Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital, a paediatric hospital based in Nairobi with a network of outpatient units, invites applications for the following three challenging positions:
1. Play Therapist
Reporting to the Head of Nursing.
Duties & Responsibilities:
To help children who visit the hospital for treatment to cope with stress and anxiety arising out of illness by doing the following:
1. Play Therapist
Reporting to the Head of Nursing.
Duties & Responsibilities:
To help children who visit the hospital for treatment to cope with stress and anxiety arising out of illness by doing the following:
- Coordinate all play activities in the hospital
- Distract and reduce anxiety through use of toys games and stories, including providing education for children hospitalized for long periods.
- Welcome and conduct ward rounds for children who come for pre admission visit.
- Use appropriate play interventions to explain surgical procedures
- Organize periodic entertainment programmes for children in the hospital
- Work with other care providers to ensure children stress and anxiety is minimized
- Guide parents on what activities their child can comfortably engage in while in hospital
- Engage children with activities that enhance their cognitive abilities
- Use art and play to enable children express themselves
Qualifications:
- Diploma in Early Childhood Development. A BSc. Child psychology is an added advantage
- Masters in clinical psychology will be an added advantage
Working experience
- 3 years experience in related field.
- Working in a clinical environment will be and added advantage.
2. Nutritionist
Reporting to the Head Clinician
Duties & Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Head Clinician
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Coordinating all nutrition activities at the main hospital satellite clinics and outreach clinics and provide technical support to all nutrition outreach activities
- Inpatient nutritional advice to other care givers and clinicians
- Meal planning and management to admitted patients needing specialized care in collaboration with catering staff
- Enteral nutrition to admitted clients needing specialized care
- Managing Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTP) and Food by Prescription (FBP) feeding programmes
- Nutrition education and counseling to clients on Infant & Young Child Feeding (IYCF)
- Providing Nutritional care to specialist clinics • Nutritional management of clients at the Comprehensive Care clinic
- Research and development of new nutrition products to meet emerging clients needs.
- Training and supervision of elective students
Qualifications:
- Bsc in Nutrition and Dietetics from a recognized University, other special
- Must be a registered member of the Nutritionists and Dieticians Council
- Minimum 2 years experience in a busy clinical setting
3. Tutor/Lecturer
Reporting to the Professional Training Centre Manager.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Professional Training Centre Manager.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Facilitate training in Paediatric Nursing, Paediatric Advance Life Support, First Aid, Phlebotomy, Research, Paediatric Critical Care Nursing and clinical instruction.
- Market all trainings facilitated by the training Centre
- Plan and Organize trainings
- Monitor and evaluate all trainings carried out in the training centre
Qualifications:
- A Kenya Registered nurse with valid Nursing of Kenya license
- Two years experience of teaching in MTC
- BSN or masters in Nursing/Public Health/Critical Nursing
- EPLS/ Paediatric Nursing certificates
- Two years working in paediatric ward or ICU will be an added advantage
The Head Human Resources,
Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital,
by e-mail to hr @ gerties.org
to be received on or before September 25, 2009.
All documents should be sent as PDF attachments of either typed or scanned documents.
Only short – listed persons will be contacted.
