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Job Summary

Job Title:
Homecare Coordinator
Employer:
Swisscontact
Location:
Nairobi, Kenya
Country:
Kenya
Contract Type:
Full Time
Job Category:
Healthcare / Medical
Number of Positions:
1
Deadline:
Thursday, 31 October 2024

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Homecare Coordinator job at Swisscontact | Apply Now

Nairobi, Kenya

Full Time

Are you looking for Health Care jobs in Kenya 2024 today? then you might be interested in Homecare Coordinator job at Swisscontact

Deadline: 

31 Oct 2024

About the Organisation

Swisscontact is a global development organization that focuses on improving the economic and social conditions of individuals and communities by fostering sustainable development. Through its commitment to promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth, Swisscontact delivers innovative solutions that empower people, particularly in developing countries. The organization has a stellar reputation for its expertise and recognition in the international development sector, working in over 30 countries worldwide. Swisscontact prides itself on a collaborative and inclusive work culture, providing employees with an environment that encourages creativity, professional growth, and a strong sense of purpose.

Job opportunities often include positions that align with their mission of creating positive change, offering flexible work arrangements that support work-life balance. Founded in 1959, the organization has continuously evolved, adapting its approaches to meet the emerging challenges of poverty reduction and economic development. Swisscontact's business model combines technical expertise, innovation, and local partnerships, ensuring its interventions are both impactful and sustainable. The organization operates on a global scale, with a broad reach across several regions.

Swisscontact's core values include sustainability, innovation, and social responsibility, ensuring that their projects leave a lasting impact. In terms of CSR, the organization is deeply committed to promoting responsible practices and contributing to the development of local communities. To learn more, visit their website at www.swisscontact.org.

Job Title

Homecare Coordinator job at Swisscontact

Swisscontact

Job Description

Coordination of nursing care and carrying out management & administrative roles

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Nursing care coordination

  • Conduct care assessment for all clients at service inception

  • Create care plans for the patients and explain the care plans to the patient-assigned caregiver

  • Evaluate, review, and rate the care givers based on outcomes and client’s/patient’s experience

  • Monitoring of client’s outcomes and service quality audits to ensure desired expectations

  • Provide continuous education and CMEs to all care givers and company nurses

  • Lead a team of inhouse care-relievers to respond timely on relief to ensure client service continuation.


Review and analysis of all daily care givers/nurses

  • Review the daily care givers and Nurses reports

  • Regular contacts and visits to clients for continuous assessments

  • Conduct continuous assessments on clients from clients’ feedback report

  • Recommend and implement care plan changes based on patients’ outcome


In-house deployment of nurse services.

  • Provide professional home nursing services to the clients e.g drug management, insertions, catheterizations, wound managements etc 

  • Management of outcomes of the home nursing services.

  • Provide technical support to the in houses nurses

  • Make ward rounds and market all the Avenue Home care products


Quality assurance management

  • Conduct visits to clients, caregivers, and nurses to review patients’ satisfaction/progress.

  • Ensure care-givers services are as per care plans and offer the care givers 24-hour technical support

  • Identify and make appropriate recommendations for additional services and products per client requirements from time to time as may be appropriate

  • Identify and advise on the possible foreseeable risks’ clients onboarding processes at the Hospital level and at home

  • Report any unethical practice within the Avenue home care business that might jeopardize the life of the business


Management and administrative roles

  • Ensuring that the company office has valid operational licenses

  • Advisory function on employee recruitment

  • Act as the head of patient attendant training and homebased care in Kisumu

  • Take part in company management process e,g formulation of new policies and SOPs

  • Ensuring there is enough equipment both for training and for homebased care 

  • Managing the students and all the homecare locum employees in Kisumu

  • Documenting and keeping records of the company

  • Facilitating the payment of the company locum employees in liaison with the Human resource department.

  • Playing part in students certificate preparation and issuance

  • Collection of all the company payments and raising the due invoices


Training coordinator roles

  • Marketing of the course within Kisumu and to all other Avenue Home care training centers.

  • Conducting students’ recruitment processes

  • Supervising and management of the locum trainers

  • Clinical deployment and supervision of students during the internship

  • Computation of students’ results

  • Conducting student practical assessment and clinical procedures

  • Instilling and enforcing the institutional code of conduct and ethics among students

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Qualifications, Education and Competencies

PERSON SPECIFICATION

  • Diploma in nursing from any recognized institution. A Bachelors degree in nursing (BsN) is an added advantage.

  • A valid nursing council of Kenya license

  • Minimum of 3 years of working experience in nursing preferably in the healthcare sector

  • TVET accredited trainer

  • Homecare Business and administrative work experience strongly preferred

  • Strong computer and phone skills(Word, Excel, Outlook, Google Workplace etc)

  • Excellent communication skills

How to Apply

Use the link(s) below to apply on company website.

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