Aga Khan University Hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan and Nairobi, Kenya are private, not-for-profit institutions providing high quality health care. The Main Hospitals serve as the principal sites for clinical training for the University’s Medical Colleges and Schools of Nursing and Midwifery in Pakistan and East Africa.
Responsibilities:
- Treat patients with musculo-skeletal conditions as well as provide general physiotherapy services.
- Teach patients and family about the condition, treatment, lifestyle, interventions, care and discharge plan.
- Provide educational information regarding exercise programmes, risk factor modification and home programmes.
- Ensure all patients documentation is done on time.
- Evaluate and monitor documentation of patients notes in the file.
- Ensure functionality of equipment by conducting regular monitoring/testing.
- Ensure proper maintenance of patient’s records.
- Enhance compliance with environment health and occupational safety.
- Monitor and adhere to infection control guidelines.
- Participate in planning and implementation of department goals.
- Monitor set goals and objectives.
- Participate in the implementation of quality control /staff development.
- Conduct in-house CMEs to support staff/therapists, monitor and review their progress.
Requirements:
- Diploma in Physiotherapy from a recognized institution/college.
- Higher National Diploma in orthopaedic manual therapy (OMT) from a recognized institution.
- Registration with the Physiotherapy Council of Kenya is mandatory.
- A minimum of 2 years’ working experience as a physiotherapist.
- Possess excellent interpersonal, communication, and commendable customer service skills.
- Certificate in Basic Life Support (BLS)
