Position : Unit Manager – Medical Ward
Overview
Avenue Healthcare is one of the leading private healthcare groups
in East Africa running 3 Hospitals, and 13 clinics across Kenya, and a Homecare
business. With over 25 years in the healthcare industry, Avenue Healthcare runs
300 hospital beds with over 1,000 staff members, and more than 400 specialists
and serves over 400,000 patients annually, offeringprimary, secondary, and
tertiary.
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Position |
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Unit
Manager – Medical Ward |
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Department |
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Medical
Services |
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Reports to |
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Medical
Services Manager |
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Location |
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Parklands
Hospital |
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No. of Posts |
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1 |
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Application Deadline |
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2023-01-27 |
Job Objective/Purpose
Planning, Organizing and coordinating all the activities in the unit, to ensure that quality standards of care is adhered to, by all medical staff in AHC facilities, in line with the hospital’s policies and procedures.
Key Responsibilities
1.Supervising and ensuring
delivery of a professional and high standard of nursing care within the section
while leading a team of nurses and patient attendants in delivering individual
and team targets.
2.Review specific
patients’ investigations, analyze, interpret, troubleshoot, and initiate
immediate intervention.
3.Ensure primary nurse
engagement with doctors and other care providers regarding patients’ plan of
care and care solutions with emphasis on a team-based problem-solving approach
to provide unified approach to patient care.
4.Review and ensure that
nursing care plans are scientific,evidence based and address the
5.priority needs of the
patients.
6.Ensuring proper and
timely documentation, maintaining proper records, confidentiality, and always
handing over between shifts.
7.Maintaining the
inventory of all assets in the section and ensuring minimal stock of
consumables and drugs is maintained in the section sub stores.
8.Daily check on all
equipment in the section to ensure that all are always in good working condition
through compliance with the PPM and reporting promptly the faulty equipment.
9.Participate in
development and ensure implementation of organizational and departmental
policies and procedures (SOPs) and quality improvement plans in the section
including infection
prevention.
10.Ensuring all planned
sectional activities are geared towards meeting growth and quality objectives.
12.Tracking of daily CQIs
Preparing routine reports as per the departmental KPIs and as required.
13.Preparing monthly work
schedules (ROTA) and supervising section operations and staff.
.Ensure That all staff
supervised in the department achieve the set 8 hours of training monthly, on
emergency procedures for all section staff and students and ensure daily
allocation to the emergency rota.
14.Providing leadership
ensuring, employee development, employee engagement and performance management
to deliver departmental objectives and goals.
15.Safeguarding patient’s
belongings such as when undergoing surgery or during delivery.
16.Control the
departmental budget within the agreed parameters by ensuring efficient
utilization of resources are used to maximum effect and take charge on stock
control.
17.Participate in business
development and activities and follow up on customer feedback
18.Ensure safe and clean
environment for staff patient/clients and visitors compliance with policies and
protocols including health and safety, risk management and critical incident
reporting.
19.Monitor and ensure
clients satisfaction and proactively manage their complaints as they arise.
20.Any other duty as
assigned by the supervisor in line with the job description.
Qualifications
- Bachelor
of Science in Nursing Recognized post-secondary diploma.
- Recognized
diploma with professional qualification at diploma level
- A
valid nursing council of Kenya license
- Up
to date BLS, ACLS/ATLS certificate year experience in nursing
- Excellent
interpersonal and communication skills
- Should
be reliable
- Customer
focus
- Strong
analytical and reporting skills
- Ethical
How to Apply
Application documents (CV and Certificates) must be emailed to vacancies@avenuehealthcare.com with the job position you are applying for as
the subject of the email by 27th January 2023
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Avenue Healthcare
is an Equal Opportunity Employer
