Jacaranda Health Clinical Officer (Anaesthesia) Job in Kenya

Clinical Officer (Anaesthesia)
Jacaranda Health aims to set a new standard for maternity care in East Africa. Our ambition is to become the largest chain of maternity clinics in the region, and a leader in innovation in maternal health services. Our goal is to provide accessible, affordable, patient centered maternity and reproductive health services to low-income women. Job Summary:

We are seeking to recruit a Clinical officer  to carry out consultations in Outpatient and Inpatients services, administer and manage Anaesthesia for surgeries, timely referrals, responsible for supervision of maternal and child health services in the maternity facility, give on job training and support supervision to subordinates in the facility; ensure the community participate in community based health care activities; plan, implement, monitor and evaluate Primary Health Care delivery in the health facility.

Duties & Responsibilities

The successful candidate will apply his/her advanced knowledge of clinical care and management to run the primary roles and responsibilities below;Perform pre and post operative assessment of all patients for operation.Deliver local anaesthesia to patients requiring surgery.In liaison with the maternity team members, CO(A) will be responsible for post operative care on the wards and follow up of discharged surgical/obstetric patients.Admission/referral and follow up of severe maternal health cases depending on the level of care needed.Conducting general/maternal(reproductive) and child health education and patient counselling.Reporting on operation theatre activities including regular updating of the Operation register book to Hospital Manager and maintain confidentiality of patients’ medical recordsDrawing and implementation of action plans and participation in resource management general and theater.Participate in training other Support staff and service providers on basic administration of anesthesia and intra operative patient monitoring.Attending to emergency cases reported to the health facility and issuing correct patient diagnosis and recommendations for treatment/referral and follow up.Supervision  and monitoring of activities of other operation theatre team membersEnsuring clean up of operating room following surgery, including proper disposal of medical refuse.In collaboration with the Hospital Manager and Medical Officer, ensure that the centre complies with Jacaranda Health policies and protocols for vocal local, infection prevention and emergency preparedness (including resuscitation).Fully participate in planned promotional activities as directed by Hospital Manager.Carry out routine client consultations in absence of theatre procedures.Diploma in Clinical Medicine or its equivalent from a recognized institution and licensed by Clinical Officers Council (COC)Higher Diploma in AnaesthesiaAt least 5 years experience in similar or higher positionExcellent inter-personal and communication skills with a good command of both written and spoken English and Swahili with cultural sensitivity, assertiveness and negotiating skills.Computer literate with ability to use MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Google products proficiently.Excellent Management skills with ability to capacity build and develop othersInterested candidates should send their application cover letters and CVs to jobs@jacarandahealth.org with the subject line Clinical Officer (Anaesthesia).

Preference will be given to candidates who will send their applications by December 15, 2013

Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications received, we will be unable to confirm all applications.Please visit our website at www.jacarandahealth.org for more details.