Medical Officer Jobs at Marie Stopes Kenya
Role: Medical Officer
Reporting To: Center Manager
Salary: Kshs. 180,000 Gross
Purpose of the role
Medical Officer’s main role is to perform medical procedures at the Nursing Home and to maintain the high clinical standards expected by Marie Stopes Kenya.
Key responsibilities
- Overall quality inputs into service delivery, including running full out-patient clinic/ obstetric unit and providing surgical procedures as laid down in the protocols.
- Taking calls at the nursing home as might be required.
- Proper use of medical equipments and supplies and for notifying the centre manager of needs for repair, maintenance or replacements etc.
- Ensuring that team members provide effective health care.
- Actively following organizational criteria for assessment of medical/ client care.
- Carry out medical audit as frequently as possible.
- Relating to other departments as required by medical inputs e.g. laboratory, pharmacy etc.
- Proper counseling of clients and being responsive to their needs.
- Recognition potential medical problems and dealing with or refer them as appropriate.
- Responsible for reporting all complications in writing within or before the end of the day.
- On-Job-Training of other service providers and team members.
- Preparing and participating fully in Continuous Medical Education (C.M.E.)
- Responsible for follow-up and treatment of client in regard to any minor or major complications
Job Requirements
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
- Must have completed 1 year of internship in a busy hospital
- Must be registered with the Medical Practitioners and dentists board.
- Must be computer literate.
Applications quoting the position title with detailed CVs with contact details of 3 referees should be submitted to:
People and Development Dept using pd@mariestopes.or.ke
On or before 30th April, 2013
NB: Please clearly indicate on the subject the position applying for ‘Medical Officer-Mombasa’
Marie Stopes Kenya is an equal opportunity Employer
