Job Title: Locum Flight Nurse
Hiring Organization: AMREF Flying Doctors
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Medical
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 07/15/2024
No. of
positions required 5 (Five)
Overall
Responsibility Of The Job
The Locum
Flight Nurse is charged with rendering skilled pre-hospital and emergency life
support care to the patients that he/she assesses, stabilizes, and manages
their care in the field and subsequently transfers by air or ground ambulance
to a more superior healthcare facility.
The role collaborates with other team members to offer solutions and provide
continuity of patient care. It is vital that the Locum Flight Nurse is
committed to safe operations, premier customer service delivery, expert
clinical practice, and management during all medical operations.
Qualifications
- Higher National
Diploma in Intensive Care Nursing.
- Bachelors of
Science in Nursing added advantage.
- Current
certifications in: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Advanced Trauma
Life Support (ATLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) with
experience in Pre-hospital emergency patient care.
- Proficiency in
computer studies (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CRM system, Outlook, Internet).
Preferred
Experience and Knowledge
- 4 years’
experience as a Nurse with 2 years’ experience in an Intensive Care Unit
(ICU).
- Be a Kenyan
Registered Nurse or its equivalent patient care.
- Registered with
the Nursing Council of Kenya and maintain validity of the practice license
from the Nursing Council of Kenya.
- Advanced Trauma
/ Burn Provider training courses completed (ATCN, ATLS, TPATC, ABLS)
- Neonatal
Resuscitation (NRP) certification.
- Teaching/Instructor
experience in a healthcare related certification is an added advantage.
Skills
and competencies
- Excellent
communication skills – both verbal and written.
- Good
interpersonal skills combined with empathy.
- A team player
with high levels of integrity and professionalism.
- A critical
thinker, solutions provider and ability to stay calm under pressure.
- Ability to
gather information with a keen eye for details.
- Availability and
commitment.
- environmental
conditions
- AMREF Flying
Doctors works within a twenty-four-hour work environment due to nature of
its operation.