Manager - Nursing Practice & Education at Aga Khan Education Service, Kenya (AKESK)

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY

Reporting to the Director Quality Services Kenya & Head of Nursing Practice, Kisumu, the Manager - Nursing Practice & Education will be responsible for delivery of safe and quality patient care through evidence based clinical practice and nurses’ professional growth and development.

​KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs clinical practice assessment and support of Core Measures evidence-based standards documentation through concurrent audit, interaction with nursing staff, and concept of data utilizing appropriate applications.
• Organize orientation and basic credentialing certification of nursing staff.
• Clinical capacity building of the nursing staff through formal/informal educational program, clinical mentorship, and international collaboration
• Develop and maintain effective networks both internal and external to improve nursing practice.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for nurses and maintain a database of nursing licensure, mandatory certification, and job descriptions.
• Manage and Monitor Nursing Division affiliation with professional bodies, health facilities and training schools.
• Evaluate implementation and effectiveness of training programs on an ongoing basis and communicates variance to nurse leaders.
• Develop Nursing Care standards, policies and procedures and designs relevant tools for use at unit levels.
• Manage clinical placement for local and international nursing students and nurses seeking clinical placements.
• Maintain a database of division wide key performance indicators and communicates variances in a timely manner.
• Participate in identification of continuous quality improvement projects (CQI)
• Actively participates in nursing quality audits and follow up audit recommendations with corrective and preventive actions.
• Conducts spot-checks to assess compliance with established policies, guidelines, and protocols.
• Work closely with nurses to conduct regular skill checks to identify their training/learning needs and designs individual training programs.
• Design a plan for continuing unit based learning and works with the nurse in-charge to ensure participation of all nurses.
• Use clinical incidences as learning opportunities for nurses and with them plans corrective and preventive actions.

The requirements

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
• Master’s degree in any healthcare related field from a recognized Institution will be an added advantage.
• At least seven (7) years of experience in an acute care setting with there (3) years’ experience in a supervisory role in healthcare industry.
• Registered Nurse with valid practicing license with the Nursing Council of Kenya.
• Good clinical experience, excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, administrative & customer care skills.
• Certification in ACLS & BLS.