Director, Health Management Services- (Health Standards and Regulation) at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Duties and Responsibilities

The Director, Health Management Services, Health Standards and Regulation will head the Directorate. Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-

• Formulating, overseeing implementing, monitoring, and reviewing policies, guidelines and frameworks in collaboration with other relevant stakeholders;  
• Spearheading regulation of Health Regulatory Bodies;   Enforcing professional norms and standards;  Enforcing norms and standards for Health Infrastructure; 
• Promoting norms and standards for Health products and Technologies (HPT); 
• Promoting norms and standards in human resources for health;
• Ensuring patients and health worker safety;
• Ensuring Quality assurance and compliance; 
• Enforcing accreditation standards; 
• Enforcing norms and standards for radiation management;
• Coordination and maintenance of accreditation and certification standards; 
• Provision of technical support and capacity building in setting, reviewing, dissemination and monitoring implementation of norms and standards for the health sector;
• Coordination of the development of accreditation framework; and
• Strengthening the legislative and regulatory framework that governs the Health Sector

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: -

• Served for a minimum period of fifteen (15) years, three (3) of which should be in the grade of  Deputy  Director Medical Services/Medical Specialist: Pharmaceutical Services/Senior Pharmaceutical Specialist, Dental Services, Environmental Health or Public Health, CSG 6 and above or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service or private sector;
• A Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine and Surgery, Pharmacy (B Pharm), Dental Surgery; Environmental Health, Public Health, or any other relevant health related field from a university recognized in Kenya;
• A Masters of Science in any of the following fields:   Medicine, Pharmacy, Dental Sugary; Environmental Health, Public Health, or any other relevant health related field from a university recognized in Kenya;
• A Registration certificate by relevant professional body where applicable;
• A Valid practicing license from relevant professional body where applicable;
• Demonstrated managerial and administrative capability, and professional competence in work performance and results; and
• Exhibited a thorough understanding of national development policies, goals and objectives and ability to integrate them into the Health Standards, Regulations& Quality Assurance function