Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu
The Aga Khan Hospital is in an exciting
growth phase and has attained acknowledgment of its quality by achieving ISO
9001:2015 certification, ISO 15189:2012 accreditation for laboratory services
and is at an advanced stage of attaining Joint Commission International
Accreditation.
Exciting Career Opportunity
The Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu is an
institution of the Aga Khan Health Service, Kenya, which is an Agency of the
Aga Khan Development Network.
The hospital is part of a network of
health facilities, which includes Hospitals and Outreach Health Facilities
across East Africa.
The Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu has
outreach Health Services at Kisii, Kakamega, Kitale, Bungoma, Kericho,
Kibuye-Kisumu, West End- Kisumu, Busia, Homa – Bay, Kapsabet, Migori, Bomet and
Narok.
The hospital is seeking to attract
interested and qualified applicants to fill the position of:
Store Officer
Overall Responsibility: Reporting to the Pharmacy Manager, the successful candidate will
ensure stock management of medical-surgical items (timely and adequate
availability) in the Hospital.
Key Responsibilities
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Ensure optimal stock orders from the
Material Management Division (MMD).
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Liaise with user-departments to avail
needed stocks
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Participate in Random stock checks
and stock takes of medical-surgical items, in the Hospital.
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Prepare stock variance reports and
submit to Pharmacy Manager and Finance Department.
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Liaise with wards/units to ensure any
required medical-surgical is documented and forwarded to MMD for quick
procurement
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Ensure that Medical-surgical only
issues minimum wards/units stocks for smooth running of units
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Charge any utilized item on timely
basis and replenishing any unit stocks on time.
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Ensure delivery of cost effective
services
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Deliver quality services in the
operations
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Deliver customer service excellence
Requirements
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Any relevant certificate or diploma
in Health Services or related field
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At least 3 years’ experience in a
hospital setting particularly in-patient care
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Organized planner, capable of
prioritizing tasks and multitasking efficiently.
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Team player that can adapt to a fast
pace and changing environment
Continuous Practice Educator
Overall Responsibility: Reporting to the Director of Nursing Services, the
successful candidate will be responsible for delivery of safe and quality
patient care through evidence based clinical practice and nurses’ professional
growth and development
Key Responsibilities
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Develop and maintain effective
networks both internal and external to improve nursing practice
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Ensure compliance with regulatory
requirements for nurses and maintain a database of nursing licensure, mandatory
certification and job descriptions
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Manage and Monitor Nursing Division
affiliation with professional bodies, health facilities and training schools
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Evaluate implementation and
effectiveness of training programs on an ongoing basis and communicates
variance to nurse leaders
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Develop Nursing Care standards,
policies and procedures and designs relevant tools for use at unit level
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In collaboration with the Nursing
Education Services Manager, foster development of nurses to maximum potential
through providing educational/training opportunities and exposure to
appropriate learning forums.
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Manage clinical placement for local
and international nursing students and nurses seeking clinical placement
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Maintain a database of division wide
key performance indicators and communicates variances in a timely manner
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Participate in identification of
continuous quality improvement projects (CQI)
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Actively participates in nursing
quality audits and follow up audit recommendations with corrective and
preventive actions
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Conducts spot-checks to assess
compliance with established policies, guidelines and protocols.
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Reinforces compliance with all
hospital and nursing division care standards, policies and procedures
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Responsible for orientation of new
nursing staff
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Work closely with nurses to conduct
regular skill checks to identify their training/learning needs, and designs
individual training programs
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Design a plan for continuing unit
based learning and works with the nurse in-charge to ensure participation of
all nurses
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Use clinical incidences as learning
opportunities for nurses and with them plans corrective and preventive actions
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Maintains records of all learning
activities for the unit and individual nurse’s participation
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Designs methods to motivate nurses to
pursue individual professional growth and development.
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Sensitize and perform audits and spot
checks in relation to ISO/ JCIA audits
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Verification of Quality measures by
Nurse In-charges
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Participate in Quality and patient
safety activities in the hospital
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Participate in formulation of
policies, procedures, guidelines and protocols
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Lead staff in ensuring compliance to
standards, polices and regulatory requirement
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Continuously initiates innovative and
evidence based strategies to improve quality of patient care.
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Designs proactive and innovative ways
to enhance customer satisfaction
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Monitor staff and client satisfaction
with services in assigned during the shift and takes appropriate action to
close gaps
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Responds to client complaints in a
timely manner by solving the problems or escalating to the appropriate persons
Requirements
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Degree in Nursing
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Registered Nurse with current
licensure with the Nursing Council of Kenya
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Certification in BLS
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At least 3 years experience in
managerial position and a good clinical experience
Interested candidates are requested to email their
applications with detailed curriculum vitae, names and contacts of three
referees, current and expected salary to ksm.recruitment@akhskenya.org on or
before 28th October 2019.
Canvassing of any nature will lead to automatic
disqualification.