Senior House Officer - ICU HDU

About the role

Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi's Westlands is recruiting a Senior House Officer for its ICU and HDU. The role provides quality health care to patients and continuously evaluates and improves the quality of care to meet patient treatment goals, working under the supervision of the Critical Care Consultant.

Key responsibilities

• Access and manage patients, and participate in daily multidisciplinary rounds in the ICU and HDU according to the monthly rota.
• Assess and examine patients, order and interpret diagnostic studies, develop care plans and update patients, families and other consultants.
• Perform and/or supervise critical care procedures within their competence.
• Assist in the initial assessment and triage of potential critical care patients and advise non-critical care providers, under the consultant's direction.
• Help review and develop policies and procedures and best-practice guidelines, and take part in quality improvement and patient safety activities.
• Work with the clinical team to reduce errors and waste, and take part in departmental and sectional research and academic activities.
• Give clinical instruction to medical students, interns and residents, and attend and occasionally present at weekly morbidity and mortality meetings.
• Seek feedback from the Critical Care Consultant, seek opportunities to maintain competency, and perform other duties assigned by the Critical Care Medical Director.

Required profile

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB).
• Registration with the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board.
• Successful internship completion plus one year of post-internship experience.
• Clinician traits such as patience, compassion, responsibility, honesty, respect for others, self-awareness, logical thinking and intellectual curiosity.
• Demonstrated constructive management of medical errors.

Required skills

• Valid ACLS certificate (and above).
• Certificate in Advanced Trauma Life Support.
• Competency and dexterity with hospital equipment.
• Good communication skills and teamwork.