Anesthesiologist at Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Schedule and maintain use of surgical suites, including operating, wash-up, waiting rooms, and anesthetic and sterilizing equipment. 
• Review patients’ medical histories and records in order to determine anesthesia procedure before surgical operations and other medical procedures in the anesthesia centers of the hospital. 
• Prepare patients for surgical operations and other medical procedures as required in the surgical theatres.
• Examine patient medical history and records and use diagnostic results to determine risk related to surgical operations and other medical procedures. 
• Administer anesthesia to patients in order to prepare them for surgical operations and other surgical procedures in the anesthesia centers. 
• Administer anesthesia or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods. 
• Collaborate with other medical professionals to determine type and method of anesthesia or sedation to render patient insensible to pain. 
• Monitor patients before, during, and after anesthesia and counteract adverse reactions or complications in the anesthesia centers. 
• Record type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition throughout surgical operations and other medical procedure in the surgical theatres. 
• Provide and maintain life support and airway management and help prepare patients for emergency surgery. 
• Determine when patients have recovered or stabilized enough to be moved from the recovery room or ward or to be discharged following outpatient surgical procedures.  
• Provide clinical research and training to students in the anesthesia unit. Guide and mentor junior 
• anesthesia staff, interns and students in the anesthesia centers. 

Minimum Qualifications 

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from a recognized institution 
• Master of Medicine in Anesthesiology from a recognized institution 
• Registration with the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board 
• Current retention certificate 
• Valid Practice License 
• Recognition as a specialist by the KMPDC 
• Professional Insurance Indemnity Cover 
• Proficiency in computer applications
• At least one (1) year of working experience as an Anesthesiology in a reputable hospital