Job Title: Head of Quality
Organisation: C-Care Uganda
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
C-Care IHK formerly International Hospital Kampala (IHK) is a tertiary, multi-specialty hospital that lays its foundation on a ‘Patient first’ ideology. It has been known for delivering leading-edge healthcare to cater for the changing needs of the growing populace and is the epitome of medical innovations and quality healthcare that offers easy connectivity and accessibility to patients from all over the East African region.
Job Summary: Reporting to the CEO – East Africa and serving as a member of EXCO, the successful candidate will lead C-Care’s quality, patient safety and clinical governance agenda, ensuring high standards of care, sustained accreditation, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement across the region.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead the regional quality, patient safety and clinical governance strategy aligned with C-Care priorities and standards.
- Advise the CEO and EXCO on quality performance, clinical risk, regulatory exposure and improvement priorities.
- Provide executive oversight of COHSASA accreditation, continuous readiness and regulatory compliance across C-Care facilities.
- Oversee patient safety and clinical risk systems, including incidents, near misses, root cause analysis, corrective actions and organisational learning.
- Monitor quality, clinical outcome and patient experience indicators, using data, audits and benchmarking to drive improvement and executive reporting.
- Strengthen clinical governance, policies, standards and assurance frameworks that support safe, effective and patient-centred care.
- Lead and develop the Quality function while building a culture of safety, accountability and continuous improvement across clinical and operational teams.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Degree in Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Healthcare Management or a related healthcare discipline; a relevant postgraduate qualification is an advantage.
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in healthcare quality, patient safety or clinical governance, including senior leadership experience in a hospital or multi-site healthcare environment.
- Proven leadership of quality improvement, accreditation and regulatory compliance programmes; direct COHSASA experience is strongly preferred.
- Strong executive presence, judgement, analytical capability and ability to influence clinicians, senior leaders and regulators.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below.
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Deadline: 18th September 2026
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 120