Chronic Care Lead Nurse at Avenue Healthcare
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Date posted
March 12, 2026
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Closing date
March 12, 2026
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Hiring location
Parklands
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Career level
Junior
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree Diploma
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Experience
3 - 5 Years
Description
Our purpose is to enable and maintain health.
Mission
To provide high quality care that exceeds our clients’ expectations.
Job Description
About Avenue Healthcare
Avenue Healthcare is one of the leading private healthcare groups in East Africa running 3 Hospitals, and 16 Medical Centers across Kenya, and a Homecare business. With over 25 years in the healthcare industry, Avenue Healthcare runs 300 hospital beds with over 1,000 staff members, and more than 400 specialists and serves over 400,000 patients annually, offering primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare services.
POSITION: Chronic Care Lead Nurse
POSITION TYPE: Permanent
LOCATION: Parklands Hospital
DEPARTMENT: Nursing
REPORT TO: Chronic Care Program Coordinator
Job Objective/Purpose
The Chronic Care Lead Nurse performs care management for chronically ill patients with chronic diseases such as chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and/or congestive heart failure. The Chronic Care nurse works in collaboration and continuous partnership with chronically ill patients and their family/caregiver(s), clinic providers and community resources in a team approach to increase patients’ ability for self-management and shared decision- making.
Key Responsibilities
1.Fulfill the Avenue health care mission to provide high quality care that exceeds our client expectation with the goal to deliver through courteous, respect and compassionate manner.
2.Responsible for registry of chronic care management (CCM) to patients.
3.Validates enrollment of CCM patients based on provider request
4.Comply with documentation requirements of the Chronic Care Management program by carrying out the care plan with the patient, family/caregiver(s) and providers and recording in the EMR.
5.Monitors adherence to care plans, evaluates effectiveness, monitors patient progress in a timely manner, and facilitates changes as needed.
6.Creates an ongoing process for patient and family/caregivers(s) to determine and request the level of care coordination support they desire.
7.Facilitates patient access to appropriate medical and specialty providers.
8.Coordinates transition of inpatient to outpatient care in an effort to decrease readmission rates
9.Work closely with in-office providers to manage the day to day calls involving: symptom control, medication management, and provide patient and family education
10.Educates patient and family/caregiver(s) about relevant community resources.
11.Assist with the identification of “high-risk” patients (the chronically ill and those with special health care needs), and assist on the enrollment of these to the patient registry.
12.Coordinates continuity of patient care with external healthcare organizations and facilities including from the primary care provider to a specialty care provider.
13.Supports patient self-management of disease and behavior modification interventions.
14.Provides patient health counseling, education and instruction.
15.Any other duty assigned by your immediate supervisor in line with the job description.
Person Specification
- Graduate of an accredited nursing school as a Registered Nurse with a Diploma/Degree in Nursing, valid license with the Nursing Council of Kenya.
- Updated BLS, ACLS/ATLS certificate
- Minimum of 3 years' work experience in a healthcare setting involving patients with complex chronic disease states preferred.
- Customer focus, empathetic and emotional intelligence
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Organizational awareness and attention to detail
- Team work and result oriented
- Ethical and reliable
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