The Nairobi Hospital, a leading
health care institution in Eastern Africa has excellent career opportunities
for individuals who possess a passion for excellence, strong work ethic, are
results oriented and committed to continual improvement.
The successful candidates will be
team players with the ability to effectively add value to enabling good patient
outcomes and shape best clinical and non-clinical practice.
Medical Officers – Critical Care Unit
Ref: MOCCU/08/19
Organization: The
Nairobi Hospital
Location: Nairobi
Reporting to the Team Leader – CCU,
the successful candidate will be responsible for providing curative, superior
interventional and preventative medical care in the critical care unit through
Main Duties and Responsibilities
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Ethically reviewing and instituting
appropriate therapeutic interventions for patients admitted to critical care
units or requiring critical care across the hospital.
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Reviewing patients in other units
where CCU/HDU support is needed and making appropriate decisions on
interventions required.
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Performing medical procedures
expected of a CCU Medical Officer.
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Ensuring that high standards of
diagnostic accuracy and patient care are maintained
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Preparing medical reports and other
clinical documents as required
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Ensuring professionalism and
timeliness in handling of clients at both individual and departmental level
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Participating in continuous medical
education and the development of departmental clinical protocols, quality
improvement plans, and initiatives
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Participating in research, clinical
audits and review programmes for the department
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Ensuring consistency in the clinical
protocols and provision of care.
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Assisting in coaching and mentoring
of nursing staff on various aspects of critical care and management of critical
illness.
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Ensuring regular and adequate
communication with patients and relatives on clinical progress.
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Advocating for excellent patient care
and outcomes.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
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Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of
Surgery
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1-year work experience post
internship
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Valid private practice and annual
license
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Advance Cardiac Life Support, Advance
Trauma Life Support, Paediatric Advanced Life Support (added advantage).
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Sound diagnostic skills and judgment
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Excellent problem solving and
decision making skills
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Effective communication skills
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Detailed oriented and good
interpersonal relations.
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Must be well organized and have the
ability to plan ahead and deal with care issues as they arise.
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Must be thorough and proactive to
ensure quality care and positive outcome.
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Must be able to work closely with a
multi-disciplinary team.
Chief Medical Records Officer
Ref: CMRO/08/19
Organization: The
Nairobi Hospital
Location: Nairobi
Reporting to Director, Medical Services & Research,
the successful candidate will be responsible for providing leadership in the
Medical Records department through: –
Main Duties and Responsibilities
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Overseeing revision of Hospital policies,
standard operating procedures, work instructions, checklists and departmental
manuals in all the departments and have documentation reviews conducted in
every quarter.
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Participating fully in all the EMR
meetings to its implementation and ensure smooth transition in automation of
medical record and that confidentiality/security of records is achieved by
vendors.
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Adopting the new (KPI) monthly
statistics template that displays income verses budget with all the heads of
the departments.
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Supervising the Cancer Registry
database with regards to the retrospective data entries.
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Collecting, collating and presenting
quality statistics on the daily checks on clinical sheet entries by doctors in
the mortality weekly meetings by monthly.
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Following up with the admitting
doctors for complete patient records after discharge.
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Ensuring all patient documentation
(manual or electronic) is fully completed by the primary stakeholder and
reporting any non-conformity to the Medical Director and Research office for
action.
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Coordinating the patient request of
obtaining their whole file photo copy in liaison with the Medical Director and
Research office and by following the policy on release of patient information.
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Ensuring statutory requirements are
met, Service Level Agreements are reviewed and updated and the profile of the
services is raised across the Hospital by developing good working relationships
and proactively seeking the views of key stakeholders.
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Providing and receiving complex and
sensitive patient information, make complex decisions while ensuring compliance
to requirements and procedures regarding the storage & destruction of
patient information.
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Proactively involved in the review
and development of the service, identifying opportunities for improvement and
increased efficiency. To be able to respond to the continuous changing need of
patients, clinicians and the Hospital as a whole not limited to but including
implementation of the electronic medical records.
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Taking the lead for the
implementation of quality assurance and audits for Medical Records ensuring a
continuous improvement in the quality of data in the Hospital as guided by
existing polices & procedures.
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Proactively managing the budget for
the department, staff planning management, development and leadership ensuring
staffing levels and competencies meet the needs.
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Participating in Hospital research
and providing support to other departments on Hospital Research Initiatives.
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To attend to any other duty that may
be assigned by the supervisors.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
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Bachelor degree in Health Information
and Records, Masters is an added advantage.
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At least ten years in a busy Hospital
with similar set up.
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Excellent problem solving and
decision making skills
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Effective communication skills
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Detailed oriented and good
interpersonal relations.
·
Must be thorough and proactive to
ensure quality care and positive outcome.
·
Must be able to work closely with a
multi-disciplinary team.
How to Apply
If your background, experience and competence match the
above specifications, please send us your application quoting the reference,
testimonials and full contact details of 3 referees to:
To be email to recruitment@nbihosp.org received not later
than 10th September 2019.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
NB: The
Nairobi Hospital does not charge any fee for processing of Job applications.
THE NAIROBI HOSPITAL DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF
THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR
TRAINING).