Clinical Practice Educator, Private Wing

Clinical Practice Educator

Department

Private Wing

Entity

Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi

Location

Nairobi, Kenya

Introduction

Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi is a private not-for-profit teaching hospital that provides tertiary and secondary level healthcare services. It is the first hospital in East Africa to be accredited by the Joint Commission International from the USA. The University Hospital has been providing high quality care for the people of East Africa and beyond for over 60 years.

Responsibilities:

Leadership/ Administrative Duties 

•         Leads the team in development, implementation and monitoring of unit based clinical policies and procedures

•         Takes lead in identification, definition and monitoring of unit based clinical indicators.

•         Is responsible for continuing education/training for nurses in assigned unit.

•         Assists the nurse manager and lead physician to initiate innovative and evidence based strategies to improve care for both adult and paediatric patients.

•         Participates in development of a culture of safe practice in collaboration with clinical teams and actively participate in multidisciplinary clinical rounds.

•         Participates in evaluation of care and outcomes through Mortality and Morbidity discussions, clinical incidence trends and clinical indicators.

•         Participates in establishment of standards of care with unit staff, and monitors delivery of care according to established standards.

•         Together with the Nurse Manager, conducts regular evaluation of nurses and designs individual development plans based on identified learning/training needs.

•         Is responsible for staff files and all learning material at unit level.

•         In collaboration with the manager nursing Practice, fosters development of nurses to maximum potential through providing educational/training opportunities and exposure to appropriate learning forums.

•         Ensures monthly report of learning activities and spot checks are submitted to the relevant people on time.

•         Communicate effectively with the multidisciplinary team about all clinical matters such as infection control in assigned unit, spot checks and documentation.

•         Is a resource person for the care team for all clinical matters.

Supervision of Nursing Staff             

•         Makes daily rounds of all patients in the unit and assesses their health status to identify care needs.

•         Reviews patient allocation to determine correct patient assignment according to the nurse's competence.

•         Assists the nurses at bedside in assessment of both adult and pediatric patient assessments to identify individual patient needs.

•         Assists the nurse to plan and implement individual interventions based identified patient needs.