Vacancies at Syngenta

Job Description

• Provide professional medical services to employees working on the farm. Provide clinical leadership and supervision of the clinic and any health-related issues in the company.

Supervisory

• Supervises assigned nurse in the conduct of clinical care and delegates authority and responsibility when and where needed.
• Reviews performance of assigned nurse to check for quality of care.
• Assist in HSE supervision of the company

Clinical

• Provides medical evaluation, treatment and consultation services to patients of the clinic.
• Responds to emergencies and answers medical questions.
• Obtains and documents, chief complaint, past medical, family and social history, review of  systems,  examination, medications and allergies, assessment and plan for each patient.
• Provides medical orders for prescription refills, administration of medications, ancillary testing, and/or referrals.
• Reviews ancillary test results and coordinates notification to the patient.
• Provides patient education as needed.
• Supervises patient care in the clinic
• Available to patients personally to answer questions and relay information regarding their care.
• Completion of appropriate paperwork to comply with insurance and reimbursement guidelines.
• Completion of all documentation and paperwork in a timely manner.

Administrative

• Works closely with the HSE Coordinator and HR Manager to provide leadership and medical direction for the clinic.
• Attends all staff, clinical, or other special meetings as requested.
• Performs other appropriate duties as requested by supervisors.
• Supports the mission of Syngenta HSE policy
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.

Medical Administrative

• Communicates with the clinic’s patients.
• Responsible for approving and maintaining treatment protocols
• Provides assistance with OSH, emergency preparedness, infection control and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• A university degree in Public Health, Nursing
• Professional qualification in clinic set up
• Registered Clinical Officer in Kenya
• Over 5 year’s progressive experience.
• Sound knowledge and working experience of Kenya Health Policy.

Critical Skills:

• Courteous, honest and professional at all times.
• Sets an example as a medical professional , observes the clinic’s operational and personnel policies and procedures.
• Maintains appropriate licensure and certification including meeting and/or exceeding the law requirements.
• Observes standards of medical care.
• Efficient, organized and accurate.

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Job Description

To attend to staff in need of medical attention, promote health awareness campaigns at the farm and support health and safety initiatives and protocols to ensure a healthy workforce.The scope of your duties will include curative, preventive, patient referral and promotion of health through talks and training.

Responsibilities

You will carry out the following duties and responsibilities:

• Attend to the medical needs of employees with regards to sickness and work injuries (Curative, preventive, counselling among others) dispensing drugs appropriately.
• Maintain accurate digital records on all patients, dispensing of drugs and treatments
• Refer patients to approved medical service providers for review and further management.
• Ensure good housekeeping in the clinic and its environs at all times.
• Issue monthly medical reports to relevant stakeholders giving statistics such as number of patients, types of ailments, number and types of drugs dispensed among others for decision making
• Issue monthly medical report to the relevant stakeholders giving information on rehabilitation efforts for workers on light duty and initiatives taken to assist injured workers
• Provide ante-natal care for employees and advise the business appropriately for planning purposes.
• Monitor and replenish drugs to maintain adequate stock levels and notify on the drug price changes.
• Organize and conduct preventive health programs to enhance employee wellness.
• Provide data to the business for preparation of the clinic budget and to control the operating costs within the authorized budget.
• Maintain clinic files and correspondences to ensure information is readily available and in accordance with medico-legal requirements
• Coordinate Company Health & Safety campaigns in liaison with HSE Coordinator, conducting site visits and advising management accordingly.
• Ensure that all procedures are followed in case of work injury and that all relevant forms are appropriately filed for notification and appropriate actions.
• Compile and maintain accident and injury registers
• Follow ups on admitted staff to check their progress and advise management accordingly
• Organizes for statutory medical tests including periodic cholinesterase tests as per HSE policy, legal and Company Doctors recommendations.
• Attends Gender, First Aid, HIV&AIDS and Health and Safety committee meetings

Qualifications

Critical knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Diploma in Nursing.
• Registered Nurse in Kenya
• 5 year’s progressive experience in managing a dispensary or health centre.
• Sound knowledge on general administration.
• Person who is sensitive to employees’ feelings and able to keep matters confidential.
• Ability to exhibit patience and tolerance.
• Experience working in a production environment, able to think and act practically. Must be able to engage Production Managers and find work for rehabilitating patients.
• Be the conduit between the treating doctor and/or specialists and the company and patient.
• Understand legal documents concerning WIBA, following up of cases and coordinating with Human Resources.

Critical Skills and Behaviours:

• Good knowledge on clinical diagnosis and drug administration.
• Well-developed and proven communication, listening, Organizational and people management skills.
• Computer literacy in MS office applications with a working knowledge of excel.
• Mature person and team player, that knows how to navigate colleagues of different, levels, ages and qualifications
• Person of proven integrity.
• Possess counselling skills. Show initiative and be proactive.

Essential Syngenta Competencies

• Innovative
• Offer support to the line managers in challenging and improving the current way of doings things to increase labour productivity and efficiency.
• Decisive
• Demonstrate ability to take prudent action with little oversight.
• Communicative
• Demonstrates openness in communication to others, able to communicate to general workers in a language they can understand, listens well and incorporates the thoughts and ideas of others.
• Trusted
• Track record for building trust and reliability to deliver required results.
• Team-oriented
• Ability to work in a team of other managers keeping in minds the overall company objectives.
• Results-oriented
• Ability to deliver required results and support.

Additional Information

Critical success factors and key challenges.

• Maintain medical cost as low as possible without compromising on the quality of medical care.
• Comply with legal and professional requirements on patient health management.
• Effective management of employee’s safety and health.
• Proper and accurate record maintenance of employees’ medical records on pro soft.
• Carry out trainings on health matters, HSE issues and family life.
• Be able to provide appropriate and timely feedback.
• Sound knowledge on general administration.
• Computer literacy a must.
• Be willing and able to present findings and trends to management with appropriate solutions.