Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy Department

Aga Khan University Hospital

Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUH, N) is a private not-for-profit teaching hospital that provides tertiary and secondary level healthcare services. It is one of the hospitals in East Africa accredited by the Joint Commission International from USA. The University Hospital has been providing high quality care for the people of East Africa and beyond for over 60 years. 

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https://hospitals.aku.edu/

Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy Department

Responsibilities

  • Conduct initial evaluation and assessment of patients referred for physiotherapy
  • Identify treatment goals and appropriate therapy techniques and proceed to administer them
  • Conduct patient and family education
  • Conduct regular evaluation of patients to assess progress and response to therapy, revise treatment program as necessary to achieve goals
  • Evaluate the patient’s, need for adaptive devices such as special support, padding, protective gear, assistive standing, ambulation or mobility
  • Maintain daily treatment notes evaluation of patient’s progress and discharge planning notes and summaries
  • Assign patients to physiotherapy assistants or interns with laid out treatment plans and supervise their treatment
  • Control infection by observing hygiene rules
  • Maintain professional proficiency through review of current literature and attendance into continuing medical education programs in line with the physiotherapy accreditation requirements
  • Have a full knowledge of the hospital policies & procedures, protocols, guidelines and adhere to the same
  • Carry out clinical and service audits and evaluate improvement of services
  • Supervising and delegating tasks to physiotherapy assistants and service attendants
  • Ensuring functionality of equipment by participating in regular maintenance/monitoring & testing to ensure minimum equipment downtime
  • Participate in planning and implementation of department goals and objectives to enable optimal performance
  • Observe and comply with environment health and occupational safety measures
  • Participate in the implementation of quality initiative and patient safety programs. 

Requirements

  • Diploma in Physiotherapy
  • Registered with Physiotherapy Council of Kenya
  • knowledge of assessment/evaluation techniques in regards to patients
  • Excellent customer service skills and empathetic to patients of all ages

Methods of application:

Interested and qualified candidates are invited to submit their application using the link provided below,

https://aku.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2500019E&lang=en&utm_source=Jobinkenya

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Applications are to be submitted not later than: June/19/2025

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