Job Description
CHIEF MEDICAL SPECIALIST – ONE (1) POST - V/No. 30/2024
Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.143,640 - Ksh.262,420 p.m. (CSG 5)
House Allowance: Ksh.49,206 – Ksh.60,000 p.m.
Commuter Allowance: Ksh.20,000 p.m.
Leave Allowance: As provided in the Civil Service
Annual Leave: 30 working days
Medical Cover: As provided by the Government
Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable/Local Agreement
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -
(i) served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Medical
Specialist I CSG 6 or in a comparable and relevant position in the public
service or private sector;
(ii) a Bachelor of Surgery(M.B.Ch.B) degree from a university recognized by the
Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board;
(iii) a Masters degree in any of the following fields: Medicine, Anesthesia,
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dermatology, Ear, Nose and Throat,
Otorhinolaryngology, Family Medicine, General Surgery, Geriatrics, Internal
Medicine, Microbiology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics, and Gynecology,
Occupational Medicine, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Pediatrics and
Child Health, Health Informatics, Epidemiology, Global Health Policy, Public
Health Microbiology and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Biostatistics or
equivalent qualification from a university recognized by the medical
practitioners and dentists board;
(iv) a Registration Certificate by the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board;
(v) a Valid practicing license from Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board; and
(vi) shown outstanding professional competence and administrative capacity and
initiative in the general organization and management of the pharmacy
function.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities at this level will include:-
(i) developing and coordinating implementation of health standards, guidelines
and protocols; undertaking specialized diagnosis, care, treatment and
rehabilitation of patients;
(ii) assessing employees’ fitness for continuation of work, age assessment and
medical practice among others;
(iii) planning and managing national healthcare programs at the implementation
level directed towards the improvement of health services in the country;
(iv) developing intervention activities or programs for training of health staff in
field of community health and health management;
(v) promoting International Health Relations;
(vi) monitoring and evaluating health projects and programmes;
(vii) providing guidance, training and development of professional staff in clinical
practice specialty; Coordinating outreach activities and services;
(viii) designing and undertaking research; coordinating health research;
(ix) analyzing, utilizing and disseminating research findings in planning activities to
improve service delivery;
(x) initiating development of an appropriate health information management
system;
(xi) coordinating provision of quality health care and adherence to health
standards;
(xii) providing specifications for procurement of health supplies and commodities;
and
(xiii) coordinating training and development and performance management