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Resident Paediatrician

Job Objective/Purpose

• Provide and ensure quality Pediatric services within the Avenue group in line with the company policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Attend to walk in and referred paediatric patients both out and in patient.
• Receive and resuscitate newborns in Theatre and Maternity.
• To offer paediatric consultancy to all the doctors in Avenue Group.
• Run the paediatric outpatient clinics.
• Provision of superior diagnostic, preventative and interventional medical care.
• Accurate and clear documentation of patient history, physical examination, investigations and management.
• Provide clarity of investigations to be carried out and interpretation of the results and ensure update to the patients, next of kin and conduct family conferences on need basis.
• Facilitate patient admissions, necessary consents and discharges.
• Counsel clients on treatment and compliance to treatment (patient and family) while ensuring their participation in decision making in their management.
• Carry out procedures (paediatric) while ensuring high quality of care/services and safety of patients.
• Participate in morbidity and mortality meetings as required.
• Participation in incident reporting, root cause analysis and the Avenue Quality Improvement Plan.
• Participation in resuscitation of patients.
• Conduct timely ward rounds and patient reviews.
• Facilitate Continuous Medical Education and mentorship to colleagues to build capacity to provide care.
• Acquiring new skills on best practices and assist in their implementation.
• Maintain a positive work attitude and foster team work.
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality at all times.
• Ensure patient satisfaction through quality of care, communication, feedback and escalation through the standardized tool for patient satisfaction measurement and demonstrate follow-up and improvement.
• Ensure the facility is financially viable and demonstrate growth;
  • Increase the quality and diversity of services offered in the facility. Support marketing activities to ensure introduction of new services.
  • Ensure pre-authorizations have been sought.
• Ensure that Avenue corporate governance policies are adhered to.
  • Prevent, detect and report any fraud or criminal activity
  • Review and implementation of audit recommendations
• Ensure adequate knowledge of all Avenue policies, procedures and systems as outlined in the HRMIS.
• Any other duty as assigned by your immediate supervisor in line with the job description.

Personal Specifications

•  Specialist recognition in Paediatrics
•  Master of Medicine in Paediatrics
•  2 years’ experience
•  Strong interpersonal and communication skills
•  Attention to detail and result oriented
•  Customer focus

Medical Officer

Job Objective/Purpose

• Provision of quality care and quality services in line with Avenue Healthcare’s defined policies, protocols, procedures and standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Accurate and clear documentation of patient history, physical examination, investigations, and management. 
• Initiate and maintain proper management and treatment of patients 
• Appropriate and early consultation and referral of patients to specialists. 
• Daily updates of the patients progress to the patient and the next of kin. 
• Facilitates patient admissions, necessary consents and discharges. 
• Undertake clinical procedures per training. 
• Conducting CMEs and research. 
• Participate in morbidity and mortality meetings as required. 
• Participation in incident reporting, root cause analysis and Quality Improvement Plan 
• To champion evidence based practice and continuous skill improvement 
• Rotation in various departments as and when required 
• Review of medical reports and provision of patient updates to insurance companies. 
• Participation in daily/weekly/monthly staff meetings. 
• Conduct timely ward rounds and patient reviews 
• Ensure that the resources needed to provide quality care are available for each patient in the unit (required HR, equipment, supplies, services).Report and escalate any deficiencies to the HOD/Hospital Manager. 
• Maintain a positive work attitude and foster team work. 
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality at all times. 
• Ensure patient satisfaction through quality of care, communication, feedback and escalation through the standardized tool for patient satisfaction measurement and demonstrate follow-up and improvement. Ensure the facility is financially viable and demonstrate growth;
  • Increase the quality and diversity of services offered in the facility. Support marketing activities to ensure growth in client numbers. 
  • Ensure financial objectives are met by managing costs within budget, timely and accurate billing of drugs and services, enforcing exclusions, seeking pre-authorizations, proper documentation and timely delivery of invoices. 
• Ensure that avenue corporate governance policies are adhered to.
  • Prevent, detect and report any fraud or criminal activity 
  • Implement audit recommendations 
  • Ensure adequate knowledge of all Avenue policies, procedures and systems as outlined in the HRMIS. 
• Any other duty as assigned by your immediate supervisor in line with the job description.

Personal Specifications

•  A medical degree
•  A valid Kenya Medical Practitioners’ and Dentists Council Licence (KMPDC)
•  Updated BLS, ACLS/ATLS certificate
•  2 years’ experience
•  Strong interpersonal and communication skills
•  Attention to detail and result oriented
•  Customer focus

Hospital Management Accountant

Job Objective/Purpose

• Planning, organizing and coordinating all the accounting activities in the hospital, by implementing the hospital’s sustainability initiatives, and financial processes and reporting, in line with approved policies and standards.

Key Responsibilities

• People Management:
  • Lead and supervise the unit finance/accounting teams in delivering individual and team targets by providing professional and high standards of service. 
  • Prepare monthly work schedules (ROTA) and ensure efficient use of overtimes and locums. 
  • Provide leadership, ensuring staff development, engagement, performance, and ensure monthly staff meetings with documented evidence. 
•  Coordinate the development of annual and periodic Hospital level Budgets, with the HM. 
•  Monitor the Management of hospital costs through proactive data review to identify opportunities to improve on efficiencies. 
•  Oversee the hospital level credit management and implementation, including implementing the credit policy for uninsured individuals to reduce the risk of bad debt. 
•  Overseeing daily facility level cash/cheque collections and bank reconciliations. 
•  Overseeing timely submission of error free claims/invoices to insurance companies/ head office. 
•  Oversee the facility level stock take and inventory management together with the relevant HODs. 
•  Work with the Head of Credit to analyze remittance advice from different clients, review rejections, and prepare reclaimable payment reports. 9.Run performance analysis reports, including revenue and cost breakdown, and analysis of margins, and prepare monthly hospital financial statements and reports for the Hospital Manager and Financial Controller. 
• Ensure all fixed assets purchased for the Hospital are recorded in the assets’ register / Finance System, ensuring due process is followed. 
• Oversee specialist doctors’ payments at Hospital level, in liaison with the hospital accounts team. 
• Ensure adequate knowledge of, and compliance to all Avenue Healthcare policies, procedures, and systems, especially policies pertaining to the provision of medical services. 
• Ensure that Avenue Healthcare corporate governance policies are adhered to, including preventing, detecting, and reporting any fraud or criminal activities, and Implementing audit recommendations.

Personal Specifications

•  Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field. CPA (K) Qualification
•  4+ years experience in a similar role, preferably in a Hospital set-up
•  Expert knowledge in credit management, cost management, financial reporting, budgetting and business analytics
•  Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, team playing abilities, and communication skills.
•  Highly responsive, ethical and responsible

Application Deadline :     2023-07-30

Unit Manager – Maternity

Job Objective/Purpose

• To lead and manage the nursing team in the provision of patient-centric and evidence-based nursing care, operational efficiency and positive patient experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervising and ensuring delivery of a professional and high standard of nursing care within the section while leading a team of nurses and patient attendants in delivering individual and team targets. 
• Review specific patients’ investigations, analyze, interpret, troubleshoot, and initiate immediate intervention.
• Ensure primary nurse engagement with doctors and other care providers regarding patients’ plan of care and care solutions with emphasis on a team-based problem-solving approach to provide unified approach to patient care. 
• Review and ensure that nursing care plans are scientific, evidence based and address the 
• priority needs of the patients. 
• Ensuring proper and timely documentation, maintaining proper records, confidentiality, and always handing over between shifts. 
• Maintaining the inventory of all assets in the section and ensuring minimal stock of consumables and drugs is maintained in the section sub stores. 
• Daily check on all equipment in the section to ensure that all are always in good working condition through compliance with the PPM and reporting promptly the faulty equipment. 
• Participate in development and ensure implementation of organizational and departmental policies and procedures (SOPs) and quality improvement plans in the section including infection prevention. 
• Ensuring all planned sectional activities are geared towards meeting growth and quality objectives. 
• Tracking of daily CQIs Preparing routine reports as per the departmental KPIs and as required. 
• Preparing monthly work schedules (ROTA) and supervising section operations and staff. 
• Ensure That all staff supervised in the department achieve the set 8 hours of training monthly, on emergency procedures for all section staff and students and ensure daily allocation to the emergency rota. 
• Providing leadership ensuring, employee development, employee engagement and performance management to deliver departmental objectives and goals. 
• Safeguarding patient’s belongings such as when undergoing surgery or during delivery. 
• Control the departmental budget within the agreed parameters by ensuring efficient utilization of resources are used to maximum effect and take charge on stock control. 
• Participate in business development and activities and follow up on customer feedback 
• Ensure safe and clean environment for staff patient/clients and visitors compliance with policies and protocols including health and safety, risk management and critical incident reporting. 
• Monitor and ensure clients satisfaction and proactively manage their complaints as they arise. 
• Any other duty as assigned by the supervisor in line with the job description.

Personal Specifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.Recognized professional diploma may be considered.
• A valid practice license from NCK Updated BLS, ACLS/ATLS certificate Minimum of 3 years of relevant working experience.
• Confident, organized and with excellent communication Critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills

Resident Obs-Gynae

Job Objective/Purpose

• Provide and ensure quality obstetrics and gynecology services within the Avenue group in line with the company policies andprocedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Attend to walk in and referred obstetrics and gynecology patients both out and in patient. 
• Oversee the obstetrics and gynecology department. 
• Run the gynecology and Antenatal clinics. 
• Provision of superior diagnostic, preventative and interventional medical care. 
• Accurate and clear documentation of patient history, physical examination, investigations, and management. 
• Provide clarity of investigations to be carried out and interpretation of the results and ensure update to the patients and the next of kin. 
• Facilitates patient admissions, necessary consents and discharges. 
• Counsel clients on treatment and compliance to treatment (patient and family) while ensuring their participation in decision making in their management. 
• Carry out procedures and surgical interventions (obstetric & gynecological) while ensuring high quality of care/services and safety of patients. 
• Conduct family conferences on need basis. 
• Participate in morbidity and mortality meetings as required. 
• Participation in incident reporting, root cause analysis and Quality Improvement Plan 
• Participation in resuscitation of patients. 
• Conduct timely ward rounds and patient reviews 
• Facilitate Continuous Medical Education and mentorship to colleagues to build capacity to provide care. 
• Acquiring new skills on best practices and assist in their implementation. 
• Maintain a positive work attitude and foster team work. 
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality at all times. 
• Ensure patient satisfaction through quality of care, communication, feedback and escalation through the standardized tool for patient satisfaction measurement and demonstrate follow-up and improvement. 
• Ensure the facility is financially viable and demonstrate growth;
  • Increase the quality and diversity of services offered in the facility. Support marketing activities to ensure introduction of new services. 
  • Ensure pre-authorizations have been sought c. Ensure timely and accurate billing of drugs and services. 
  • Work closely with the credit controller to monitor patient limits. 
• Ensure that Avenue corporate governance policies are adhered to. a. Prevent, detect and report any fraud or criminal activity b. Timely review and implementation of audit recommendations 
• Ensure adequate knowledge of all Avenue policies, procedures and systems as outlined in the HRMIS. 
• Any other duty as assigned by your immediate supervisor in line with the job description.

Personal Specifications

• Master of Medicine in obstetrics and gynecology
• Specialist recognition in obstetrics and gynecology
• 2 years’ experience with laparoscopic training
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Attention to detail, result oriented and customer focus

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 28th July 2023.