Full Time Faculty, Dermatologist, Department of Medicine

Job Summary

The Department of Medicine is seeking Fulltime Faculty, Dermatology to coordinate and monitor high quality educational programmes; contribute to scholarship; and provide exemplary clinical service in line with the departmental practice plan for the delivery of quality services to patients and their families. The incumbent will admit, consult and undertake diagnosis and treatment of patients admitted under the Dermatology section. He/she will be allowed to order tests and radiology and consult with sub-specialists when necessary to ensure quality professional and ethical patient care.

Responsibilities

• Establish clinical services aligned to areas of interest and specialization and attend to emergency cases as and when required.
• Provide pulmonology liaison inpatient services in the hospital as required, manage patients in the outpatient clinics and provide on-call services.
• Educate patients with informed consent, wellness prevention and early detection.
• Prepare a schedule of regular clinical teaching activity.
• Assist residents in their rotation, implement and monitor educational programmes while ensuring programme outcomes are attained.
• Assist in the setting of examinations while ensuring formative assessments of residents/interns are duly filled.
• Promote and facilitate residents’ research, participating in scholarly activities including educational and clinical research.
• Participate in the review and development of appropriate policies and procedures for patients’ healthcare to formulate best practice guidelines.
• Participate in running an adult pulmonology fellowship programme.

Requirements

• Applicants must have a Master’s in Medicine or its equivalent.
• Applicants must have completed their Fellowship programme in Dermatology.
• S/he must be registered or eligible for registration with the Kenya Medical Practitioners’ & Dentists Board as a specialist.
• S/he should have 1 year experience working post-dermatology fellowship.
• Should have teaching and research experience with a minimum of 2 years’ clinical experience.
• Should have a minimum academic position of Senior Instructor.
• Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team.

Additional Information

Successful applicants will join a growing and dynamic department committed to advancing best practice in their discipline, expanding services that meet quality and patient service needs within an internationally accredited university hospital with outstanding diagnostic services. Successful applicants will develop their academic career in teaching and research. In education, there is a focus on resident training and fellowship programme training, with planned introduction of undergraduate training.