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Avenue Healthcare is one of East Africa's leading private healthcare groups, boasting 3 Hospitals, 19 Medical Centers across Kenya, and a robust Homecare business. With over 25 years of industry experience, Avenue Healthcare manages 300 hospital beds with a dedicated team of over 1,000 staff members and more than 400 specialists, serving over 400,000 patients annually through primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare services. Their core purpose is to enable and maintain health, and their mission is to provide high-quality care that exceeds client expectations.
This is a critical opportunity for skilled nurses to join their Accident & Emergency (A&E) department at Kisumu Hospital, contributing to immediate and life-saving care.
General Nurse - Accident & Emergency (3 Positions) – Avenue Healthcare, Kisumu Hospital
Company Overview
Avenue Healthcare is a prominent private healthcare group in East Africa, operating hospitals and medical centers across Kenya. With over 25 years of experience, they are committed to providing high-quality, comprehensive healthcare services to a large patient base.
Job Overview
Positions Available: 3
Location: Kisumu Hospital
Reports To: Unit Manager
Employment Type: Permanent
Deadline: June 20, 2025
💰 Salary: Not specified
Job Summary
The General Nurse - Accident & Emergency will be responsible for adhering to all defined policies, protocols, procedures, and standards of Avenue Healthcare within the fast-paced A&E environment. This role is crucial for providing immediate and high-quality care to emergency patients, managing equipment, maintaining infection control, accurate documentation, ensuring patient safety, administering drugs, and participating in emergency responses.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure proper inventory of the available equipment on a daily basis and ensure that they are in good working condition. Report any malfunction to Bio-Medical Technician/Unit Manager.
- Ensure the unit is financially viable and demonstrate growth through: a. Offering quality care to patients and ensuring good working relationship with stakeholders.
- Record all sentinel incidents/events and report within 24 hours using the provided tools.
- Maintain and enforce infection control standards per the hospital manual and observe the infection control bundles (SSI, VAP, CAUTI, and CLABSI) where applicable.
- Daily compilation of government reports and submitting them to the Unit Manager (leprosy, cholera, maternal deaths etc).
- Active participation in ward rounds and receive handover reports from the outgoing nurse on shift.
- Proper documentation of patient notes and review; consulting with fellow clinicians, consultants when need be.
- Ensure that all diagnostic requests (lab and radiology) have patient’s clinical information.
- Ensure patients safety following the 6 International Patient Safety Goals (IPSGs).
- Provides patient and family education/teaching applicable to the patients’ medical condition.
- Organize emergency trolley for easy use during resuscitation; ensure drugs and supplies are well stocked, damaged equipment is removed and reported promptly.
- Update doctors/consultants on patient’s progress and any critical values as soon as they are available.
- Ensure all the relevant consultants have explained procedures and have obtained consent.
- Complete official checklists for all patients prior to procedures (theatre, radiology, renal).
- Ensure patient privacy and confidentiality is maintained at all times, as per policy.
- Participate in emergency response.
- Drug administration: a. Adhere to the 10 rights of drug administration (right patient, medication, dosage, route, time, documentation, client education, assessment, evaluation and client refusal of treatment). b. Submit all new drug orders to pharmacy promptly and STAT doses given within 30 minutes. c. Keep D.D.A. drugs safe and drug register properly per unit requirements. d. Ensure all verbal prescriptions should be signed within 24 hours by the respective doctor per the hospital policy. e. Ensure all treatment sheets have patients biodata including information on drug allergies.
- Any other duty as assigned by your immediate supervisor in line with the job description.
Person Specification
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
- A valid nursing council of Kenya license.
- Up to date BLS, ACLS/ATLS certificate.
- 2 years’ experience in nursing.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Result Oriented.
- Customer focus.
Method of Application
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Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Avenue Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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