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Clinical Practice Educator-OR/Recovery

Department

Hospital Administration

Entity

Aga Khan University Hospital

Location

Nairobi, Kenya

Introduction

Reporting to the OR/Recovery Nursing Manager, the Clinical Practice Educator will be responsible for delivery of safe and quality patient care through evidence based clinical practice and nurses’ professional growth and development.

Responsibilities

  • Leads the team in development, implementation and monitoring of unit based clinical policies and procedures;
  • Guides nurses in the assessment of patient care needs and the planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing interventions;
  • Identifies learning needs of the nurses and assumes responsibility for development and implementation of unit based in-service programs for all nursing staff;
  • Makes daily rounds of all patients in the unit while reviewing patient allocation to determine correct patient assignment to the nurses;
  • Ensures that all documentation related to patient care is done as well as ensure that staff are familiar with the documentation policy;
  • Participates in the Nursing Division Nursing Quality Assurance audit program;
  • Guides nursing staff in initiation of and participation in Hospital-wide as well as Unit-based nursing research projects;
  • Ensures a monthly report of learning activities and spot checks are submitted to the relevant entities on time;
  • Takes lead in unit based continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) projects.

Requirements

Applicant must be a Registered Nurse with current licensure with the Kenya Nursing Council. They must have BScN, ACLS certification. S/he should be proficient in Microsoft Office packages. The successful candidate should have a minimum of five (5) years nursing experience in an acute care Hospital.

To Apply

Applications together with detailed Curriculum Vitae, names of three referees, telephone contact, e-mail address and copies of certificates and testimonials should be sent to the Manager, Recruitment, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. P. O. Box 30270-00100, NAIROBI or by email to hr.recruitment@aku.edu. Applications by email are preferred.
Please indicate the title of the position on your application.​

Applications should be submitted latest by April 5, 2020