African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) commenced the construction of its African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) project in Abuja, Nigeria. It will provide excellent healthcare to both low and high-income patient groups across the continent. The African Medical Centre of Excellence in Partnership with King’s College Hospital London will be located in Abuja, which is a hub for travel in Nigeria and West Africa, enabling it to attract patients across the region. The African Medical Centre of Excellence will be implemented in four phases over a six-year period, starting with a 170-bed specialist hospital before expanding to a 500-bed facility. The centre will have the potential to provide services to over 200,000 patients in Nigeria and a further 150,000 patients from neighbouring West African countries within its first five years of operation.
The clinical areas the centre will specialise in will be Cardiology, Haematology and Oncology. A range of businesses providing relevant health support will support this facility and provide commercial services to its patients and staff, thus creating a healthcare ecosystem sustainably designed to deliver long-term value to its community and region.
This is an outstanding initiative and creates a unique opportunity to be involved in the opening chapter of this exciting project that is set to make a decisive impact on non-communicable disease care across Nigeria and West Africa. The AMCE will benefit millions of people in Abuja and over the wider regions of West Africa. The institution will act as a beacon of healthcare in Africa and will be the employer and healthcare provider of choice across the region. What makes this facility even more special is its very close partnership with King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
The Opportunity
The Haematology Director will be tasked with building, leading and overseeing the department of Haematology and the medical teams for the development and implementation of the departmental strategy and plans. The successful candidate will work in partnership with the Chief Nursing Officer and medical leads as well as other cross functional team colleagues to ensure access to Centre’s services and research, develop and implement cross functional organisational plans aligned with patient, healthcare professionals and broader corporate needs.
The Director will be also accountable for building and encouraging scientific excellence within the team, close partnerships with HCPs, scientific societies and patient organisations in the country and the rest of the world. They will also be commissioned with financial planning and budgetary adherence of the department’s medical affairs activities. The Haematology Director will actively participate in both departmental and centre’s matters concerning clinical governance and audit and ensure maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of Haematology patients.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate previous exceptional leadership within a Clinical Haematology Director position, meeting the required standards to achieve ‘excellence’ in that role. It is essential that the post holder is able to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders, ensuring that they are clear and concise with the information they are providing. The post holder will be someone that is seen as a ‘problem solver’, providing solutions to any potential complications that may have arisen in the department concerning both staff and patients, making sure that these are resolved in an efficient manner.
Key Responsibilities:
Leadership
- Lead by consistent ethical and professional behaviour, with uncompromising commitment to patients
- Facilitate excellent working partnerships developed with Health Care Professionals (HCPs) based on scientific excellence and trust
- Ensure and cultivate a culture of integrity, transparency and respect, as per AMCE values, throughout the Department
- Lead and contribute to teaching/training, audit and managerial responsibilities as appropriate to all level experience
- Establish relationships with External Experts to expand research opportunities
- To take responsibility for the review of clinical procedures, with a focus on continuous improvement of services
- To lead in the explanation of any changes to processes within the department. Making sure that all staff are aware of this and are able to adapt
- Provide leadership around job planning and productivity within the department
Strategic Development
- Design, implement and oversea the Medical Strategic and Operational Plan in accordance with the AMCE strategy, local country plans and aligned with corporate policies and procedures and applicable local laws, regulations and code of practice
- To play a significant role in ensuring provision of high quality Haematology Services.
- Lead the provision of clinical and laboratory Haematology services in collaboration with existing consultants.
- To participate in the clinical and non-clinical objective setting process
- To work with the Head of Nursing and other senior leads in the department to provide effective clinical leadership to the directorate and help ensure the development of high quality clinical services
- To carry out regular appraisals with clinical staff to ensure that there is a long term plan in identifying and achieving objectives which fall in line with objectives of both the individual and organisation
- Regularly monitor and review clinical practices within the department, seeking change if there is any that need to be made
Governance
- The post holder will be expected to lead in establishing and monitoring clinical audit projects involving the service delivery of the department
- Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented
- Ensure correct governances arrangements, which include the management of finance and regulatory activity where appropriate
- To ensure that all clinical practice complies with the statutory regulations that are in place
Other Duties
- To participate in any research findings that may improve the clinical delivery of the department, relaying this information to the C Suite to see if any of these findings can be implemented
- Where necessary, be able to explain clinical information to patients regarding any treatment/findings, demonstrating clear and concise interpersonal skills
- Continuing personal professional development if needed
- Clinical management, attendance at departmental and meetings
- Appraisal, Job planning and rota organisation
- Service development, quality improvement work, major incident planning
Equality and Diversity
- Act as lead for Equality & Diversity in the Haematology department to ensure the development and effective implementation of a strategy, set of policies, procedures and monitoring and control systems are in place
Personal and Staff Development
- Work with HR to undertake recruitment, retention, performance management and development of staff in the team
- Work with the Recruitment Manager to establish connections with appropriate local, international and online communities to nurture a pipeline of talent to support the growth of the company
- Responsible for development of high potential employees, providing a structured approach to mentoring and developing critical talent at all levels of management
Communications And Working Relationships
- Ability to interpret data and translate it towards the stakeholders and wider teams
- Coordinate and facilitate consultation with stakeholders to define business and systems requirements for new technology implementations
- Establish credibility throughout the organisation and set an example as a proactive senior leader and change agent who earns respect by demonstrating a sound understanding of business objectives and goals
- Collaborate with the Chief Nursing Officer and Head of Nursing to determine short and long term needs of the Haematology department
- Develop and present Haematology updates to the Board of Directors
- Collaborate with the Chief Nursing Officer and Head of Nursing to determine the short and long term needs of the Haematology department
- In conjunction with the Head of Nursing, lead on quality improvement and Innovation in the Haematology department
Line Management
- Develop and maintain the Haematology department with the appropriate mix of business knowledge and technical skills required to achieve strategic objectives and ensure the core functions of the Haematology department are reliable, stable and efficient
- Provide strong leadership to develop, coach and ensure a high performing team
- Establish the department goals, objectives and operating procedures
Organisational Responsibilities
- Work with the senior management team to horizon scan for new Haematology technology or sector related improvements
- Provide solutions and services to the business that retain and increase a competitive advantage within the sector
- Evaluate, select, and implement new technology/systems needed to support the organisation in reaching its Haematology strategic objectives
Confidentiality
- The post holder must be aware that Confidential Information and data to which the post holder will have knowledge and access to in the course of their employment with the AMCE is to be kept confidential, and this confidentiality is a condition of employment. The duty to maintain confidentiality continues even when the post holder is no longer employed
- This information is not to be shared with anyone outside of the AMCE under any circumstances, except to the extent necessary to fulfil any duties and responsibilities required within the role. Furthermore, upon termination with the AMCE Abuja, the post holder will return to the AMCE all confidential information held
General
- The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and well-being and that of work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post
- To observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of AMCE together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations
- To observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
- To be responsible, with management support, for their own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues
- This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holder
- All employees must hold an AMCE email account, which will be the AMCE’s formal route for email communication. You are therefore required to check this regularly and to deal with such communication promptly
Infection Control Statement
- The post holder has an important responsibility for and contribution to make to infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role. These requirements are set out in the AMCE Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures, which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all times