Job Description

Job Description/Requirements

The successful candidate will be in charge for overseeing, supervising, and administrating all laboratory activities, in accordance to established hospital and department policies and standards. He/she will be in charge of complying with all criteria mandated by appropriate accrediting and licensing agencies. The ideal candidate MUST have 4 years training in Clinical Pathology Management course and over 2 years’ experience as a practicing clinical pathologist.

Key Responsibilities:
•    Plans, organizes, and directs department/program activities.
•    Develops goals and objectives, establishes and implements policies and procedures for department/program operation.
•    Introduces and demonstrates new procedures, programs, and equipment to the staff.
•    Oversees the selection, training/orientation, and assignment of the staff.
•    Develops and recommends department operating budget and ensures that the department operates within allocated funds.
•    Responsible for the department’s operational excellence and ensures that the department delivers quality services in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, and professional standards.
•    Responsible for the fiscal management of the department and ensures the proper utilization of organization’s financial resources.
•    Effectively communicates departmental, organizational, and industrial information to staff.
•    Attends all required safety training programs and can describe his or her responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety, and specific job-related hazards.
•    Follows the hospital exposure control plans/bloodborne and airborne pathogens.
•    Promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a department/unit team inter- and intra-departmentally to facilitate the department’s/unit’s ability to meet its goals and objectives.
•    Coordinates departmental/program functions with other hospital departments and promotes good department/program public relations.
•    Encourages professional development of department personnel through in-service education and outside conferences.

Qualifications:
•    Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery.
•    Master of Medicine in Clinical Pathology.
•    Registration by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board (KMLTTB)
•    MUST have at least 4 years training in Clinical Pathology Management course and over 2 years’ experience as a practicing clinical pathologist.
•    Business savvy.
•    Demonstrate ability to transmit knowledge, skills through patient education.
•    Demonstrable leadership skills.
•    Sound decision making and problem-solving skills.

Monthly Gross Salary: Monthly gross of Ksh.400,000-500,000 (Approx. 4,000 –5,000 USD) depending on individual skills and experience.
Position Level: Executive Level.
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Deadline: 12th December 2021.

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