REF: TNH/HRD/MO-CU/12/2022

Reporting to the Team Leader - ICU, the successful candidates will be responsible for providing curative, superior interventional, and preventative medical care in the critical care units.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ethically reviewing and instituting appropriate therapeutic interventions for patients admitted to critical care units or requiring critical care across the hospital.
• Reviewing patients in other units where CCU/HDU support is needed and making appropriate decisions on interventions required.
• Assisting in coaching and mentoring of nursing staff on various aspects of critical care and management of critical illness.
• Performing medical procedures expected of a CCU medical officer.
• Ensuring that high standards of diagnostic accuracy and patient care are maintained
• Preparing medical reports and other clinical documents as required
• Ensuring professionalism and timeliness in the handling of clients at both individual and departmental levels
• Participating in continuous medical education and the development of departmental clinical protocols, quality improvement plans, and initiatives
• Participating in research, clinical audits, and review programs for the department
• Ensuring consistency in the clinical protocols and provision of care.
• Ensuring regular and adequate communication with patients and relatives on clinical progress.
• Advocating for excellent patient care and outcomes.
• Any other responsibilities that may be assigned by the supervisor from time to time.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
• Valid annual practice license
• Advance Cardiac Life Support, Advance Trauma Life Support, BASIC, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (added advantage).
• Sound diagnostic skills and judgment
• Point of care ultrasonography
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Effective communication skills
• Detailed oriented and good interpersonal relations.
• Must be well organized and can plan to deal with care issues as they arise.
• Must be thorough and proactive to ensure quality care and positive outcome.
• Must be able to work closely with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Prospective candidate should not be in full-time schooling

REF: TNH/HRD/HSO/11/2022

Reporting to the Quality Coordinator, the successful candidate will be responsible for implementing, maintaining and updating the Hospital’s occupational health and safety (QEOSH) Programmes.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan and execute OSHAS certification (ISO 45001:2018) for the Hospital and OPCs.
• Comprehensive hazard identification and assessments for all jobs and activities in the Hospital and OPCs.
• Specialist job hazard analysis for all jobs/ activities in the hospital and development of safe systems of work to address health and safety issues.
• Development of a permit system of work for identified high-risk jobs/activities to protect the health and safety of staff, patients, visitors, and other stakeholders.
• Training of staff in various departments on safe systems of work related to the nature of activities.
• Ensure that all the facilities are licensed with the necessary regulatory bodies relating to health and safety.
• Ensure that all accidents are documented, investigated and recommended improvements implemented. This also includes reporting to regulatory bodies. i.e. DOHSS.
• Lead in root cause analysis for occupational health and safety incidents
• Create, hoist OHS standard operating procedures (SOPs) and track review for timely escalation to HODs.
• Run on weekly and monthly basis OHS q-pulse analysis dashboards for escalation to HODs
• Any other responsibilities that may be assigned to the job holder by the supervisor from time to time.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor of science degree in occupational health and safety.
• Minimum five (5) years’ experience in occupational health and safety.
• Professional certification either by NEMA, DOHSS or NEBOSH.
• Experience in implementation of health and safety management systems; Kaizen/ 5S, OSHA 2007 and ISO 45001:2018.
• Quality systems training on QMS, EMS and ISO 45001:2018.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Ability to interpret standards and relate to actual practice.
• Strong interpersonal skills, for negotiating changes in the workplace and influencing others to adopt them.
• An understanding of health and safety legislation and how to interpret it.
• Sound knowledge of technical and operational processes.
• The ability to think ahead and anticipate potential problems.
• Presentation skills in order to lead training sessions.
• Ability to communicate complex information in a straight forward way
• A thorough and methodical approach.
• A cutting edge in timely follow-up.
• High level of integrity.
• Detail-orienteded.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Flair for high-performance standards.
• Ability to manage workload and prioritize effectively.
• Co-operative and diligent