Consultant Nephrologist at Tenwek Hospital

Key Responsibilities

• Diagnose and manage patients with acute and chronic kidney diseases.
• Conduct specialist nephrology outpatient clinics.
• Provide inpatient nephrology consultations across all hospital departments.
• Manage patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), acute kidney injury (AKI), nephrotic syndrome, glomerular diseases, hypertension, electrolyte disorders, and inherited renal diseases.
• Develop individualized patient treatment plans.
• Interpret laboratory and imaging investigations relevant to renal diseases.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary care for renal patients.
• Participate in emergency nephrology services and on-call duties.
• Oversee haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis services.
• Assess and prepare patients for renal replacement therapy.
• Monitor dialysis adequacy and patient outcomes.
• Manage dialysis-related complications.
• Develop dialysis treatment protocols.
• Ensure quality assurance within dialysis services.
• Collaborate in procurement and maintenance planning for dialysis equipment.
• Assess patients for kidney transplant eligibility.
• Participate in transplant evaluation clinics.
• Manage pre-transplant and post-transplant care.
• Monitor immunosuppressive therapy.
• Coordinate with transplant surgeons and multidisciplinary transplant teams.
• Promote evidence-based nephrology practice.
• Participate in clinical audits.
• Investigate adverse clinical events.
• Implement quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with patient safety standards.
• Develop renal care pathways and clinical protocols.
• Train medical officers, interns, residents, and students.
• Conduct Continuing Medical Education (CME) sessions.
• Mentor junior clinicians.
• Support competency development within the renal unit.
• Participate in clinical research.
• Publish scientific work where applicable.
• Promote evidence-based clinical practice.
• Introduce innovations that improve renal care services.

Qualifications

• At least three (3) years’ experience practicing as a Nephrologist in a recognized hospital.
• Experience managing dialysis services.
• Experience in kidney transplant care is an added advantage.
• Experience in teaching and research is desirable.