County Director Medical Services at Tharaka Nithi County Assembly

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Have a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from a university recognized in Kenya;
• Masters’ degree in the relevant medical field from a universityrecognized in Kenya;
• Be registered with the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists
• Possess a valid practicing license from Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council;
• Have an experience of at least 10 years
• Have capacity to undertake multiple tasks within strict timelines;
• Possess strategic and analytical skills with a deep understanding of the strategic and operational
• Understands challenges of the health sector at County and National levels;

Duties and Responsibilities
The Overall duties will be:

• To oversee service delivery all health service areas including and not limited to: Diagnostic Services, Clinical Services, Nursing Services, Pharmaceutical Services, Blood Safety, Rehabilitative and Referral Services.
• Provide leadership in the implementation of a strategic plan which
• linked to the Department of Health and National Health Plans;
• Lead in the development of Annual Work Plans;
• Supervise the implementation of the existing quality assurance systems provided to monitor the quality of service, investigate incidences/complaints in the hospitals and health facilities
• Lead in the management of clinical audits, promote issues pertaining to quality assurance including multidisciplinary audits and quality initiatives;
• Coordinate the training, coaching and mentoring of health personnel;
• Monitor compliance of clinical and rehabilitative quality assurance guidelines;
• Develop and implement medical Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and protocols;
• Coordinate emergency response and clinical care; and
• Monitor and Evaluate activities against quality standards and response.
• Any other duty as may be assigned by the supervisor from time to time