Summary
Date Posted: Monday, November 01, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Reporting to the Director Medical Services, the In-house Specialist shall be responsible for provision of appropriate care to in-patients and public out-patients visiting the Unit

Main Duties
• Run general and specialist surgery clinics both in the Main hospital and in the Satellite Clinics as per qualification
• Attend to surgical patients in the hospital and attend daily ward rounds with the surgical team in various units both general and specialized units
• Perform both emergency and planned surgical care including management of post-operative follow-up in conjunction with the anaesthesiologist
• Lead a patient centred model of care with communication and compassionate conscientious practice
• Provide wholistic care to encompass preventive, psychosocial health and patient education among others
• Develop the technical, clinical and professional skills of the surgical teams including nursing, ICU, medical, and allied clinical staff
• Guide and supervise learning and clinical governance platforms such as CME’s, morbidity and mortality, Multidisciplinary teams meetings, grand rounds, Root cause analysis etc
• Accountable to design, develop, and manage medical-surgical programs and co-ordinate quality improvement activities
• Maintains a sufficient flow of work throughout the department by evaluating and revising procedures accordingly
• Represents the Hospital in its relationships with other stakeholders like health organizations and government agencies in matters of mutual interest
• Reviewing clinical practice by developing and participating in medical record audits, and other practice review activities
• Assuring coordination of activities and clinical practice for medical care and clinical services
• Medical Liaison/Consultation ­ Develop review, and monitor medically-related policies, advise medical staff regarding medical surgical diagnosis and treatment; determine the direction of Hospital medical programs
• Submit appropriate program progress reports to the Medical Director
• In charge of mortality and morbidity review for the department
• Spearheads the functions and maintenance of the Hospital Disaster Committee Policy
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives within the department and provide reports as required

Required Qualifications for the Position
• BSc. Medicine & Surgery
• MMED. Surgery
• Fellow of COSECSA
• Post qualification in Health Management System
• Minimum of 4 years working experience in a supervisory role
• Registered with KMPDC

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 48

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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Job application procedure
If you are interested in the above position and you meet the requirements listed, please send your application together with a detailed CV, three [3] referees and include their telephone contacts and email address to hrrecruit@materkenya.com  so as to reach us not later than 14th November 2021.

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