Manager, Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD) - Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya Career Opportunity

Chartered in 1983, Aga Khan University (AKU) is committed to excellence in education, research and service. The University strives for quality, international standards and relevance in all of its programmes and selects its faculty, staff and students on the basis of merit, irrespective of gender, race, religion or domicile.

AKU is a major component of Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), which consists of institutions that collaborate for development in response to social, economic and cultural challenges in specific regions of the developing world.

The University’s Faculty of Health Sciences was planned with the support of Harvard University, McGill University and McMaster University. It presently includes a Medical College and a School of Nursing, which are located together with their principal teaching site, Aga Khan University Hospital, in Karachi, Pakistan.

In addition, in Karachi, the University has an Institute for Educational Development and a substantial Faculty of Arts and Sciences which is being developed on a new 1,100-acre campus.

As an international institution, the University has established academic programmes beyond Pakistan, through an Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations in London and programmes in Advanced Nursing Studies and Postgraduate Medical Education in countries in East Africa. AKU is currently planning a major expansion of its existing work in East Africa, in the fields of medical, nursing and teacher education.

In July 2005, AKU integrated into its academic and service activities, a teaching hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Established in 1958 and currently a 254-bed facility, the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi had been operating under the aegis of Aga Khan Health Service, Kenya. Renamed Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUH, N), the new institution is AKU’s principal Health Science teaching facility in East Africa.

AKUH, N is focusing on high quality of care, research and postgraduate medical education in all major clinical specialties including medicine, surgery, radiology, pathology, anaesthesia, obstetrics-gynaecology and paediatrics.

AKUH, N is also continuing to play a vital role as a major teaching site for the Advanced Nursing Studies programme of AKU, which has provided continuing professional education for practicing nurses in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda since 2001.

With this new development, AKU aims to strengthen existing partnerships with the ministries of health and other universities in the region offering health sciences education, with a view to share experiences, strengthen public sector delivery systems and collaborate on teaching and research.

The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, invites applications for the following position:

Manager, Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD)
Ref: MCSSD/AKU/KB

The incumbent will be responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling all CSSD activities and for meeting the sterile supplies requirements for the Operating Theatres and all other hospital departments.

Key responsibilities

Plan, organize, coordinate and direct the activities of the Central Sterile Supplies Department;
Assume leadership and provide consultation in crisis situations;
Ensure that all infection control practice is in line with the set standards and practice;
Ensure that all necessary records are maintained within the department;
Participate in procurement, stock control and charging of CSSD materials;
Compile monthly statistics and monitor budget variance reports;
Plan, design and implement a Quality Assurance Program in the department.
Supervise training and evaluate training programs for CSSD staff and students.
Requirements

Applicants must be graduates from a recognized University with a Certificate in management of sterile supplies from a recognized institution;
Short courses in microbiology and/or an Operating Room Diploma will be an added advantage;
S/he should have a minimum of five (5) years experience in a sterile supplies environment e.g. Operating Theatres.
Application Procedure

Applications together with detailed Curriculum Vitae, names of three referees, telephone contact, e-mail address and copies of certificates and testimonials should be sent to:

The Manager, Recruitment
Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
P. O. Box 30270-00100
Nairobi

Email: hr.recruitment @ aku.edu

Closing date for applications is April 30, 2010.

Applications by email are preferred.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.