Summary
Date Posted: 4th February 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time , Currency: Ush

JOB DETAILS:

KKiwoko Hospital (KH) seeks to recruit an excellent Neonatal Physiotherapist for their Hospital to Home (HZH) study with Adara Development. The aim of the HZH study is to develop and pilot a discharge and follow-up programme for high-risk newborns from the KH neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and to examine its feasibility, acceptability and potential for impact on the health and wellbeing of the newborn and their caregivers. The NICU is a well-established unit and recognized within Uganda as a Centre of excellence in newborn care. Applications are invited from competent and qualified Ugandans as indicated below:
Position: Neonatal Physiotherapist
Employer: Kiwoko Hospital
Location: Kiwoko Hospital NICU, Nakaseke
Employment status: Full time contract starting March 2019 to 30 September 2020 with an opportunity to extend dependent upon study results and funding
Reports to: Kiwoko Hospital NICU In-charge and Clinical Programmes Manager
ABOUTTHE ROLE:
Funded by a Saving Brains grant, this role will see you provide neonatal therapy and direct patient care in this busy, acute setting. You will facilitate the prevention of developmental problems and create an environment that promotes healthy development and growth. You will do this by performing examinations of NICU patients to evaluate their needs, while also developing and implementing individualized patient care plans. You will directly care for the NICU patient, provide education and support, and assist in the preparation of discharge plans.
NOTE: Detailed job Description may be requested from kimuli@kiwokohospital.org 
ABOUTYOU:
• A diploma in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, or Speech and Language Therapy and relevant professional experience
• Experience with newborn or paediatric patients or a passion and desire to learn
• Preferably has knowledge of infant/child development
• Fluency in Luganda and in spoken and written English to the tertiary level
• Clear, friendly and open communication skills, including listening to the needs of families
• Excellent teaching skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Accountable, trustworthy and empathetic

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Job application procedure
Interested persons who meet the above criteria should submit their applications together with relevant academic documents, copy of national ID, and an updated CV, indicating 3 recognized referees, their addresses and functioning telephone contacts, no later than 14 February 2019 to kimuli@kiwokohospital.org or by mail or hand-delivered to the undersigned address. Assistant HR Kiwoko Hospital P.O. Box 149, Luwero Kiwoko Hospital and Adara Development (Uganda) are child safe organizations.