Clinical Nurse & Clinic In Charge, Outreach Clinic Valley Arcade

The Clinical Nurse & Clinic In Charge is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Outreach Clinic in Valley Arcade. This role involves managing staff, ensuring high-quality patient care, and maintaining safety and quality standards while providing direct clinical nursing care.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations of the centre, ensuring efficient service delivery and smooth running of all activities.
• Plan and manage staffing through duty rotas to ensure adequate coverage and high-quality patient care.
• Lead implementation of quality assurance, infection control, and patient safety standards at the centre.
• Monitor stock levels, supplies usage, and accurate data entry to support audits and reporting.
• Serve as the primary link between the centre, specialist doctors, and Outreach Management to ensure effective communication and issue resolution.
• Complete head-to-toe assessment and re-assessment of patients to identify their care needs.
• Develop written care plans based on patients’ needs, monitor and evaluate effectiveness of interventions.
• Carry out hemodynamic monitoring to include vital signs, neurological and fluid status; labs and radiological evaluations.
• Document all assessment data, investigation results, care given, discussions with the multidisciplinary team, family/patient interactions in an accurate, comprehensive and timely manner.
• Administer medication safely, monitor patient responses to medication and report adverse reactions promptly.
• Dispose of clinical and non-clinical waste safely in accordance with Aga Khan University Hospital Guidelines on waste management.
• Prepare for and assist physicians to perform various procedures in the clinic.
• Maintain adequate airway management to include oxygen therapy, nebulization and suctioning.
• Perform pain assessment and initiate analgesia as per protocol.
• Promptly report both clinical and non-clinical unusual findings/incidences.
• Identify patient and family education needs and implement appropriate teaching.
• Provide safe environment for patients through adherence to infection control practices and other safety policies, and perform timely safety checks on restraints, examination coaches, oxygen source and other medical equipment in the clinic.
• Be accountable for judicious and efficient use of resources i.e. accurate and timely billing of clinic stock drugs and consumables.
• Care for equipment through proper cleaning, storage, per shift check of the inventory and timely reporting and follow-up of non-functional equipment to the Operations manager.
• Follow discharge procedure of the outpatients according to hospital protocol, and ensure follow-up appointments are made where needed.
• Participate in clinic-based nursing education, quality improvement (QI) projects, audits, spot checks and skill checks.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse from a recognized school of nursing or University.
• Current licensure with the Nursing Council of Kenya.
• Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Minimum requirement of 5 years’ continuous clinical experience in medical-surgical Nursing.
• Experience in leadership roles within a clinical environment will be an advantage.
• Demonstrate evidence-based knowledge of the current practices in general nursing in an outpatient setup.
• Demonstrate leadership skills.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should apply online via the Aga Khan University Hospital recruitment portal at aku.taleo.net.