Hospital Matron at Our Lady of Lourdes Mutomo Hospital - Kitui

Reports To: Hospital Administrator

Location: Mutomo – Kitui South.

Job description

Reporting to the Hospital Administrator, the successful candidate will be responsible for planning, organizing and coordinating the nursing team and paramedics within the hospital to ensure better service delivery and better customer care.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure efficient and effective management of all affairs of the nursing department to enable better performance.
•  Overall leadership of the nursing department with good management, leadership skills and administrative skills to avoid any arising issues.
• Development, coordination, and execution of continuous evaluation of nursing service objectives, policies, and procedures to maintain continuity of quality nursing care.
• Ensuring consistency and continuity of high nursing quality care, upholding of highest professional standards and excellent customer service.
•  Ensuring that the patients are safe in the hospital and have access to the right medical care and other hospital facilities.
• Offer the best insights to the management on how they can improve the quality of care in the facility.
• Work closely with the hospital management to ensure the smooth running of the hospital.
• Work closely with the collage principal to ensure follow ups and management of students during rotations in the hospital.

Qualifications:

• KRCHN / KRN and Midwifery.
• Higher Diploma in Nursing will be an added advantage.
• 5 years’ experience in senior management.
• Dedication and excellence at work
• Proven leadership qualities with strong team work and excellent communication skills.
• Administrative skills
• Experience in a teaching hospital.