Emergency Flight Nurse at Amref Kenya

Ref: AFD/MED/14-08/2020

2 Posts

Job Grade: C2

Unit: Medical

Physical Location: Inside Wilson Airport, Nairobi

AMREF Flying Doctors is seeking for Emergency Flight Nurses (2 positions).

Reporting to the Aeromedical Coordinator, the job holder will provide skilled pre-hospital and emergency life support care to patients to manage their care in the field and transfers by air or ground transport to more superior healthcare facilities.

Main Purpose of Job

• The Emergency Flight nurse is charged with rendering skilled pre-hospital and emergency life support care to patients to manage their care in the field and transfers by air or ground transport to more superior healthcare facilities.
• The emergency flight nurse will consider flight and ground safety, be accountable for the care of assigned patients and practice autonomy whilst maintaining current knowledge on emergency care and skills.

Reporting Relationships: The position reports to the Aero-Medical Coordinator.

Scope of Job

Personnel

• Personnel Reporting to the Job Holder: N/A
• Reporting Directly or Through: N/A

Other Resources (in your custody)

• Responsibility over company assets: Computers, telephones and any office equipment
• Responsibility over confidential company data and information: Has access to confidential company data and intelligence.
• Any other items that shall be listed under your responsibility

Principal Responsibilities

Key Areas

• Accompany Air Ambulance flights in Eastern Africa, continentally and inter-continentally with and without a flight physician on a 24-hour duty roster;
• Escort patients on commercial airline;
• Provide advanced life support to casualties at accident sites, airstrips, in flight or on ground until hand over at the hospital, including stabilization and resuscitation;
• Operate the 24-hour Control Centre and communicate as required using all other modes of modern communication available including radio communication.
• Provide medical coverage at special events (Marathons, Horse shows, motor & field sports) by helicopter, ground ambulance or in a make shift medical facility (tents)
• Handling and assembling all medical equipment needed for medical evacuations and proper storage after use.
• Be available from home for emergency flights or other duties during night time, weekends and public holidays according to the on-call duty roster;
• Follow up of in-patients and obtaining progress reports, whilst handling medical assistance case files
• Write evacuation reports for fundraising or for Public Relations related purposes.
• Participate in AMREF Flying Doctors marketing and or fundraising events

Extent of Discretion

In Consultation with the Aeromedical Coordinator & In collaboration with the Operations department.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Kenyan Registered Nurse or its equivalent
• Higher National Diploma in Intensive Care Nursing
• Current certifications in: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) with experience in Pre-hospital emergency patient care

Experience:

• 4 years’ work experience as a Nurse, with 2 years’ experience in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Skills and competencies

• Compassion
• Excellent communicator; with good command of English language both verbal and written
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with teams and within a team
• Ability to rise up to challenges
• Ability to manage time effectively and meet deadlines
• Ability to work calmly under high pressure
• Commercial environment awareness (Going beyond the basic requirement)
• Demonstrate high level of integrity and confidentiality
• Demonstrate good work ethics
• Dependability