Open Roles at Jacaranda Maternity

Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will:

• Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up for patients with chronic illnesses including hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, asthma, COPD, chronic kidney disease, obesity, and related conditions;
• Develop individualized management plans and monitor treatment outcomes using evidence-based clinical guidelines;
• Provide patient education and counselling on lifestyle modification, medication adherence, and disease self-management;
• Coordinate referrals and multidisciplinary care for patients requiring specialist input;
• Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, and development of NCD clinical protocols;
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation within the hospital electronic medical records system;
• Mentor nursing staff and support continuous professional development activities within the NCD clinic.

Minimum Qualifications
Applicants must have:

• Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery from a recognized institution.
• Current registration and valid practicing license with the Clinical Officers Council (COC) of Kenya.
• Postgraduate qualification in Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Management from a recognized institution.
• At least three (3) years' experience in managing patients with non-communicable diseases in a hospital or specialized outpatient setting.
• Strong clinical assessment, communication, and patient counselling skills.

Added Advantage
Preference will be given to candidates with:

• Postgraduate training or certification in Cardiology.
• Experience working in specialized hypertension, diabetes, or cardiovascular clinics.
• Experience using Electronic Medical Records (EMR).
• Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
• Demonstrated involvement in clinical quality improvement initiatives.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to lead a growing specialized NCD service.
• A collaborative multidisciplinary working environment.
• Continuous professional development and mentorship.
• Flexible part-time working arrangement.
• Competitive remuneration commensurate with qualifications and experience.

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Education        

• Holder of a degree in any Medical field and from a recognized university. A degree in Business or Health Systems Management is an added advantage.
• Hold an active License from relevant Medical Body. 

Experience     

• Position holder should have at least 5 years’ experience in working as licensed medical personnel and hold a leadership position in a busy health facility. Having worked as a Hospital Administrator or Branch Manager is an added advantage

Knowledge and Skills Requirement

• Excel in people management especially in leading organizations through change management.
• Experienced in linking strategy to operational execution by using data to drive practice.
• Comfortable with failing fast and pivoting. Testing new ideas and helping them scale needs one to be comfortable in operating complex, uncertain and evolving environments.                       

Key competencies      

• Commitment to providing high quality care and excellence.
• Ability to work effectively with a team in a culturally diverse environment.
• Ability to use initiative to solve problems is a key competence.

Duties and Responsibilities

Supervisory Responsibility:

• Directing and implementing adherence to Jacaranda code of conduct, policies/procedures, and performance of assigned staff;
• Monitoring staff compliance to customer service;
• 24 Hour accountability and authority for decisions regarding patient care, branch operations and personnel management for the facility.

Execution expert:

• Lead the execution of the strategies developed in collaboration with the senior management this includes streamlining operations to set them up for success;
• The BM will directly lead the operations and clinical team and will provide leadership and guidance to clinical and operations coordinators.

Data driven change agent:

• Working in collaboration with the Quality Improvement Lead to Conduct deep dives into branch activities and operations to identify improvement areas, developing work plans for change and coordinating team leads to achieve these goals;
• Evaluating complex data sets to improve patient, financial and care processes and outcomes;
• Develop and track team leads to meet their KPIs and ensure the Branch is meeting its commitment to uncompromising quality;
• Maintain departmental standards of Quality.

Budget Responsibility:

• Project anticipated volume and demand for each department, conducts cost analysis, analyzes and monitors budget reports and variances;
• Evaluate human and materials resource utilization and makes necessary adjustments;
• Collaborates with finance manager to develop annual budgets for the facility;
• Any other duties as assigned.

Salary and Benefits 

• Competitive salary commensurate to the role
• Medical Cover 
• Provident Fund