Kuwait Dar Al-Shifa Hospital Announces the Availability of 25 Vacant Positions
About Dar Al Shifa Hospital
In 1963, Dar Al Shifa Hospital (DASH) was established as the first private hospital in the State of Kuwait. Originally, it was a maternity hospital located in Sharq, Kuwait City. Since that time, the hospital became a leading healthcare organization in the region.
In 2003, a shift in location allowed for an increase in both the inpatient beds and the outpatient clinics and eventually boosted the capacity to serve a wider segment of the population.
Dar Al Shifa Hospital is 230 bedded accredited facility constitutes of inpatient rooms (Imperial, Royal, Junior and Standard), labor rooms, neonatal units, Intensive Care Units, Operation Theaters, Emergency Room, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Outpatient clinics and sub-specialized medical /surgical fields. Also, it has well-equipped ancillary services with the latest technologies.
Required jobs in Dar Al Shifa Hospitals and their details:
Saleslady (1600)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards:
- Greet customers at the area and provide them with information on their required items
- Explain item features and provide information regarding prices.
- Sells the organization’s commercial area products and services to customers, visitors and employees.
- Receives commercial area products from different suppliers and ensures the received items match the delivery note by item type, quantity and price.
- Manages the shelving & displaying of received items properly and refills the missing items.
- Reports any item shortages or deficits to the commercial area supervisor for necessary actions.
Health Informatics Officer (1599)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards:
- Analyze and interpret patient, medical-related, or information systems data to improve clinical services.
- Analyze computer and information technologies to determine applicability to health practice administration and back-office functions.
- Design, develop, select, test, implement, and evaluate new or modified informatics solutions, data structures, and decision-support mechanisms to support clinical workflows and information management.
- Develop or deliver training programs for health information technology, creating operating manuals as needed.
- Develop or implement policies or practices in coordination with involved Departments needed for redesigning workflows based on evidence-based practices.
- Implement or evaluate health information technology applications, tools, processes or structures to assist nurses, physicians, and clinical support staff with data retrieval.
Laundry Supervisor (1598)
Performance Competencies:
- Good communication skills
- Good Monitoring/Assessing skills
- Time Management – Managing one’s own time and the time of others.
- Critical Thinking – Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Active Learning – Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Instructing – Teaching others how to do something.
Painter (1597)
Qualifications, Competences and Skills
- Education: Higher Secondary School Certificate/Trade or Technical course
- Experience: 3 to 5 years as painter directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
- License: Not applicable
- Language: Proficiency in Arabic and English Language
Housekeeping Supervisor (Male) (1596)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards
- Directs and controls all subordinate Room Attendants &Floor helper to ensure that all day-to-day operational matters are handled on time and guest expectations are met.
- Ensures vacant dirty rooms are cleaned quickly and report as vacant clean to Admission Office in order to maximize potential room revenue.
- Planning, organizing and directing team members to ensure the highest degree of guest satisfaction.
- Assigns rooms for deep cleaning as per schedules and monitors the cleaning process.
- Reports engineering failures and breakdowns and follows up on repair schedules.
- Oversees the cleanliness and facility maintenance assessment and follow up and making sure the quality of work
Inpatient Pharmacy Assistant (542)
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
- Assists the pharmacist in unit dose preparation and prepackaging of medications.
- Performs a range of clerical and/or administrative tasks for the pharmacy as required.
- Performs routine bookkeeping functions.
- Uses personal computer for word processing and/or budget monitoring responsibilities.
- May lead or guide others in department administrative procedures.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Home Care Assistant (1594)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards:
- Prevent the spread of infection at home, in the client’s room.
- Teach and aware family members on all safety measures to be taken for the new born or the elderly patient.
- Document all activities done on the patient data sheet.
- Inform the supervisors and families in case of any changes or deterioration in the client’s condition.
- Bath the client (new born, bed ridden, ambulatory patient)
- Dress the client (from assisting to total dependent dressing)
- Assist the patient to eliminate his feces (assisting with bedpans and urinals, providing incontinent care as needed, assisting patient to bathroom)
- Do the bedding for bed-ridden patients.
MRP Controller (1591)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards:
- The MRP controller reports directly to the Material Management Manager/Supervisor, and has a support responsibility to all functional departments and personnel.
- Responsible to coordinate the procurement cycle of specific products or services. .
- Responsible to assist the Material Management Manager/Purchase supervisor to deal with the Companies and suppliers to conduct negotiations and make a cost comparison between them.
- Responsible for expediting the purchase request and orders, and supervising receiving and dispersal of all items.
- Procure products/materials, equipment and services in a timely manner.
- Researches and selects products according to quality, price and serviceability standards. Contacts vendors and hospital personnel to ensure actions are completed.
- Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
- Reviews contracts to evaluate overall revisions, price, and past performance of each contract prior to bid or renewal.
- Organizes, updates and retains product information files and purchase order records.
- Maintain files and records of materials, prices, inventories, and deliveries.
- Ensure adherence to established policies and procedures of Dar Al-Shifa’s objectives, quality assurance programs, and safety standards.
Out-Patient Messenger (1588)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards:
- Greet and welcome patients, ensuring they took the Queue no.; While waiting for their turn.
- Distributes medication to all clinical areas as per the workflow assigned in the outpatient medication.
- Answers calls coming for the unit during busy times and ensure transfer of right information for pharmacists. Messengers are not allowed to provide any information when they receive calls.
- Delivers and receives medications from main pharmacy store and outpatient pharmacy.
- Responsible for expiry date checks as assigned by pharmacist on duty for all items that they receive and arrange.
- Responsible for unit organization and cleanliness and overlooks housekeepers when cleaning shelves in the inpatient medication management unit.
- Delivers or receives documents related to the unit activities as assigned by pharmacists.
- Scan & photocopies documents when needed.
- Ensures safety standards (occupational and patient safety) are compiled.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned by the Direct Reporting Authority.
- Ensures quality and patient safety practices are followed
- Provides or promotes people centered care
- Promotes inclusive health by providing equitable and accessible care to patients and families with special needs
Out-Patient Pharmacy Assistant (1589)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards
- Assists the pharmacist in unit dose preparation and prepackaging of medications.
- Performs a range of clerical and/or administrative tasks for the pharmacy as required.
- Performs routine bookkeeping functions.
- Uses personal computer for word processing and/or budget monitoring responsibilities.
- May lead or guide others in department administrative procedures.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
- Ensures safety standards (occupational and patient safety).
- Ensures quality and patient safety practices are followed.
- Provides or promotes people centered care.
- Promotes inclusive health by providing equitable and accessible care to patients and families with special needs.
Out-Patient Pharmacist (1590)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards:
- Prepares medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders; detecting therapeutic incompatibilities.
- Dispenses medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals.
- Controls medications by monitoring drug therapies; advising interventions.
- Completes pharmacy operational requirements by organizing and directing Pharmacy assistants work flow; verifying their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals; verifying order entries, charges, and inspections.
- Provides pharmacological information by answering questions and requests of health care professionals; counseling patients on drug therapies.
- Develops hospital staff’s pharmacological knowledge by participating in clinical programs; training pharmacy staff and health care professionals.
Medical Records Auditor (1587)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards:
- Daily monitoring of work queues to evaluate electronic medical records are completed in a timely manner.
- Perform audit on the completed clinical notes as per the hospital guidelines and ensure all the doctors who have valid consultation / admission are covered in the audit.
- Prepare Physician documentation compliance on a timely basis
- Monthly share physician documentation compliance rate to the Clinical HOD and Medical Administration
- Partner with Health Informatics Officer, if any additional training is required for the new joiners (doctors) to complete the documentation in EMR
- Ensure the note types selected to complete the clinical notes are appropriate and followed the standard guidelines.
- Maintain audited cases database for future reference and training as and when required.
IT Technical Support Officer (1585)
Performance Competencies:
- Analyzes and troubleshoots any network, server, and workstation hardware and software using logic to solve the problem.
- Plan, organize, and prioritize tasks.
- Establish and maintain a computer maintenance schedule.
- Train employees in the application and use of computer hardware and software.
- Write system procedures.
- Diagnose system software problems.
- Learn to use new and existing software and hardware.
- Good communication skills
Quality Officer (Jr./Sr.) (1584)
Performance Competencies:
- Ability to detect problems and report information to appropriate personnel.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to understand and follow safety instructions and procedures.
- Ability to gather data, compile information, and prepare reports.
- Able to understand workflow in various departments and do necessary reports.
- Ability to perform statistical analysis
- Strong observation skills, capable problem solver
Specialist – Orthopedic (DASC) (1583)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards
- Ensures implementation of the Ministry of Health regulations, the Hospital Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations and the Department Policy and Guidelines.
- Diagnosis and treatment of patients referred to the department and responsible for running his own clinic.
- Performs all surgical procedures according to the clinical privileges granted to him.
- Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system by surgical and conservative means and application of corrective mechanical devices.
- Prepares and reviews case histories and obtains data through interviews.
- Examines patients and determines x-ray examinations and clinical laboratory tests required. Interprets test results and evaluates examination findings.
- Determines procedures for preoperative and postoperative care such as administering sedatives, prescribing diets, and preparing operative area of patients
- Applies surgical procedures and coordinates operation with anesthesiologist.
- Reduces and immobilizes fractures by open or closed methods, using such corrective devices as braces, casts, and splints.
Driver (1484)
Performance Competencies:
- Excellent driving, communication and people skills.
- Map-reading and first aid skills are also important.
- Punctuality, politeness and the ability to remain calm under any condition will be valued.
- Must be reasonably fit with normal hearing and vision.
Accountant (1582)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards:
- Prepares monthly general and standard journal entries, account reconciliations, reports and various other accounting statements and reports; provide interpretation of results as appropriate.
- Prepares regulatory reports, ensuring compliance with established guidelines; keep informed of governmental regulations and procedures affecting the hospital’s finance and accounting procedures.
- Reviews and processes routine accounting data; Prepare revenue and expense projections and financial reports.
- Prepare paperwork on accounts payables/receivables, cost reimbursements and other billings for processing; develop and maintain supporting work sheets.
- Analyzes financial reports and records, making recommendations relative to the accounting of reserves, assets and/or expenditures as appropriate.
- Posts to the main journal entry books, maintaining the ledger, prepare monthly trial balance, follow up for reconciliation and checks collection.
- Maintains the entire main and sub ledgers of the Pharmacy, maintaining hospital cash and bank ledgers.
Physical Therapy Assistant (702)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards
- Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, accreditation requirements, safety, environmental and infection control standards
- Applies the plan of physical treatment program prescribed by physical medicine physician and/or physical therapist for each patient.
- Follows the precaution mentioned by the Physical Medicine Physician for each patient and for each physical therapeutic modality
- Applies prognostic function ability tests (muscle, joints, pain scale, etc.)
- Aids patients in active and passive exercises, muscle re-education and functional training using pulleys, weights, steps and inclined surfaces, whirlpool and contrast bath.
Quality and Accreditation officer (1562)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards
- Assist accreditation teams to review and achieve the standards and submit regular updates to Director of Operations.
- Ensure all policies and procedures of the Clinic are reviewed with concerned department, required approval secured, issued and published.
- Ensures the published documents follow standard formats, correctly coded, uploaded/filed, and communicated.
- Ensure compliance with monitoring plans by departments as published in policies.
- Conducts regular rounds to departments to verify compliance to accreditation and patient safety standards.
- Initiates measures to monitor compliance and evaluates appropriateness of quality improvement and patient safety plans and practices.
- Actively participate in quality initiatives, risk management and other activities as required and assigned.
- Conducts onsite tracer methodology as assigned to verify compliance of units to accreditation and patient safety standards.
- Participates in the planning, development, coordination, and presentation of specific training and educational programs as appropriate to the quality improvement needs.
Consultant – Ophthalmology (685)
Performance Competencies
- Good communication skills
- Knowledge of required organizational practices
- Command over professional code of ethics, medical bylaws
- Knowledge of evidence based on Age specific/ Population specific patient care clinical guidelines accepted by the hospital
- Culturally competent (Kuwait patients’ culture and beliefs)
- American Heart Association certified Basic Life support provider
Housekeeping Supervisor (Female) (1546)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards
- Directs and controls all subordinate Room Attendants &Floor helper to ensure that all day-to-day operational matters are handled on time and guest expectations are met.
- Ensures vacant dirty rooms are cleaned quickly and report as vacant clean to Admission Office in order to maximize potential room revenue.
- Planning, organizing and directing team members to ensure the highest degree of guest satisfaction.
- Assigns rooms for deep cleaning as per schedules and monitors the cleaning process.
- Reports engineering failures and breakdowns and follows up on repair schedules.
Specialist – ENT DASC (1542)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards
- Ensure implementation of the Ministry of Health regulations, the Hospital Medical
- Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations and the Department Policy and Guidelines
- Diagnosis and treatment of patients referred to department and responsible to run his/her own clinic.
- Receives referrals and consultations from other disciplines, according to his/her specialty
- Supervise and monitor work done by the Registrar.
- Diagnosis and treatment of patients referred to department and responsible to run
- his/her own clinic
Staff Nurse – CSSD (1522)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards
- Perform the daily testing of sterilizers; warm up cycle, Bowie Dick test, and biological spores test and files the result for documentation purposes.
- Receive and record all items from allocated areas and deliver them to the decontamination area. Sort contaminated instruments/devices and thoroughly clean them following manufacturer’s instructions and established guidelines and procedures.
- Check, clean, and operate autoclaves, washer disinfectors, ultrasonic machines, and other machines in CSSD.
- Decontaminate surgical instruments and other supplies using the disinfector washer and disinfecting solutions.
- Inspect all instruments and test the working condition to ensure integrity before packing.
- Prepare checklist of contents and place the list inside the tray or pack with the indicator.
Radiology Technician (406)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards
- Apply and execute quality control policy according to the departmental and MOH regulations on all equipments.
- Observe all safety regulations set by the manufacturers while using any of the Radiology equipment.
- Give appointments and preparation for patients when needed.
- Strictly observe the safety rules and guidelines set by the Radiology safety committee and MOH Kuwait
- Check CAREFULLY the requests for radiology exams.(any missing data must be obtained)
Senior Registrar – Pulmonology (1505)
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards
- Interviews all patients presenting to the ER, provided they fulfill formalities of the ER according to the policy and procedures
- Performs and master the first aid management of different medical emergencies according to policies and procedures
- Notifies the Consultant or Specialist on duty about the details of clinical data if the patients need admission and discusses with him the plan of management
- Takes patient’s history; Conducts physical examinations, requests and interprets necessary investigations as the patient’s condition mandates and provides the treatment plans for all patients before transfer to the ward.
- Notifies the outside doctors about the details of clinical data of their patients and follows their instructions about the management plan
- Performs a routine ward round for all patients knowing their complaints and according to policy and procedures of individual case
- Registrar the clinical data and any change in treatment instructions in the patient file. (writing the time and date).
- Ward rounds at least once in routine cases and according to special instructions in certain cases (according to policy and procedures)
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