Overall Responsibility: 

Reporting to the Chief Nursing Officer, the successful candidate will manage all the clinical and administrative duties in the Operating Theatre.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervising theatre staff and their work; including training, mentoring, managing performance and ensuring coverage.
• Participate in formulating operating theatre processes and procedures, budgets, and guiding investments into theatre services
• Ensure safe, efficient and effective perioperative services are provided to patients.
• Ensure efficient scheduling and reduction in turn around time.
• Address all issues regarding patient care to ensure all patients / relatives and doctors are satisfied.
• Stewardship of theatre equipment, instruments, and infrastructure, maintaining an inventory, proper usage, storage and ensuring preventing maintenance
• Ensure infection control and prevention measures are adhered to and prevention of surgical site infections.
• Build strong relationships with theatre users, including surgeons and anaesthetists.
• Maintain accurate records and registers, including billings, incidents, patient notes and surgical cases
• Take part in surgical procedures.
• Maintenance of a professional, cost-effective theatre service including financial management and business planning.
• Any other duty as may be assigned.

Job Requirements

• BSc Nursing/KRCHN
• Higher diploma in Perioperative Nursing with a valid practicing license from the Nursing Council of Kenya.
• At least one year of experience in Theatre.
• Active BLS & ACLS certification.