Consultant Nephrology at Tenwek Hospital

Role Purpose:

• To provide specialized nephrology services through diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and long-term management of kidney diseases while ensuring high-quality patient care, supporting dialysis and renal replacement therapies, promoting cl

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Services

• 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.

Dialysis Services

• 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.

Kidney Transplant Services

• 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.

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

• 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.

Teaching and Mentorship

• Train medical officers, interns, residents, and students.
• Conduct Continuing Medical Education (CME) sessions.
• Mentor junior clinicians.
• Support competency development within the renal unit.

Research and Innovation

• Participate in clinical research.
• Publish scientific work where applicable.
• Promote evidence-based clinical practice.
• Introduce innovations that improve renal care services.

Requirements

• Master of Medicine in Nephrology or equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council;
• Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery (MBChB.) degree or its equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council;
• Registration with the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council - KMPDC).
• Valid practicing license from Kenya Medical Practitioners
• Master of Medicine in Neuro Surgery or equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council;