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Avenue Healthcare, established in 1995, is a leading healthcare provider in Kenya. Initially founded to manage the outpatient department at the Hospital and extend medical services to corporate clientele through an innovative Managed Healthcare concept, Avenue Healthcare has grown significantly, committed to delivering high-quality medical services.
This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated and skilled nurse to join their team in the Private Wing, focusing on delivering exceptional patient care and ensuring operational excellence.
General Nurse - Private Wing – Avenue Healthcare
Company Overview
Avenue Healthcare, founded in 1995, is a leading healthcare provider in Kenya, offering comprehensive medical services and a unique Managed Healthcare concept to corporate clients. They are committed to quality patient care.
Job Overview
Location: Kisumu, Kenya
Employment Type: Full Time
Deadline: June 20, 2025
💰 Salary: Not specified
Job Summary
The General Nurse - Private Wing at Avenue Healthcare in Kisumu will be responsible for adhering to all defined policies, protocols, procedures, and standards of Avenue Healthcare. This role involves ensuring proper inventory and functionality of equipment, maintaining financial viability of the unit, upholding infection control standards, preparing government reports, active participation in ward rounds, meticulous patient documentation, ensuring patient safety, providing patient education, managing emergency equipment, administering drugs, and maintaining strict confidentiality.
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 by 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: Adhere to the 10 rights of drug administration (right patient, medication, dosage, route, time, documentation, client education, assessment, evaluation and client refusal of treatment).
- Submit all new drug orders to pharmacy promptly and STAT doses given within 30 minutes.
- Keep D.D.A. drugs safe and drug register properly per unit requirements.
- Ensure all verbal prescriptions should be signed within 24 hours by the respective doctor per the hospital policy.
- 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
Interested and qualified candidates should apply directly through the Avenue Healthcare careers portal: (Click on "APPLY NOW" To Apply)
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