Job Summary

• Supervising, mentoring and training employees, planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Ensuring proper management and maintenance of logistics, supplies, equipment and infrastructure of the center
• Ensuring provision of high quality care and service delivery at the facilities
• Constituting and overseeing activities of the clinical team and ensuring that the team meets regularly to discuss quality of care items and receive continuing medical education
• Ensuring that staff adhere to, and operate according to set organizational,  national and international standards of care
• Responsible for patient chart review and peer review following the guidelines established by the quality of care committee
• Maintenance of adequate provider staffing in the healthcare facility to ensure smooth flow of patients. This will include coordination of vacation schedule
• Formulation development, implementation and evaluation of curative, preventive, promotive, and reproductive health services including family planning.
• Other duties as may be assigned by the director

• Bachelor of Medicine degree in Human Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health
• Licensed by the Kenya Medical and Dentists Practitioners Board
• Experience in managing a team and building capacity/training in resource-limited settings
• Ability to work in a public sector environment to accomplish goals and favorably influence decision making processes in a diplomatic and collaborative manner

Job Summary:

• Perform pre and post operative assessment of all patients for operation.
• Deliver local anaesthesia to patients requiring surgery.
• In liaison with the maternity team members, CO(A) will be responsible for post operative care on the wards and follow up of discharged surgical/obstetric patients.
• Admission/referral and follow up of severe maternal health cases depending on the level of care needed.
• Conducting general/maternal(reproductive) and child health education and patient counselling.
• Reporting on operation theatre activities including regular updating of the Operation register book to Hospital Manager and maintain confidentiality of patients’ medical records
• Drawing and implementation of action plans and participation in resource management general and theater.
• Participate in training other Support staff and service providers on basic administration of anesthesia and intra operative patient monitoring.
• Attending to emergency cases reported to the health facility and issuing correct patient diagnosis and recommendations for treatment/referral and follow up.
• Supervision  and monitoring of activities of other operation theatre team members
• Ensuring clean up of operating room following surgery, including proper disposal of medical refuse.
• In collaboration with the Hospital Manager and Medical Officer, ensure that the centre complies with Jacaranda Health policies and protocols for vocal local, infection prevention and emergency preparedness (including resuscitation).
• Fully participate in planned promotional activities as directed by Hospital Manager.
• Carry out routine client consultations in absence of theatre procedures.

• Diploma in Clinical Medicine or its equivalent from a recognized institution and licensed by Clinical Officers Council (COC)
• Higher Diploma in Anaesthesia
• At least 5 years experience in similar or higher position
• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills with a good command of both written and spoken English and Swahili with cultural sensitivity, assertiveness and negotiating skills.
• Computer literate with ability to use MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Google products proficiently.
• Excellent Management skills with ability to capacity build and develop others