Job Purpose

The Senior House Officer, Adult Accident & Emergency department will provide quality emergency care to all patients and continuously evaluate and improve the quality of emergency care provided by AKUH to meet patient treatment goals.

Key responsibilities:

Clinical Service:

• Review and examine patients consistently by performing such duties as taking case histories, conducting physical examinations, and ordering diagnostic laboratory and radiology studies.
• Attend to critical patients in a timely manner.
• When necessary, carry out privileged and potentially life-saving emergency procedures.
• Monitor patients’ progress on a regular basis.
• Initiate discussions with patients and care givers to enable better diagnostic and therapeutic medical care and services.
• Timely initiation of care pathways that are in accordance to the set international guidelines of management of patients with Acute Coronary syndrome (ACS) and Acute stroke.
• Initiate timely discussions with relevant consultants/departments to arrive at the best treatment plan for specialized cases.
• Participate in establishing various planning parameters for addressing referral cases received at AKUH.
• Engage nursing staff in ensuring that all treating equipment is functional and available for patient care/treatment
• Participate in discussions with relevant members of the clinical care team to enable better integration of patient care activities.
• Work closely with members of the clinical care team to reduce errors and waste, improve skillfulness and resource utilization.
• Initiate discussions with consultants and colleagues to enable integration of clinical research activities, shared knowledge, institutional quality improvement and patient wellness activities.

Counselling & Patient Education

• Educate patients on wellness, prevention and early detection.
• Provide materials, resources and referrals to patients, family members/care givers.
• Educate patients on informed consent, choice of attending physician and right to seek second opinion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)
• Registration by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Council
• Accredited certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
• 2 years of post-internship experience preferably in a busy emergency department.
• Emergency medicine training is an added advantage.
• Clinician traits of patience, compassion, responsibility, honesty, respect for others, self-awareness, logical thinking and intellectual curiosity
• Demonstrates competency and dexterity with all equipment utilized in the hospital environment
• Demonstrates honesty, integrity, compassion and respect for diversity and applies ethical principles appropriately
• Very Good communication skills and a good team player
• Punctual and respects commitments made
• Seeks and accepts advice and adheres to strict deadlines.
• Good Counseling and patient education skills
• Ability to manage work related stress
• Good skills in MS Office Applications
• Able to work with minimal supervision while being punctual and accountable.