Job Vacancies at Aga Khan University Hospital

Responsibilities:

• Assists the nurse with basic nursing care activities such as bathing patients, turning, mobilizing and oral feeding.
• Prepares beds for admissions, and ensures requirements for each bed space such as oxygen and suction apparatus are available and in working order
• Carbonizes beds upon patient discharge, and cleans other unit equipment such as BP machines, infusion pumps, bedside lockers, drip stands, bed pans and procedure trolleys using infection control cleaning guidelines 
• Responsible for cleanliness and tidiness of utility and linen rooms.
• Escorts stable patients to various diagnostic and procedure departments
• Assists the nurse to maintain patient’s bed space and the unit as a whole clean and tidy
• Assists the nurse manager in linen management. This includes sending dirty linen to laundry, receiving clean ones and maintaining linen inventory book
• Ensures used procedure packs are returned complete to CSSD.
• Performs messengerial duties within and outside the unit.
• Receives incoming calls and refers them to the appropriate persons.
• Alerts the nurse manager about dissatisfied clients, incidences and any other unusual occurrences in the unit.

 
Requirements:

• Minimum O ’level Certificate.
• Experience as patient attendant or care giver in an acute or tertiary health facility
• Training in Health Care Assistance and Heart Saver Training are an added advantage

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Responsibilities:

• Update daily census on the computer system and ensures accurate bed allocation and billing class for the patients in the unit.
• Manage Unit admissions, transfers and discharges, and communicates these movements to the Nurse Manager.
• Ensure accurate filing of patients’ records such as insurance forms, diagnostic and clinical reports as per hospital policy.
• Ensure availability of required stationery in the unit and in the nursing stations.
• Responsible for unit stocks and prompt billing of used consumables, drugs and professional fees after unit procedures.
• Assist the nurse manager with distribution and collection of Satisfaction Survey Questionnaires and is familiar with the Complaint handling System.
• Maintains open communication of available beds for admission with patient services staff and duty managers.
• Maintains physician fee for service book and ensure physicians have signed after ward rounds/procedures.
• Responds to enquiries by visitors and staff and provides appropriate directions.
• Alerts nurse manger about dissatisfied clients, incidences and any other unusual occurrences.
• Ensures patient records are sent to Medical Records Department upon patient discharge.
• Collaborates with Consulting Clinic staff to make follow up appointments for discharged patients
• Handles incoming calls and directs them to the appropriate persons.
• Works closely with security officer of the unit to control visitors.

Requirements:

• Minimum O ’level Certificate.
• Heart saver certification is an added advantage.
• Knowledge in Computer Operations.
• Certificate/experience in Front Office Management.