Clinical Practice Educator-OR/Recovery Hospital Administration at Aga Khan University (AKU)

Introduction

Reporting to the OR/Recovery Nursing Manager, the Clinical Practice Educator will be responsible for delivery of safe and quality patient care through evidence based clinical practice and nurses’ professional growth and development.

Responsibilities

• Leads the team in development, implementation and monitoring of unit based clinical policies and procedures;
• Guides nurses in the assessment of patient care needs and the planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing interventions;
• Identifies learning needs of the nurses and assumes responsibility for development and implementation of unit based in-service programs for all nursing staff;
• Makes daily rounds of all patients in the unit while reviewing patient allocation to determine correct patient assignment to the nurses;
• Ensures that all documentation related to patient care is done as well as ensure that staff are familiar with the documentation policy;
• Participates in the Nursing Division Nursing Quality Assurance audit program;
• Guides nursing staff in initiation of and participation in Hospital-wide as well as Unit-based nursing research projects;
• Ensures a monthly report of learning activities and spot checks are submitted to the relevant entities on time;
• Takes lead in unit based continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) projects.

Requirements

Applicant must be a Registered Nurse with current licensure with the Kenya Nursing Council. They must have BScN, ACLS certification. S/he should be proficient in Microsoft Office packages. The successful candidate should have a minimum of five (5) years nursing experience in an acute care Hospital.