Aga Khan Hospital Chief Executive Officer Job in Kisumu Kenya

Aga Khan Health Services, Kenya an agency of The Aga Khan Development Network is seeking a highly enthusiastic and qualified candidate to fill the position of Chief Executive Officer for The Aga Khan Hospital Kisumu and its outreach health facilities, which together form the Kisumu Cluster.

Position: Chief Executive Officer – Kisumu Cluster

Position Summary: The Kisumu Cluster currently consists of The Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu (AKH-K), a 61 bed secondary care hospital, and 8 outreach health facilities. 

A business plan framework for the cluster has been agreed that will see the expansion and repositioning of both the hospital as well as the outreach health facilities. 

Programmatically and in addition to existing services, the hospital will introduce specialization in infectious diseases, women and child health, surgical specialities and advanced diagnostics. 
 

The Hospital will also be part of a continuum of care in Oncology and Cardiology programs that have been recently established at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. Additionally, over the next 4 years, 10 new outreach centers will also be established in the  Kisumu area.

Reporting to the Regional CEO for The Aga Khan Health Services in East Africa, The Kisumu Cluster CEO is expected to lead and oversee this exciting phase of development and expansion and assumes leadership and accountability of the overall strategic and operational planning and management of the Kisumu Cluster.

Main Responsibilities:
 

The selected candidate will be responsible for:

• Oversee processes and activities to ensure ethical clinical practices, good outcomes and the delivery of safe and quality healthcare across the cluster.
• Lead the strategic, capital, human resource and budget planning process for the cluster including implementation of the business plan.
• Undertake appropriate strategies to enhance access to the health facilities within the Kisumu Cluster.
• Collaborate and cultivate good relationships with Government, NGOs, media and funding partners.
• Create an environment of continuous improvement that fosters collaboration between Physicians, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, and Administrative Staff and promote communications and good public relations within the Cluster community.
• Represent the Kisumu Cluster in all relevant forums and meetings. Participate at Board of Directors’ Meetings and all other relevant forums as required.
• Uphold highest level of ethical and organizational norms in all related activities.

Academic Qualification and Experience:

• Masters Degree in Health Care or Hospital Administration or in Business Administration
• 8 to 10 years of executive-level experience in Health Care Administration in a Hospital or International Health Organization  environment.
• Extensive knowledge of current health care administration, principles and practices.
• Extensive knowledge of management principles, practices and procedures including accounting & finance, purchasing, personnel, facilities, human resource and related supporting services within Hospital areas.
• Excellent people management, interpersonal, leadership and delegation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent project management, presentation and organizational skills.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted for interview.

Application deadline is March 12th 2014.

Send application letter with detailed curriculum vitae, copies of testimonials, contact address, telephone numbers and two names of  referees with their contact details to the attention of the regional chief executive officer at the following email address: sulaiman.shahabuddin@akhst.org