Consultant Endocrinology

Overview

Consultant is responsible for providing care for his / her patients (inpatient and outpatient) maintaining a high-level of professional performance in accordance with evidence based medicine, professional medical ethics and CBAHI / JCIA standards, hospital by-laws, laws of the Ministry of Health in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and applicable regulations according to the departmental quality plan.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures through their actions that a superior quality of medical treatment, compassion and understanding is provided to every patient served at the NMC Hospitals and Clinics.
• Provides patient care within the parameters of their professional competence as reflected in the scope of clinical privileges for both in-patients and out-patients.
• Practices within clinically relevant and scientifically valid standards, guidelines and criteria.
• Conducts regular ward rounds individually or as part of a team to formulate a multidisciplinary treatment plan.
• Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures within the range of the specialty.
• Assesses and refers appropriate patients to other medical facilities and accepts referrals within the specialty.
• Participates in the department on-call rota for patient care and admission.
• Responds to emergencies to offer advice and actively participate when required related to their specialty.
• Observes and upholds patient rights to security, confidentiality and privacy.
• Maintains appropriate records of all patients with accurate, timely and legible medical records.
• Provides leadership for organizational performance and supervision of assigned junior staff.
• Leads performance-improvement activities within the department quality plan, including measurement, assessment and improvement of both clinical and non-clinical processes.
• Active participation in Continued Medical Education (CME) through hospital activities and external meetings, conferences and symposia.
• Participation in literature reviews, case reporting and clinical studies / research.
• Involvement in training programs related to the field for junior medical staff and in-service training for nursing staff and technicians.
• Continuous updating of medical knowledge and upgrading of skills.
• Participation in committee meetings such as Quality Improvement and Infection Control as assigned.
• Adheres to Department Policies and Procedures, hospital by-laws, rules and regulations.
• Educates patients and families as per their needs and documents patient education in the medical record.
• Involves patients / families in plan of care and respects their goals and choices of care.
• Provides health promotion and health teaching tailored to patient development, learning needs, readiness and language / cultural factors.
• Allocates time to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient education with appropriate documentation.
• Carry out other assignments as directed by Hospital Administration and / or the department head, within the scope of knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Performs additional tasks and duties as assigned by superiors.

Reporting to

Head, Department of Internal Medicine

Qualifications

A minimum of :

Either American Board, or Canadian Fellowship, or MRCP, or Equivalent

Skills

Seniority level

Employment type

Job function

Industries

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