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.

•Guides nurses to evaluate effectiveness of care given through re-assessments.

•Ensures patients receive appropriate teaching about their condition and treatments.

•Participates in discharge planning and ensures participation of patient's family and significant others.

Continuing Education

•Ensures adequate orientation and settling of new nurses to assigned unit.

•The CPE works closely with nurses at bedside and conducts regular skill checks to identify their training/learning needs and designs individual training programs.

•Designs a plan for continuing unit based learning and works with the nurse manager to ensure participation of all nurses.

•Uses clinical incidences as learning opportunities for nurses and with them plans corrective and preventive actions.

•Maintains records of all learning activities for the unit and individual nurses' participation.

•Designs methods to motivate nurses in assigned unit to pursue individual professional growth and development.

•Develops and maintains effective networks both internal and external to improve nursing practice.

Documentation

•Participates in evaluation of nursing documents to ensure their appropriateness in capturing patient information.

•Ensures nursing staff are familiar with the documentation policy and trains nurses on the use of all nursing forms/charts e.g. MEWS, PEWS

•Ensures compliance to documentation policy through spot-checks on nursing forms such Initial assessment, Vital signs chart, Patient Education Record, and fluid chart, treatment sheet and progress notes chart.

Nursing Research & Quality Initiatives

•Takes lead in unit based Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) projects, Clinical Care Program Certification (CCPC), and ensure participation by nurses.

•Guides nursing staff in initiation of and participation in unit-based as well as hospital wide nursing research projects.

Requirements:

•Registered Nurse with current licensure with the Nursing Council of Kenya

•Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSc,N)

•Certification in BLS

•Proficient in Basic computer skills

•Minimum 5 years continuous nursing experience in acute care hospital.

•Experience in teaching

•Demonstrates expert knowledge and skills in care of Adult & Paediatric medical surgical patients.

•Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

•Ability to teach and cascade information at all levels