Senior Assessment Officer - 2 Positions at Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board

Job Specifications :

The duties and responsibilities will entail: -

• supervising the monitoring the progress of various cohorts of medical, dental and community oral health students;
• supervising the receipt and verification of lists of qualified medical, dental and COHOs graduands;
• supervising the verification of completion of prescribed internship training programme;
• supervising the authentication of academic and professional certificates as necessary;
• participating in conducting internship qualifying examinations, preregistration examinations, and peer review as deemed appropriate by the Council;
• participating in conducting informal assessments of and formal investigations into reports on alleged impaired students and practitioners;
• receiving applications by students or practitioners who were found to be impaired to have their conditions of registration or practice amended or to have such conditions revoked;
• supervising the staff working under the officer;
• preparing performance reports; and assisting in the preparation of department reports.

Persons Specification:

• At least 3 years relevant work experience;
• Bachelor’s degree from a recognized institution preferably in the following disciplines: Medicine, Dentistry, Oral Health, Nursing, Public Health, Medical Laboratory, Mental Health, Clinical Medicine, Pharmacy, Occupational Health, Physiotherapy, Nutrition, Health Management, Health Records Management, Records Management, Information Technology, Economics, Biostatistics, Statistics, Law, Administration, or its equivalent; iii. Current and valid practice license by a relevant and recognised regulatory body where it is applicable;
• Registered by a relevant professional body/ society where applicable;
• Proficiency in computer applications; and Meet the requirements of Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Kenya.