Overall Responsibilities
- 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.
Key Responsibilities
Managing the Emergency Call Center
- Operating the 24-hour Control Center and communicating
as required using all modes of modern communication available, including
radio communication.
- Attending to emergency emails and responding on time.
- Ensuring and confirming that all communication gadgets
(telephones, printers, photocopiers, etc.) are in good working order.
- Communicating effectively with outside
institutions/agencies, including hospitals, EMS, and other operators for
efficient medical service delivery.
- Maintaining contact with patients, families, referring
facility staff, and safety personnel during and after contact to provide
continuous loop closure and information sharing.
- Following up on in-patients and obtaining progress
reports while handling medical assistance case files.
- Ensuring all patient information/correspondence is
documented.
Records management and Communication
- Ensuring all correspondence is filed in relevant data
files.
- Ensuring reports are written and handed over to the next
person(s) manning the Control Center.
- Receiving, attending, and assembling Emergency
Evacuation Requests and obtaining detailed information about the patient.
- Informing all relevant person(s) of the request and
following up according to the standards provided.
- Dispatching the team for medical evacuation assignments.
- Obtaining, maintaining, and processing complete and
accurate patient records.
- Medical Evacuations Accompanying Air Ambulance flights
in Eastern Africa, continentally, and intercontinentally with and without
a flight physician on a 24- hour duty roster.
- Escorting patients on commercial flights.
- Providing advanced life support to casualties at
accident sites, airstrips, in flight, or on the ground until handover at
the hospital, including stabilization and resuscitation.
- Ensuring the safe transportation of patients from the
evacuation site to the receiving hospital.
- Assembling required emergency medical equipment and
ensuring these are in good working condition.
- Assisting patients during check-in and check-out with
baggage clearance, wheelchair assistance, and immigration issues.
- Handing over to the receiving facility, guardian, or
family member.
Disaster Response/Mass Accidents
- Responding to and traveling to areas of mass accidents
with additional supplies to support the emergency response team.
- Providing advanced life support to casualties at
accident sites, airstrips, in flight, or on the ground until handover at
the hospital, including stabilization and resuscitation.
Special events Coverage
- Providing medical coverage at special events (Marathons,
Horse shows, motor & field sports) by helicopter, ground ambulance, or
in a makeshift medical facility (tents).
- General Attendance to scheduled unit/departmental
meetings.
- Any other work-related duties.
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.
How To Apply
