Anesthetist at Tenwek Hospital

Role Purpose:

• The roleholder is responsible for providing safe anaesthesia to patients thus ensuring the highest standards of patient care during surgical and other medical procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute anaesthesia procedures to uphold safety protocols and optimize patient care during surgical interventions.
• Perform and document the preanesthesia assessment and evaluation of the patient.
• Obtain informed consent for anesthesia and related services.
• Ensure strict adherence to standard operating procedures, maintaining consistency and quality in anaesthesia delivery.
• Administer specialized anaesthesia when required during procedures.
• Supervise/train anaesthesia students / junior anaesthesia staff
• Taking care of critical patients intraoperatively
• Keeping medications records
• Select, obtain, order, and administer preanesthetic medication or treatment.
• Develop and implement an anesthesia care plan.
• Provide postanesthesia follow-up evaluation and care as may be required.
• Facilitate emergence and recovery from anesthesia by evaluating patient response, and selecting, ordering, and administering medications, fluids, and maintaining patient stability during transfer.
• Day-to-day operations and supervision of staff in the assigned work area fostering a cohesive and unified organizational culture.
• Facilitate implementation of the internal audit, risk management, QMS and other related work plans.
• Perform other duties that might be assigned from time to time.

Requirements

• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Medicine and Surgery from a recognized institution. Higher Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery – Anaesthesia from an institution recognized by the Clinical Officers Council.
• Registration with the Clinical Officers Council of Kenya as a specialist Clinical Officer in Anaesthesia.
• Valid annual practising licence from the Clinical Officers Council of Kenya.
• At least three years’ post-qualification clinical experience, including a minimum of two years in anaesthesia practice.
• Demonstrated experience providing anaesthesia for elective and emergency surgical procedures.
• Experience in pre-anaesthetic assessment, intraoperative monitoring, airway management, postoperative care, resuscitation, and pain management.
• Where the candidate is a Nurse Anaesthetist, the candidate should possess a Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, a recognized post-basic qualification in Nurse Anaesthesia, registration with the Nursing Council of Kenya, and a valid practising