In-House Specialist-General Surgery

Job Description
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

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.

Apply via :

hrrecruit@materkenya.com