Administrative Director, Laboratory

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 UK 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.

AKUH,N, a premier teaching and tertiary care referral hospital, invites applications for the position of Administrative Director, Laboratory.

Responsibilities
The overall responsibility of the Administrative Director, Laboratory will be to direct and facilitate the transition of making the AKUH,N Laboratory into an accredited reference laboratory in the region (sub-Saharan Africa) including being a fully functional tertiary level lab by offering specialised testing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop the vision, mission and strategic plan for the Laboratory and ensure the implementation of the same;
• Ensure the development and application of quality management methods within the Laboratory, including practice guidelines and audits;
• Lead the development of new services that contribute to the financial sustainability of the Hospital;
• Establish effective risk management principles and patient satisfaction feedback evaluation system;
• Prepare and monitor the budgets of the Laboratory;
• Ensure the productive and cost-effective use of human and capital resources of the various services.

Requirements

• Masters degree in Health Administration, or related discipline
• At least 5 years work experience at a management level in a health care environment
• Proven leadership ability
• Demonstrated financial acumen with ability to manage costs and revenues
• Applicants must be registered or eligible for registration by the Kenya Medical Technologists and Technicians Board.

To Apply
Applications together with detailed CVs, names of two referees with telephone numbers and email addresses, and copies of certificates and testimonials should be sent by August 22, 2008 to:

Manager, Recruitment
Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
P.O. Box 30270 (00100), Nairobi, Kenya
Email: hr.recruitment@aku.edu

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.