Background

At Stratostaff we design, implement and manage workforce solutions for large, specialized or routine staff complements giving you the opportunity to focus on your core business.

The role oversees nursing workforce planning, professional development, patient care standards, and nursing quality improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise nursing staff across departments.
• Ensure compliance with nursing practice standards and patient care protocols.
• Maintain optimal nurse-to-patient ratios across shifts.
• Manage nursing workforce scheduling and staffing efficiency.
• Implement infection prevention and patient safety programmes.
• Promote continuous professional development for nursing staff.
• Monitor nursing quality indicators and patient satisfaction levels.
• Foster a supportive and high-performance nursing culture.

Key Success Factors

• Deliver high standards of quality and safe nursing care across all hospital units.
• Maintain approved nurse-to-patient staffing ratios across all shifts while minimizing excessive overtime and reliance on agency staff.
• Ensure infection prevention compliance, including maintaining hand hygiene adherence of at least 95% and keeping hospital infection rates within national healthcare benchmarks.
• Achieve patient satisfaction scores of at least 85% in relation to nursing care and services.
• Maintain accurate and complete patient documentation, with at least 98% documentation compliance.
• Ensure medication administration accuracy of at least 99% in line with patient safety standards.
• Promote workforce stability by maintaining annual nursing staff turnover at or below 18%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing
• Registered with the Nursing Council of Kenya
• Master’s degree in Nursing Administration or Healthcare Management preferred
• Minimum 8 years of nursing experience with 3–5 years in leadership roles

• Lead and supervise nursing staff across departments.
• Ensure compliance with nursing practice standards and patient care protocols.
• Maintain optimal nurse-to-patient ratios across shifts.
• Manage nursing workforce scheduling and staffing efficiency.
• Implement infection prevention and patient safety programmes.
• Promote continuous professional development for nursing staff.
• Monitor nursing quality indicators and patient satisfaction levels.
• Foster a supportive and high-performance nursing culture.

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing
• Registered with the Nursing Council of Kenya
• Master’s degree in Nursing Administration or Healthcare Management preferred