Open Positions at AAR Hospital

Job Purpose: The overall purpose of this job is to manage patients at the hospital requiring obstetrics and gynecology care outpatient and inpatient departments, to ensure delivery of quality and safe services to all disciplines where obstetrics and gynecology care is required

Duties and Responsibilities

• Quality Assurance- Participates in the development and implementation of quality assessment plans and ensuring continuous improvement of the obstetrics and gynaecology department services. Ensure appropriate documentation is completed and maintained
• Carry out patient assessment, treatment and stabilization and other specialized procedures in order to provide curative services in line with established protocols and promote patient centricity including providing clinical support during emergencies including resuscitation, admission, discharge or referral to the appropriate consultants and units where obstetrics and gynaecology department services are required.
• Contribute to the departmental clinical quality assurance system, including regular clinical audit, review of patient care (length of patient stay, mortality and morbidity reviews, audit, regular clinical meetings) to ensure quality to services provided to patients.
• Research and Development- Actively involved in a wide range of research and development initiative areas and create awareness of the hospital as having research programs that are at the forefront of science in patient care.
• Oversight of quality and patient safety by assisting in planning and setting priorities for obstetrics and gynaecology department through quality improvement and patient safety activities and reviewing clinical related patient complaints and ensure a satisfactory resolution thereof with proper corrective and preventive action
• Work with the established consultants to ensure equitable provision of obstetrics and gynaecology department across the whole of the hospital. This will include collaborative working, mutual cover for leave, and ensuring adherence to principles of clinical governance
• Learning and Development – Support learning and development initiatives by identity skills gaps and providing learning and development opportunities for the medical and nursing staff. Plan and direct research and development appropriate to the facility.

Qualifications

Education

• Master of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from a recognized institution
• Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Bachelors in Surgery
• Must have valid membership and hold a valid practicing license in the relevant field from the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council.

Experience

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar position.

Key Competencies – Skills/ Knowledge/ Aptitude

• Service orientation
• Problem solving
• Critical thinking skills
• Excellent decision marking
• Ability to work under pressure in fast paced environment.
• Emotionally resilient
• Communication skills
• Attention to detail

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Job Purpose:  Admitting, evaluating, diagnosing, treating, and providing consultation to patients from birth to young adulthood (21 years of age) concerning their physical, emotional and social health as well as treating acute and chronic disease including major complicated illnesses

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Undertaking clinical procedures in Accident for Emergency, Wards, Clinics and Outpatient Centers.
• Initial patient management, Assessing, stabilizing and determine the disposition of patients with emergent conditions consistent with medical staff policy regarding emergency and consultative call services.
• Providing care to patients in the intensive care setting in conformance with unit policies.
• Making decisions regarding immediate management and further referral of patients
• Conducting ward rounds on daily basis
• Enhancing evidence-based practice
• Maintaining patient confidentiality and professional work ethic
• Carrying out on the job training for mentorship of Senior Registrars in the specialist recognition program and Medical Officers in the clinics and wards
• Facilitating continual medical education sessions
• Participating in major disaster management
• Participating in research, developing clinical protocols, and facilitating CME
• Championing continuous quality improvement in clinical practice and service delivery
• Advocating for patients and champion continual improvement
• Ensuring all standards are met including quality of care, turnaround times, effective communication amongst and quality customer service amongst others.
• Participating in on-call
• Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
• Master of medicine in Paediatrics or other recognized board-certified equivalent qualifications
• Pediatric Advanced Lile Support (APLS) certification.

Professional Qualifications

• Does not require Specialist Recognition

Job Experience

• Previous working experience in a busy hospital.

Membership

• Valid registration and annual practice license
• Registered with Kenya Medical practitioners and Dentist Board.

Key Competencies – Skills/Knowledge/Aptitude

• Demonstrated Focus on Patient Care
• Sound decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate accurately and appropriately with patients, healthcare professions inclusive of visiting consultants and payers.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and professional work ethics.
• Sound diagnostic skills and judgement
• Organizational skills
• Self-confidence
• Results oriented.
• Adaptability
• Honest and a high sense of integrity