Pediatric Physician Assistant

Roles and responsibilities

Physician - Pediatric Cardiac ICU (CICU) is responsible to provide direct care and oversight in the delivery of Cardiac Intensive Care clinical services to all CICU patients treated at Sidra Medicine and closely follow all the quality and safety parameters and benchmarks. It is expected that this will include regional and supra-regional referrals directed to Sidra Medicine, as well as adult patients with congenital and/or structural heart disease that may be treated at Sidra or Hamad Medical Cooperation. By delivering the very highest quality in clinical care, Sidra Medicine will serve as a magnet for patients within the borders of Qatar and beyond.

KEY ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Performs Evidence Based Clinical Practice, Equipment Inventory
• Follows Quality and Safety benchmarks
• Works as Mentoring faculty
• Supports educational activities within PCICU Services Department.
• Follows clinical policy development appropriate to the scope of the CICU and guides effective implementation of other organizational standards and compliance requirements.
• Helps in delivery of high quality and evidence based services that are sufficient, efficient and responsive and designed to meet the identified customer needs and outcomes.
• Provides accurate and data driven advice and recommendations to the Executive line in a timely manner.
• Helps in the implementation and maintenance of effective record keeping and reporting systems within the CICU program.
• Maintains minimal caseload volume for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to maintain clinical competency and proficiency in accordance to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
• Helps planning, service development and capacity planning for the activities of CICU program.
• Responsible for all medical related activities of the CICU program.
• Helps in the development and implementation of policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards of care that guide in the provision of PCICU program medical services.
• Helps in the ongoing surveillance of patient care delivery and the professional performance of all clinical staff within the PCICU program.
• Helps in all clinical Performance Improvement and Quality Assurance activities within the CICU program.
• Sets and achieves targets to drive continuous assessment and improvement of the quality of care and services provided and initiates actions for necessary improvements within the CICU program.
• In conjunction with the Service Chief, ensures the implementation of robust clinical governance structures and processes to ensure patient safety
• Is actively involved in research, graduate teaching, and publication in higher impact peer reviewed journals, advising of students and participation in academic services.
• Ensures effective communication with and involvement of all staff within the CICU program in regards to key decisions and initiatives.
• Works collaboratively with other Directors to achieve broad Sidra objectives.
• Conducts other duties as may be directed by the Divisional Chief of Cardiology & Center Director.

Desired candidate profile

MD, MBBS degree (or equivalent)
Board Certification in Pediatrics or its equivalent.
Subspecialty Fellowship and board certification in Pediatric cardiology or Pediatric Critical Care Medicine or their equivalent.

Experience

1+ years of post-board certification/fellowship experience in Pediatric CICU
Identifies and coordinates resolution of problems to improve CICU program staff utilization and patient satisfaction.
Supports the development of Sidra as a world class regional center.
Sites of practice:
Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care.
Inpatient patient care units.
Telemedicine consultation when developed and appropriate.
Procedure rooms in the hospital when needed and appropriate.
Site visits to referring and affiliated hospitals and clinics when requested and appropriate.