Medical Officer (On Call) Jobs recruitment in Kenya 2013
Our client is a maternal health care institution; they are looking to fill in the below position:
Medical Officer (On Call)
Job Summary: Our client has exciting part-time opportunity available for a Medical Officer.
This position is a combination of leadership and clinical care position.
It involves management of resources such as staff, facility infrastructure, clinical equipment; identifying and maintaining strategic partnerships; reporting and ensuring highest standards of care at the facilities.
This role entails day-to-day operations, quality assurance and decision-making in liaison with key managers/directors.
The person will need to be available for telephone consultations on an on-call scheduled basis for a minimum of 4-8 hours per week and on site presence of at least 4 days per month.
Duties & Responsibilities
- 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
Requirements
- 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
To Apply
Interested candidates should send their application cover letters and CVs to jobs@jantakenya.com with the subject line Medical Officer(On Call).
We thank you for your application.