Key Responsibilities.

• Oversee and coordinate all nursing operations across Theatre, Cath Lab, POHA, PACU, and CSSD, ensuring smooth workflows and seamless multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Ensure full compliance with professional nursing standards, clinical policies, regulatory requirements, and infection prevention and control protocols across all perioperative units.
• Lead staffing management, including scheduling, assignments, leave planning, and maintaining optimal coverage based on service demand.
• Monitor departmental performance through KPIs, audits, and quality metrics, and implement continuous improvement and risk-management initiatives.
• Develop, update, and enforce standard operating procedures in alignment with best practices and organizational objectives.
• Coordinate preventive maintenance of theatre equipment and ensure a clean, safe, and compliant environment for patients, staff, and procedures.
• Drive team development through regular communication, clinical education, mentorship, and activities that strengthen teamwork, professionalism, and operational cohesion.

Key Requirements.

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from a recognized institution.
• Higher National Diploma in Peri-operative Nursing.
• Valid registration and active license with the Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK).
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a medium to large operating theatre setting, including at least 2 years in a supervisory or leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of surgical procedures, aseptic techniques, infection prevention, and patient safety standards.
• Demonstrated leadership, communication, supervisory, and quality-improvement capability.
• Strong analytical, decision-making, attention to detail, and high standards of integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and strong interpersonal skills for effective collaboration.