Role Purpose
The roleholder is responsible for providing safe anaesthesia to patients, thus ensuring the highest standards of patient care during surgical and other medical procedures.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute anaesthesia procedures to uphold safety protocols and optimize patient care during surgical interventions.
- Perform and document the preanesthesia assessment and evaluation of the patient.
- Obtain informed consent for anesthesia and related services.
- Ensure strict adherence to standard operating procedures, maintaining consistency and quality in anaesthesia delivery.
- Administer specialized anaesthesia when required during procedures.
- Supervise/train anaesthesia students / junior anaesthesia staff.
- Taking care of critical patients intraoperatively.
- Keeping medications records.
- Select, obtain, order, and administer preanesthetic medication or treatment.
- Develop and implement an anesthesia care plan.
- Provide postanesthesia follow-up evaluation and care as may be required.
- Facilitate emergence and recovery from anesthesia by evaluating patient response, and selecting, ordering, and administering medications, fluids, and maintaining patient stability during transfer.
- Day-to-day operations and supervision of staff in the assigned work area, fostering a cohesive and unified organizational culture.
- Facilitate implementation of the internal audit, risk management, QMS, and other related work plans.
- Perform other duties that might be assigned from time to time.
Requirements
- Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Medicine and Surgery from a recognized institution. Higher Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery – Anaesthesia from an institution recognized by the Clinical Officers Council.
- Registration with the Clinical Officers Council of Kenya as a specialist Clinical Officer in Anaesthesia.
- Valid annual practising licence from the Clinical Officers Council of Kenya.
- At least three years’ post-qualification clinical experience, including a minimum of two years in anaesthesia practice.
- Demonstrated experience providing anaesthesia for elective and emergency surgical procedures.
- Experience in pre-anaesthetic assessment, intraoperative monitoring, airway management, postoperative care, resuscitation, and pain management.
- Where the candidate is a Nurse Anaesthetist, the candidate should possess a Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, a recognized post-basic qualification in Nurse Anaesthesia, registration with the Nursing Council of Kenya, and a valid practising licence.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online via the Tenwek Hospital recruitment portal at recruitment.tenwekhosp.org or through MyJobMag.
