Job Title: Unit Manager
Hiring Organization: Avenue
Healthcare
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Healthcare
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Competitive
Date Posted: 11/05/2023
Job Objective/Purpose
Planning,
organizing, and coordinating all Paediatrics unit activities, ensuring the
provision of patient-centrist nursing care, operational efficiency and positive
patient experience, in line with the Hospital protocols and standards.
Key
Responsibilities
People
Management:
Supervise
Paediatrics team in delivering individual and team targets by ensuring all
nurses accurately perform their tasks, including admission, discharge, drug
administration, clinical observations, IPC, and others, and lead performance
appraisals.
Prepare
monthly work schedules (ROTA) and ensure efficient use of overtimes and locums.
Provide
leadership, ensuring staff development, engagement, performance, and ensure
monthly staff meetings with documented evidence.
Ensure
the unit is financially viable and demonstrate growth through;
Ensuring
quality of Care & Service hence ensuring high patient retention rates by
achieving high patient satisfaction rates and NPS scores.
Managing
paediatrics unit costs within budget through appropriate staffing, timely and
accurate billing, incidences and consumables management.
Supporting
marketing events as needed
Ensure
proper inventory, standardization, calibration, and maintenance on all
paediatrics equipment, and prudent inventory and supplies management.
Nursing
Services
Review
specific patients’ investigations, analyze, interpret, troubleshoot, and
initiate immediate intervention.
Ensure
primary nurse engagement with doctors and other providers regarding patients’
plan of care with emphasis on a team-based problem-solving approach.
Participate
in formulation of, and ensure implementation of SOPs and QIPs in the unit,
including enforcement of IPC standards, and observe the infection control
bundles.
Ensure
all nursing protocols have been administered as per the set-out policies and
guidelines, recording and reporting all sentinel incidents/ events within 24
hours using the provided tools.
Ensuring
proper and timely documentation of patient treatment, maintaining proper
records, confidentiality, and ensuring handing over between shifts.
Ensure
adequate knowledge of, and compliance to all Avenue Healthcare policies,
procedures, systems, especially policies pertaining to the provision of medical
services.
Ensure
that Avenue Healthcare corporate governance policies are adhered to, including
preventing, detecting, and reporting any fraud or criminal activities, and
Implementing audit recommendations.
Personal
Specifications
Diploma
in Nursing (KRCHN) and/or BsN in Nursing
Valid
certification in BLS, ACLS or ATLS
3+ years
of nursing experience and atleast 2+ years of management experience
Customer
focus and results oriented
Strong
interpersonal skills, team playing abilities, and communication skills.
How To
Apply
Send your
application to vacancies@avenuehealthcare.com
