VSO Theatre Management Specialist Job Vacancy in Tanzania

Job Title: Hospital Theatre Management Specialist, Tanzania

What does the role involve?
• Support the senior theatre nurse-in-charge to strengthen departmental
leadership to offer quality services to patients, including developing
standard operation procedures.

• Working with the senior theatre nurse-in-charge
to establish infection control measures including sterilization of equipment
and materials

• Proving support to the senior nurse-in-charge
of the department to develop instruments to monitor and control the use of
resources including equipment and materials.

Skills, qualifications and experience required
You’ll be a registered qualified nurse or technician in theatre management
and have practiced for 5 years or more in a hospital. You’ll have the ability
and experience to teach, train and mentor staff and develop specific goals
and plans for trainees. It is desirable but not essential to have worked in
Africa. You will need to be available for the period of project, 3 years or a
minimum of 2 years with the flexibility and availability to travel and come
to train for 12 weeks in a year, (2 weeks every 2 months). We are looking for
someone who is a team worker with good social and interpersonal skills and
networking abilities. You should be able to handle conflicts in a
constructive consultative way and have a flexible personality, adapting
easily to new situations, and being able to set realistic expectations on
working in a hospital in the tropics.

Deadline: 13-03-2013

How to apply:
To find out more about volunteering with VSO visit www.vso.org.uk or to
apply go tohttp://www.vso.org.uk/volunteer/
and quote T0785/0005/0001 on your application. On average it takes a minimum
of 4 months to go through the application process so apply now for departure
as soon as possible.