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Laboratory Superintendent I

Job Objective/Purpose

Ensure provision of high quality laboratory diagnostic services in the hospital as defined by Avenue Healthcare’s policies, protocols, procedures and standards.

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Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure the unit has all the required resources for effective and efficient work.
  • Timely and accurate billing of laboratory services. 
  • Stock management:
    • Do monthly stock takes of lab supplies and submit a stock take and short expiry report to the Hospital Manager
    • Timely ordering and receiving of stock from the supplier to prevent stock outs
    • Proper storage of lab supplies.
    • Kits validation and evaluation to determine diagnostic accuracy, analytical sensitivity, and analytical specificity (performance characteristics)
  • Review and act on quality indicator reports (IQC &EQA) 
  • Follow laid down Lab Board approved rules for medical lab profession and adhere to Government and respective professional standards of care and treatment of patients.
  • Ensure timely response to emergencies. 
  • Carrying out tests based on outlined SOPs & policies.
  • Ensure all sentinel incidents/events are recorded and reported to the Hospital Manager within 24 hours using the provided tools. 
  • Ensure that the fridge temperatures and ambient temperature and humidity are charted twice daily, and any error reported to the MSM.
  • Ensure timely escalation of any urgent out of stock items to the Lab Quality Manager
  • Any other duty as assigned by your immediate supervisor in line with the job description.

Personal Specifications

  • A degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences
  • A valid practicing license from Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board
  • 5 years’ experience 
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Result Oriented
  • Customer focus

Theatre Nurse

Job Objective/Purpose

 Adhere to Avenue Healthcare’s defined policies, protocols, procedures and standards

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Key Responsibilities

Maintaining Theatre list

  • Correctly book patients for surgical procedures
  • Ensure surgeon / anaesthetist are informed of bookings or changes in time

Receiving Patients

  • Checks completeness of theatre checklist and act appropriately
  • Carry out a Pre-Operative Assessment
  • Appropriately explain the nature of the procedure / operation to the patient
  • Ensure all X-rays, Scans, Investigations and Bloods are available
  • Obtains correct consent for operations and general anaesthesia for day cases
  • Prepares and avails patient in time for operation with all reports for day cases

Operating Room Management

  • Accounting for all the pieces of equipment, especially after the operation.
  • Getting and opening packs required
  • Ensures that the packs remain sterile and that the operating room environment is contamination free

Post-Operation

  • Accurately assesses patient after operation, documents clinical observations & findings
  • Consults and advises surgeon / anaesthetist immediately if abnormalities are noted
  • Effectively hands over the patient to recovery / ward nurse

Drug Administration

  • Ensure all required drugs/supplies are available
  • Adhere to the 10 rights of drug administration (right patient, medication, dosage, route, time, documentation, client education, assessment, evaluation and client refusal of treatment)
  • Ensure all treatment sheets have patients biodata including information on drug allergies.
  • Submit all new drug orders to pharmacy promptly and STAT doses given within 30 minutes
  • Ensures all the items used by patients are billed accurately

Any other duty as assigned by your immediate supervisor in line with the job description.

Personal Specifications

  • A higher diploma in Nursing. Bachelor of Science in Nursing is desirable and added advantage
  • Higher Diploma in Perioperative Nursing
  • A valid nursing council of Kenya license
  • Up to date BLS, ACLS/ATLS certificate
  • 2 years’ experience in nursing
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with attention to detail and results oriented

Method of Application

Application documents (CV and Certificates) must be emailed to vacancies@avenuehealthcare.com with the job position you are applying for as the subject of the email by 10 th March 2023.

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