Consultant Physical Medicine& Rehabilitation

Consultant Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Job Summary :

Provides care for patients (inpatient and outpatient) maintaining high-level professional performance in accordance with evidence-based medicine, professional medical ethics and CBHAI / JCIA standards, hospital medical by-laws, laws of the Ministry of Health in KSA and any other applicable regulations per departmental quality plan.

Provides effective leadership of the department maintaining an appropriate quality plan using measurable performance improvement standards in the field of rehabilitation.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Ensures through his actions, directly or indirectly, that superior quality of medical treatment, compassion and understanding is given to every patient served at the NMC Hospitals and Clinics.

Provides patient care within the parameters of professional competence as reflected in the scope of clinical privileges for both in-patients and out-patients.

Practices within the framework of clinically relevant and scientifically valid standards, guidelines and criteria.

Conducts regular ward rounds on his own and / or as a team to formulate a multidisciplinary treatment plan.

Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures within the range of the specialty.

Assessment and referral of appropriate patients under his / her care to other appropriate medical facilities as well as accepts referrals of patients with medical problems in his / her field of specialty.

Participates in the on‑call rota of the department for patient care and admission.

Responds to emergencies to offer advice and actively participates with problems if required, related to his / her specialty.

Observes and upholds the patient’s rights of security, confidentiality and privacy.

Maintains appropriate records of all patients with accurate, timely legible completion of patient’s medical records.

Has a leadership role in the organization performance.

Supervises duties of assigned junior staff.

Provides leadership for performance‑improvement functions in the process of measurement, assessment and improvement of both clinical and non‑clinical processes as part of the Departmental Quality Plan.

Actively participates in Continuing Medical Education (C.M.E.) through educational hospital activities (morning report meetings, grand rounds, clinical tutorials and seminars, journal club, radiology or clinico‑pathological conferences), National and International meetings, conferences and symposia. Participation in review of literature, case reporting and clinical studies / research.

Actively participates in training program related to his field and organization within the hospital for training of junior medical staff and in‑service training for nursing staff and technicians.

Continuously updates knowledge in the medical field as well as continuously upgrading level of skill in his / her field of profession.

Participates in committee meetings assigned to him / her (e.g., Quality Improvement, Infection Control, etc).

Abides by department policies, procedures, hospital by‑laws, rules and regulations.

Responsible to educate patients / families as per their needs and to implement their whole role regarding patient / family education process as mentioned in patient & family education policy and procedure including documentation in patient medical record.

Is knowledgeable about essential role in patient and family education.

Involves the patient / families in plan of care and respects patients / families regarding their goals and choices of patient care.

Provides health promotion and health teaching through methods appropriate to a patient’s developmental level, learning needs, readiness and ability to learn, language preference, culture and situations.

Allots time necessary to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient education provided to patients / families with appropriate documentation.

To carry out any other assignments as directed by Hospital Administration and / or the department head and within the realm of his knowledge, skills and abilities.

Reporting to

Head of Department

Liaises with Consultants of his / her specialty, of other specialties within the department, Consultants of other departments, Rehabilitation Staff, Physio‑therapy Department, Nursing staff and other health care professionals, patients and their families.

Senior Registrars, Registrars, Residents, Nurses, Rehabilitation Staff, Physio‑therapy Staff and other paramedical staff assigned to him.

Qualifications A minimum of :

Education :

Either American Board, or Canadian Fellowship, or MRCP, or Equivalent; higher qualifications in their specialty, if any.

Experience :

Minimum five (5) years experience Post Qualification.

Current valid license to practice medicine in the area of specialty.

Registration in Saudi Commission for Health Specialties and / or current license to practice medicine in Saudi Arabia.

Additional experience in a sub‑specialty.

Academic affiliation.

Demonstrates leadership and administrative skills.

Fluent in spoken and written English.

Communication in spoken Arabic is desirable.

Exhibits professionalism and excellent interpersonal communication skills.

Is knowledgeable of the Medical by‑laws.

Knowledge of computer application.

Seniority level Mid‑Senior level

Employment type Full‑time

Job function Health Care Provider

Industries Hospitals and Health Care

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