Nursing Council of Kenya Standards and Compliance Officer Jobs
Nursing Council of Kenya Standards and Compliance Officer Jobs
The Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK) is a body corporate established under the Nurses and Midwives Act cap257 of the laws of Kenya, whose mandate is to regulate nursing education and practice.
The Council wishes to recruit highly competent, passionate, dedicated and self- driven
individual to fill the following vacant positions: Standards and Compliance Officer.
Job specifications
This is the entry and training grade for Standard and enforcement officers. An Officer at this level will work under guidance and supervision of a senior office. A Standard and
Compliance officer may be deployed in either Standards or Compliance Division.
Standards
Duties and responsibilities entail:
Processing of applications for private practitioners for nurses and midwives;
Preparing documentation for the inquiry process into alleged professional misconduct;
Undertaking nursing and midwifery programmes accreditation process;
Conducting regular compliance audits in nursing & midwifery training institutions and
health facilities;
Updating compliance information on nursing and midwifery training institutions, internship centers and private practitioners in the database;
Undertaking joint inspections of health facilities and internship centers together with
other regulatory Councils and councils;
Receiving correspondence and responding to inquiries on compliance;
Generating quarterly compliance work plans and reports, Generating quarterly quality
assurance reports;
Assessing training institutions for approval of nursing and midwifery programmes;
Updating the database for approved nursing and midwifery training, Institutions, placement sites and internship centers;
Preparing quarterly standards work plans and reports;
Updating records on accredited nursing and midwifery programmes; and
Receiving correspondences and
drafting responses to inquiries on standards of nursing and midwifery.
Compliance
Duties and responsibilities entail:
Collecting, compiling, analyzing and summarizing information and trends on quality assurance;
Implementing quality assurance guidelines, standards, systems and frameworks;
Preparing quality assurance plans;
Participating in quality assurance activities and quality audits;
Enforcing Quality Assurance Policy;
Updating controlled NCK quality documents;
Collecting compiling information and documentations on quality assurance; and
Preparing quality assurance documentation and reports.
Person specifications
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -
Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Nursing, or Midwifery from a
recognized institution;
Registration Certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya;
Valid practicing license from Nursing Council of Kenya;
Member of a professional association of good standing; and
Proficiency in computer application skills.
Key Competencies & Skills
Integrity.
Communication skills.
Organizational skills.
Ability to work under pressure.
Interpersonal skills.
Ability to work in a team.
Problem solving skills.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Nursing Council of Kenya Standards and Compliance Officer Jobs
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