St. Monica’s Hospital Matron Job Advertisement

Vacancy: Hospital Matron

St Monica’s Hospital is one of the leading health care providers in western Kenya region. 

We are committed to ensure value for money in a safe, reliable, caring and friendly environment.
 

Our Mission: To provide, accessible, sustainable and quality preventive and curative health care services to all, through outreach, networking, creation of linkages and partnerships and professional training while observing the Catholic faith, for social economic development.

Our Vision: To be a provincial referral center of excellence offering quality, affordable health care, and training and research to all according to the Catholic faith. 

The hospital endeavors to provide a continuum of care the focuses on the patient’s overall well being. 

A compliment of staff that is properly qualified in the various healthcare disciplines and specialties ensure that quality care is given to patients.

St. Monica’s Hospital invites applications for the position of Matron for the main stream hospital.

Position Summary: The overall in charge of the nursing department. She/he ensures all nursing and nursing support staff adheres to providing quality services to the clients as well as provides administrative support to the department.

Responsibilities

• In charge of professional nursing services in the facility, laundry, catering and housekeeping departments
• Ensure that all professional staffs are registered and or retained in their relevant register licensing body
• Provide professional nursing attention to clients
• Supervise all nursing activities and ensure all nursing staff adheres to professionalism
• Participate in recruitment of staff
• Develop and annually review the nursing services procedure manual of the hospital
• Assist in administrative work
• Represent the organization in collaborative meetings
• Facilitate the inspection of organization’s medical resources
• Monitor all medical records to ensure they are well kept and up to date
• Approve documents as is delegated by the Medical  Director
• Develop working timetables for all nursing staff
• Responsible to Medical Director
• Any other duties assigned by the supervisor

Minimum qualifications & experience required

• Must be fully licensed by the Nursing Council of Kenya
• Experience of 2 years and above in a busy government/private hospital
• Basic administrative knowledge and management capabilities
• Good interpersonal and team building skills
• Networking and PR skills
• Strong intellectual, analytic and decision making abilities
• Good report writing and communication skills
• Any other qualifications in Management will be an added advantage

Submission of Applications 
 

Applications from qualified candidates, accompanied by updated CV in English and copies of relevant documents should be sent to the address below by on or before Monday 07th May 2014 through the undersigned address.

Human Resources Officer 
St. Monica’s Hospital
P.O Box 523
Kisumu.

Email: stmonicahospital@gmail.com