Consultant Neurology

ََََ - السعودية - Riyadh Saudi Arabia
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Major Duties and Responsibilities

 

 

 

  • Ensures through his actions, either directly or indirectly, that a 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 their professional competence as reflected in the scope of their 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 multi-disciplinary treatment plan.

 

 

 

 

 

  • Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures on his/her patients within the range of the specialty.

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

  • Participate in the on-call rota of the department for patient care and admission.

 

 

 

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


 

 

  • Observes and upholds the patients rights of security, confidentiality and privacy.

 

 

 

  • Maintains appropriate records of all patients with accurate, timely legible completion of patients medical records.

 

 

  • Consultant has a leadership role in the organization performance.

 

 

 

  • Supervision of 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 process as part of the Departmental Quality Plan.

 

 

 

  • Active participation in Continued 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). Also, through National and International meetings, conferences and symposia.

 

 

Participation in review of literature, case reporting and clinical studies/research.

 

  • Active participation 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.

 

 

 

  • Continuous update of his knowledge in the medical field as well as continuously upgrading level of skill in his/her field of profession.

 

 

 

  • Participation in committee meetings assigned to him/her (Quality Improvement, Infection Control, etc.).

 

 

 

  • Abides by Department Policies and Procedures, as well as 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 mention in patient & family education policy and procedure including documentation in patient medical record.

 

 

 

  • They are knowledgeable about their 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 thru methods appropriate to a patients’ 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, Department of Internal Medicine

 ·             Liases with:

Consultants of his/her specialty, of other specialties within the department, Consultant of other departments, Nursing staff, other health care professionals, patients and their families.

Supervises

 

 

  • Senior Registrars, Registrars, Residents, Nurses and other paramedical staff

 

 

     assigned to him.

Skills

COMPETENCIES & SKILLS:

 

 

 

  • 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.

 

تاريخ النشر: 07 ربيع الأول 1446 - اليوم
الناشر: Bayt
تاريخ النشر: 07 ربيع الأول 1446 - اليوم
الناشر: Bayt