to
counseling the counselees undergoing psychosocial challenges/issues.
- Developing
necessary stress management literature, brochures, visual and audio-visual
materials to the counselees and their caregivers.
- Creating
awareness on GBV through sensitization campaigns, media and trainings
- Developing
a counselors` manual on effective psychosocial care programs to be used in
GVRC
- Preparing
and share psychosocial care service periodic report of work done once
every month.
- Submitting
timely feedback to Management through weekly, monthly, annual reports or
as and when necessary and/or as required.
- Facilitating
and participating in group debriefings periodically.
- Participating
in personal therapy at least monthly.
- Providing
a comprehensive, quality assurance plan that assists in assessing
psychosocial potential problems, offering assistance to existing problems
and ensuring that service is provided in a professional and ethical manner.
- Ensure
Superior Customer Experience to both Internal and External Customers
Qualifications and Skills
- At
least 3 years relevant work experience
- A
Bachelor’s degree in counseling psychology, or its equivalent
- Masters
degree will be an added advantage
Social Worker
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
- Developing,
collecting, analyzing and maintaining a detailed and updated case
management record (data) for each GVRC client.
- Conducting
social assessment for all beneficiaries and document the findings.
- Monitoring
of the beneficiaries’ psychosocial progress to determine their individual
performances and refer to appropriate institutions to respond to client
specific needs.
- Consulting
for hospital based patients.
- Fostering
networks with other organizations, health institutions and the business
community to strengthen collaboration.
- Promoting
quality care to clients by working with hospital personnel.
- Coordinating
all social and community related activities undertaken by GVRC.
- Ensuring
Superior Customer Experience to both internal and external clients
Qualifications and Skills
- At
least 2 years experience
- Bachelor’s
degree in social work or an equivalent.
Medical Officer
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
- Providing
superior interventional and preventative medical care based on approved
guidelines and hospital policy.
- Fostering
inter-professional dialogue and consultation in health care matters.
- Ensure
continuous medical training of other health professionals
- Recruiting
patients for specialist clinics and theatre e.g., Diabetes, HIV.
- Supervising
the work of intern doctors and medical students.
- Maintaining
a portfolio of continuing professional development (CPD) activities
- Fostering
teamwork in medical management- nurses, technicians etc
- Ensuring
superior customer care
- Contributing
and participating in development of standards and best practices
- Ensure
Superior Customer Experience to all internal and external clients
Qualifications and Skills
- Must
have practiced in a hospital for 2 years
- MBChB
or equivalent
- Current
valid registration license with the KMPDB or any of the other East Africa
Medical Boards
Medical Records Technologist
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
- Processing
patient’s documents.
- Ensuring
security and confidentiality of medical records.
- Maintaining
patient’s files (medical records) and documenting their condition and
treatment.
- Following
up on discharged patients, their families and physicians. i.e. patients
with terminal illnesses.
- Preparing
statistical, narrative and graphic presentations of information for use by
the hospital staff and researchers.
- Maintaining
and operating a variety of health record indexes and storage and retrieval
systems to collect, classify, store and analyze information.
- Ensure
Superior Customer Experience to all internal and external clients
Qualifications and Skills
- At
least 1 years relevant experience
- Diploma
in Medical Records and Information Systems
Registration Clerk / Cashier
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
The key responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:-
- Registering
patients into the Hospital Management System
- Receipting
money paid in the organization and reconciling the daily collection
- Disbursing
of petty cash payments
- Managing
the scheme regulations in regard to exclusions
- Participating
in the admission procedure by, getting pre authorization and claim forms,
and receiving the requisite deposits
- Finalizing
invoices in the ERP and supporting documents and forwarding to Accounts
Assistant
- Ensuring
safe custody of all monies allocate
- Ensuring
timely and accurate documentation of all shortages and excesses of sales
and the float allocated.
- Ensure
Superior Customer Experience to all internal and external clients
Qualifications and Skills
- At
least 1 year relevant work experience
- ‘O’
level certificate
- KATC 1
& 11/CPA 1
- Working
knowledge of ERP
Interested applicants are invited to send their applications detailing current and expected salary and CV with contact details of three referees ONLY (DO NOT attach certificates) to the
General Manager, Human Resource
P.O. Box 10552-00100
Nairobi,
clearly marking the application with position applied for.
Applications can also be emailed to vacancies@nwch.co.ke with position applied for as the subject line by 29th February 2012.