Dr Bachchu Kaini

Bachchu has research and teaching expertise in clinical leadership, leadership in health and social care, strategic management in healthcare, financial management for healthcare managers, healthcare marketing, healthcare governance and quality improvement in healthcare.

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Background

Bachchu is a Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Management and Leadership at ARU. He is a Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and Fellow of Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH) in the UK. He has more than 32 years of experience in managing and leading health services in the UK and Nepal.

Prior to joining the ARU, Bachchu was working as a Senior Manager for an NHS hospital in London, where he worked as a member of various committees, chaired senior-level committee meetings and led a team of healthcare professionals and staff. He worked for more than 15 years for NHS Trusts/hospitals as Head of Services, Senior Manager, Clinical Effectiveness Manager, Clinical Audit Manager, Clinical Governance Manager, Quality and Governance Manager. He also worked in different healthcare settings (primacy care, commissioners, community services and acute hospitals) within the NHS.

Outside of the NHS, some of Bachchu's other roles in health services include Chief Executive Officer of a private hospital, Consultant of USAID’s Strengthening System for Better Health in Nepal, Head of Operations of a tertiary care hospital, and Programme Officer of an NGO.

Bachchu is an experienced academic. In the past, he has worked as an Associate Lecturer of Healthcare Management and Leadership for Arden University, London and Greenwich School of Management, London; and Associate Professor and Visiting Professor of Healthcare Management for National Open College/Pokhara University, Nepal. Duing his academic career, he has gained experience to develop curriculum and syllabus for postgraduate and undergraduate levels in healthcare management. He also worked as a Co-ordinator of the PG School of Healthcare Management. Bachchu is an author of three books on healthcare management and has published more than a dozen articles in international journals. He has supervised doctoral and postgraduate students in the past.

Spoken Languages

• English
• Nepali
• Hindi

Research interests

Bachchu’s teaching and research interests include:

• Healthcare/clinical leadership
• Strategic management
• Interprofessional collaboration in healthcare
• Accounting and financial management in healthcare
• Healthcare marketing 
• Healthcare governance, clinical audit and clinical effectiveness
• Patient safety

Areas of research supervision

Bachchu has research and teaching expertise in clinical leadership, leadership in health and social care, strategic management in healthcare, financial management for healthcare managers, healthcare marketing, healthcare governance and quality improvement in healthcare.

Qualifications

• PG Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Anglia Ruskin University,2024
• PhD - Interprofessional Working in Hospitals, University of Greenwich, 2015
• PG in Healthcare Management/MHA, Indian Institute of Health Management and Research University, Jaipur, India, 2002
• MBA (Financial Management), BL (International Law), BEd (Curriculum Development and Mathematics) – Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
• Certificate in Clinical Audit in Health and Social Care - RPD, Accredited by the University of Greenwich, 2008

Selected recent publications

Kaini, B.K., 2005. Handbook of Accounting and Financial Management for Healthcare Managers. Kathmandu: Makalu Books. (ISBN: 99946–679-3-9).

Kaini, B.K., 2005. Principles of Hospital Management. Kathmandu: Makalu Books. (ISBN: 99933-734-9-4).

Kaini, B.K., 2017. Interprofessional Working in Hospitals; The Case of Nepal. Lambert Academic Publishing (ISBN: 978-620-2-06985-4).

Kaini, B.K. 2024. Managing Nepalese Healthcare Organisation: Lessons from the NHS (paper presentation) at An Emerging Nepal and Enhanced Collaboration with the Nepali Professionals in the UK conference, organised by the Embassy of Nepal, London, 24 February, 2024.

Kaini, B.K., 2024. Efficiency Saving, Cost Improvement and Productivity: A Case Study of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal. Journal of Vaccines, Medicines and Healthcare, 2(1).

Kaini, B.K. and Kaini, S., 2020 Professional Power in Health Care. Global Journal of Medical Research (K),20(12). Online ISSN: 2249-4618 & Print ISSN: 0975-5888.

Kaini, B.K., 2019. Clinical Governance for Improving Quality of Healthcare. Global Journal of Medical Research (K),19(5). Online ISSN: 2249-4618 & Print ISSN: 0975-5888.

Kaini, B.K., 2016. Interprofessional Team Collaboration in Health Care. Global Journal of Medical Research (K),17(2).

Kaini, B.K., 2016. Service Users’ Involvement and Engagement in Interprofessional Care. Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 55(104), p.103-106.

Kaini, B.K., Veersma, U. and Burke, L., 2016. Interprofessional working: Perceptions of healthcare professionals in Nepalese hospitals. Global Journal of Medical Research (K), 16(1), 5–11.

Kaini, B.K., 2015. Interprofessional care and role of team leaders. Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 53(197), p.40-44.

Kaini, B.K., 2015. Interprofessional working in hospitals: The Case of Nepal. Paper presented at International Conference on Hospital Management, Kathmandu, Nepal, 11 July 2015.

Kaini, B.K., 2013. Healthcare governance for accountability and transparency. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 11(23), p.109-111.

Kaini, B.K. and Veersma, U., 2012. Health care professionals around the bed: Interprofessional care and collaborative practice in NHS hospitals. Paper presentation at Improving People's Performance in Healthcare Seminar, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 28 September 2012.

Editor/reviewer

Reviewer, Global Journal of Medical Research, ISSN (Online): 2249-4588, ISSN (Print) 0975-5853, mEDRA DOI: 10.17406/GJMBR, CrossRef DOI:10.34257/GJMBR.

Editor, Journal of Vaccines, Medicine and Health Care. CSK Scientific Press.

Editor, Reports on Global Health Research (Journal), ISSN: 2690-9480, DOI Prefix: 10.29011/2690-9480.

Recent presentations and conferences

• Kaini, B.K. and Veersma, U., 2012. Health care professionals around the bed: Interprofessional care and collaborative practice in NHS hospitals. Paper presentation at ‘Improving Peoples Performance in Healthcare Seminar’ Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 28 September 2012.
• Kaini, B.K., 2015. Interprofessional working in hospitals: The Case of Nepal. Paper presented at ‘International Conference on Hospital Management’ Kathmandu, Nepal, 11 July 2015.