{"id":103329,"date":"2026-07-22T16:47:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/operating-theatre-manager\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:47:41","slug":"operating-theatre-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/nairobi\/operating-theatre-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Operating Theatre Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Operating Theatre Manager\", \"description\": \"Job Purpose\\nTo plan, organize and coordinate all Theatre unit activities to deliver safe, evidence-based, patient-centred perioperative\/postoperative care, ensure effective staffing and operations to deliver excellent patient experience, and ensure financial stewardship and compliance with hospital policies and regulatory standards.\\nKey Responsibilities\\nClinical Leadership, Quality Care and Patient Safety.\\nProvide visible clinical leadership across Theatre Services and ensure consistent adherence to perioperative\/postoperative clinical pathways, escalation protocols, and nursing standards.\\nOversee high-risk case readiness: emergency response coordination for intraoperative emergencies and multidisciplinary coordination surgeons, anaesthesia, PACU\/recovery, ICU\/HDU, laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, blood bank, etc., as applicable.\\nEnsure strict compliance to safe perioperative\/postoperative practices and sustained use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, including team communication, counts, specimen labelling and equipment concerns.\\nParticipate in the development of SOPs, lead implementation of SOPs, QIPs, clinical audits, and take corrective actions while tracking outcomes and closing any gaps.\\nEnsure incident reporting is timely, complete, and used for learning by actively promoting reporting of near misses and ensuring feedback loops to staff.\\nPatient Experience and perioperative\/postoperative\/ Post-operative Care\\nDrive a culture of respectful, dignified, and supportive patient care privacy, consent, communication, aligned to quality and safety expectations for perioperative\/postoperative services documentation, investigations, consent, post-op handover to PACU\/ward with clear recovery concerns and plans.\\nOwn patient complaints\/compliments for the unit: investigate, resolve, and implement improvement actions; monitor service recovery and trends.\\nDeliver patient satisfaction outcomes including NPS through service excellence, consistent communication, and streamlined perioperative\/postoperative flow.\\nPeople Management, Staffing, Performance and Culture\\nLead and manage the Theatre team: onboarding\/orientation, coaching, daily work allocation, mentorship, performance appraisal, consequence management, and talent development competencies\/ Training.\\nPrepare and manage monthly duty rota; ensure safe coverage, skill-mix balance, leave planning, and productivity, while controlling overtime\/locum utilisation.\\nRun regular staff meetings\/huddles with documented minutes and follow-up actions; champion staff engagement and teamwork.\\nSupport staff well-being and retention initiatives, recognizing the link between ward climate\/staff experience and patient experience.\\nOperations Management and Coordination\\nEnsure efficient theatre operations and patient flow: list readiness, room utilisation, case sequencing, turnaround time, and escalation of delays\/ capacity constraints to maintain safety and service standards.\\nEnsure accurate shift handovers structured handover, patient documentation completeness, confidentiality, and record integrity.\\nCoordinate multidisciplinary rounds and ensure primary nurse engagement with doctors and other providers regarding patients\u2019 plan of care with emphasis on a team-based problem-solving approach.\\nMaintain unit dashboard\/ Report daily\/weekly\/monthly covering activity, outcomes, incidents, patient experience, staffing, overtime\/locums, stock variance, and billing KPIs an managing theatre packages within limits\\nSubmit accurate reports within agreed timelines and use data to drive targeted improvement actions.\\nSupport approved marketing events and ensure service readiness and professionalism during activations.\\nInfection Prevention & Control IPC, Risk and Emergency Preparedness\\nEnforce IPC standards, theatre infection prevention bundles, hand hygiene compliance, aseptic practice, waste management, and outbreak preparedness.\\nEnsure readiness for emergencies: resuscitation trolley checks, anaesthetic emergency preparedness as applicable, drills\/competency checks, and emergency medication\/supply availability\\nFinancial Stewardship, Billing Integrity and Resource Utilisation\\nDeliver unit financial performance through cost control, productivity management, and resource optimization without compromising care quality.\\nEnsure timely and accurate billing, charge capture, documentation to support billing, and reduction of revenue leakage; monitor variances and address root causes.\\nParticipate in budgeting for the unit equipment and service needs; justify and track utilisation.\\nInventory, Equipment and Asset Management\\nEnsure appropriate inventory levels, standardization, safe storage, stock control, and monthly stock variance reviews.\\nEnsure equipment calibration, preventive maintenance, breakdown reporting, and asset register accuracy.\\nCoordinate CSSD\/sterile processing to ensure instrument set readiness, safe reprocessing, traceability, and timely availability for theatre lists.\\nGovernance, Complianc\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-07-22\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"Avenue Healthcare\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Nairobi\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-07-31T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Avenue Healthcare<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-07-31<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Job Purpose<br \/>To plan, organize and coordinate all Theatre unit activities to deliver safe, evidence-based, patient-centred perioperative\/postoperative care, ensure effective staffing and operations to deliver excellent patient experience, and ensure financial stewardship and compliance with hospital policies and regulatory standards.<br \/>Key Responsibilities<br \/>Clinical Leadership, Quality Care and Patient Safety.<br \/>Provide visible clinical leadership across Theatre Services and ensure consistent adherence to perioperative\/postoperative clinical pathways, escalation protocols, and nursing standards.<br \/>Oversee high-risk case readiness: emergency response coordination for intraoperative emergencies and multidisciplinary coordination surgeons, anaesthesia, PACU\/recovery, ICU\/HDU, laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, blood bank, etc., as applicable.<br \/>Ensure strict compliance to safe perioperative\/postoperative practices and sustained use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, including team communication, counts, specimen labelling and equipment concerns.<br \/>Participate in the development of SOPs, lead implementation of SOPs, QIPs, clinical audits, and take corrective actions while tracking outcomes and closing any gaps.<br \/>Ensure incident reporting is timely, complete, and used for learning by actively promoting reporting of near misses and ensuring feedback loops to staff.<br \/>Patient Experience and perioperative\/postoperative\/ Post-operative Care<br \/>Drive a culture of respectful, dignified, and supportive patient care privacy, consent, communication, aligned to quality and safety expectations for perioperative\/postoperative services documentation, investigations, consent, post-op handover to PACU\/ward with clear recovery concerns and plans.<br \/>Own patient complaints\/compliments for the unit: investigate, resolve, and implement improvement actions; monitor service recovery and trends.<br \/>Deliver patient satisfaction outcomes including NPS through service excellence, consistent communication, and streamlined perioperative\/postoperative flow.<br \/>People Management, Staffing, Performance and Culture<br \/>Lead and manage the Theatre team: onboarding\/orientation, coaching, daily work allocation, mentorship, performance appraisal, consequence management, and talent development competencies\/ Training.<br \/>Prepare and manage monthly duty rota; ensure safe coverage, skill-mix balance, leave planning, and productivity, while controlling overtime\/locum utilisation.<br \/>Run regular staff meetings\/huddles with documented minutes and follow-up actions; champion staff engagement and teamwork.<br \/>Support staff well-being and retention initiatives, recognizing the link between ward climate\/staff experience and patient experience.<br \/>Operations Management and Coordination<br \/>Ensure efficient theatre operations and patient flow: list readiness, room utilisation, case sequencing, turnaround time, and escalation of delays\/ capacity constraints to maintain safety and service standards.<br \/>Ensure accurate shift handovers structured handover, patient documentation completeness, confidentiality, and record integrity.<br \/>Coordinate multidisciplinary rounds and ensure primary nurse engagement with doctors and other providers regarding patients\u2019 plan of care with emphasis on a team-based problem-solving approach.<br \/>Maintain unit dashboard\/ Report daily\/weekly\/monthly covering activity, outcomes, incidents, patient experience, staffing, overtime\/locums, stock variance, and billing KPIs an managing theatre packages within limits<br \/>Submit accurate reports within agreed timelines and use data to drive targeted improvement actions.<br \/>Support approved marketing events and ensure service readiness and professionalism during activations.<br \/>Infection Prevention &#038; Control IPC, Risk and Emergency Preparedness<br \/>Enforce IPC standards, theatre infection prevention bundles, hand hygiene compliance, aseptic practice, waste management, and outbreak preparedness.<br \/>Ensure readiness for emergencies: resuscitation trolley checks, anaesthetic emergency preparedness as applicable, drills\/competency checks, and emergency medication\/supply availability<br \/>Financial Stewardship, Billing Integrity and Resource Utilisation<br \/>Deliver unit financial performance through cost control, productivity management, and resource optimization without compromising care quality.<br \/>Ensure timely and accurate billing, charge capture, documentation to support billing, and reduction of revenue leakage; monitor variances and address root causes.<br \/>Participate in budgeting for the unit equipment and service needs; justify and track utilisation.<br \/>Inventory, Equipment and Asset Management<br \/>Ensure appropriate inventory levels, standardization, safe storage, stock control, and monthly stock variance reviews.<br \/>Ensure equipment calibration, preventive maintenance, breakdown reporting, and asset register accuracy.<br \/>Coordinate CSSD\/sterile processing to ensure instrument set readiness, safe reprocessing, traceability, and timely availability for theatre lists.<br \/>Governance, Compliance and Ethical Practice<br \/>Ensure adequate knowledge of and compliance to all Avenue Healthcare policies, procedures, and systems, especially policies pertaining to the provision of medical services i.e. Admission &#038; discharge, nurses\u2019 reports, equipment and supplies, emergency protocols, etc.<br \/>Adhere to Government and respective professional standards of care and treatment of patients as guided by the Nursing Council of Kenya.<br \/>Support internal\/external audits, implement audit recommendations, and uphold fraud prevention\/ detection\/ reporting expectations.<br \/>Perform any other related responsibilities as may be assigned by the supervisor from time to time.<br \/>Key Performance Indicators KPIs<br \/>Compliance with Clinical Quality &#038; Patient Safety standards<br \/>Accurate &#038; Timely Documentation \/ Reporting<br \/>Patient Experience &#038; Communication<br \/>Prudent Resource management &#038; Financial Stewardship<br \/>Academic and Professional Qualifications<br \/>Higher Diploma in Nursing perioperative\/postoperative. A Bachelor of Science in Nursing is an added advantage.<br \/>A valid nursing council of Kenya license<br \/>Valid certification in BLS, ACLS or ATLS<br \/>3+ years of perioperative\/postoperative\/theatre nursing experience and at least 2+ years of management experience<br \/>Customer focus, results oriented, Strong interpersonal skills, team player, and strong communication skills.<br \/>Experience in incident management, patient safety, quality improvement, and operational coordination.<br \/>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.<br \/>Operational planning and organizational skills.<br \/>Customer-focused and service-oriented.<br \/>High level of integrity, accountability, and professionalism.<br \/>Results-oriented with strong attention to detail.<br \/>Proficient in hospital information systems and Microsoft Office applications.<br \/>Personal Attributes<br \/>Ethical and reliable.<br \/>Resilient and adaptable.<br \/>Team player with collaborative leadership style.<br \/>Professional demeanor and emotional intelligence.<br \/>Committed to continuous learning and service<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested and qualified? 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