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Avenue Healthcare is a prominent private healthcare group in East Africa, operating 3 Hospitals, 15 clinics across Kenya, and a comprehensive Homecare business. With over 25 years of experience, Avenue Healthcare manages 300 hospital beds with 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 vital opportunity for dedicated and compassionate nurses to join their Paediatrics department at Kisumu Hospital, providing specialized care to children, adolescents, and teenagers.
General Nurse - Paediatrics (4 Positions) – Avenue Healthcare, Kisumu Hospital
Company Overview
Avenue Healthcare is a leading private healthcare group in East Africa, committed to providing high-quality, comprehensive healthcare services. With 25+ years of experience, they operate multiple hospitals and clinics, focusing on patient-centered care.
Job Overview
Positions Available: 4
Location: Kisumu Hospital
Department: Nursing
Reports To: Unit Manager
Employment Type: Permanent
Deadline: June 20, 2025
💰 Salary: Not specified
Job Summary
The General Nurse - Paediatrics at Avenue Healthcare in Kisumu will provide professional and compassionate nursing services and high-quality care to paediatric patients. This involves directly working with children, adolescents, and teenagers, addressing their medical conditions, administering treatments, monitoring patient conditions, ensuring proper drug administration, maintaining infection control, managing patient data, ensuring patient safety, and contributing to the overall financial viability of the unit.
Key Responsibilities
- Work with the Clinical team to navigate patients through the treatment journey, working directly with children, adolescents, and teenagers to help address underlying medical conditions, and provide treatment as per plan.
- 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.
- Constantly Monitor, assess and chart a patient's condition and response to treatment and medication, including the patients' physical and psycho-social status, and adjust treatment accordingly.
- Ensure proper and effective drug administration and management as per policy and procedures.
- Actively participate in ward rounds, receive handover reports from the outgoing nurse on shift, while ensuring all the relevant consultants have explained procedures and have obtained consent.
- Effectively manage patient data and records.
- Ensure patients safety following the 6 International Patient Safety Goals (IPSGs).
- Supervise Patient Attendants as per their job description.
- Maintain and enforce infection control standards per policy, and observe the infection control bundles (SSI, VAP, CAUTI, and CLABSI) where applicable.
- Organize emergency trolley for easy use during resuscitation, ensure drugs and supplies are well stocked, damaged equipment reported promptly, and a checklist kept and updated as needed.
- Ensure the unit is financially viable and demonstrate growth by managing costs and ensuring proper pre-authorization and documentation is done.
- Ensure that Avenue Healthcare corporate governance policies are adhered to, including preventing, detecting, and reporting any fraud or criminal activities, and Implementing audit recommendations.
- Ensure adequate knowledge of and compliance to all Avenue Healthcare policies, procedures, and systems, especially policies pertaining to the provision of medical services i.e. Admission & discharge, nurses’ reports, equipment and supplies, etc.
- Adhere to Government and respective professional standards of care and treatment of patients as guided by the Nursing Council of Kenya.
- Any other duty as assigned by the supervisor.
Person Specification
- BScN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing); Higher Diploma in Nursing is an added advantage.
- A valid Nursing License from NCK (Nursing Council of Kenya).
- Valid certification in BLS (Basic Life Support), ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support).
- 2+ years’ experience working in a busy environment.
- Customer focus and results oriented.
- Strong interpersonal skills, team playing abilities, and communication skills.
- Highly responsive, ethical and responsible.
Method of Application
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Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Avenue Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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