JOB TITLE: MEDICAL OFFICER
JOB LOCATION: PREMIER
HOSPITAL
REPORTS TO: MEDICAL
OFFICER INCHARGE
JOB PURPOSE
To provide health care to
patients and continuously evaluate and improve the quality of care provided to
meet patient treatment goals in the Inpatient and Outpatient departments.
Duties &
Responsibilities
- Examining
and talking to patients to diagnose their medical conditions;
- Attending
to patients in the Inpatient and Outpatient department in conjunction with
the consultants.
- Making
notes and preparing paperwork, both as a legal record of treatment and for
the benefit of other healthcare professionals;
- Initiate
timely discussions with relevant consultants/departments to arrive at the
best treatment plan for specialized cases.
- Coordinate
and discuss planned care with the patient and other team professionals as
appropriate.
- Coordinating
and managing emergency patients in the inpatient and outpatient and
ensuring client referral is effective.
- Attending
to direct admissions
- Maintain
effective interpersonal relationships with all staff and patients and
ensure clients have a good customer experience.
- Participating
in trainings, weekly CMEs and Mortality audits
- Ensure
that patients are kept fully informed of and understand all procedures and
treatments to be undertaken.
- Counseling
patients and relatives on diagnosis
- Comply
with the hospital quality assurance policy and guidelines and work within
the prescribed quality standards for medical care.
- Participate
in the review and development of appropriate policies and procedures for
patients’ health care to formulate best practice guidelines.
- Participate
in the meticulous use of resources to enable patient safety and quality
care by working closely with members of the clinical care team to reduce
errors and waste, improve skillfulness and resource utilization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor
of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.Ch.B)
- Registration
by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board
- Certificate
in Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- 2
Years Post Internship Experience
- Valid
Indemnity Cover
Competences
- An
expert clinician whose choices are evidence-based; sensitive and dedicated
to the patient – not just disease-oriented.
- A
clinician with an immense value for a really careful history and physical
examination, the wealth of information that can be obtained through
patient’s families, physicians, past records, and a search of electronic
and paper databases for the best evidence.
- A
clinician who is able to perform an efficient, yet thorough, history and
physical examination, formulate a logical and organized differential
diagnosis, and make appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic decisions.
- A
clinician, who is able to organize their thoughts well enough to explain
them to the patients, is concerned that his/her patients learn what they
need to, in a safe and supportive environment, and that they also develop.
- A
clinician who heeds and respects the patient’s autonomy, striving at conveying
all relevant information to the patient to enable a truly shared
decision-making.
- A
clinician who deems the respect for patients as a critical ingredient for
successful treatment and; understands that respect empowers the patients
and facilitates honest, two-way communication.
- A
clinician who is friendly and nonthreatening, objective, fair, and
supportive.
- A
clinician with a demonstrated constructive management of medical errors.
How to Apply
If your background,
experience and competence match the above specifications, please send us your
application (cover letter & CV/Resume) quoting the position being applied,
your current and expected remuneration, testimonials and full contact details
of 3 referees, to careers@premierhospital.org. The application should be received not later than 5.00pm on 09th January
2023. We shall ONLY accept ONLINE applications.
Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Due to the high number of
applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
