Gastroenterology Consultant

Roles and responsibilities

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 medical by-laws.

Laws of Ministry of Health in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and any other

applicable regulations according to the departmental quality plan.

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

To provide specialized services to patients for the diagnosis and management of diseases of the gastrointestinal system.Responsibilities are divided between outpatient G.I. Clinic and Endoscopy Unit and the inpatient services.

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.

Desired candidate profile

Required

Saudi Board / American Board / Canadian Fellowship, or MRCP or Equivalent

Desirable

Higher qualifications in his specialty, if any

EXPERIENCE:

Required

Minimum five (5) years experience Post Qualification

Current license to practice medicine in the permanent place of residence.

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

Desirable

Additional experience in a sub-specialty

Academic affiliation.

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.

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.