Internal Medicine Senior Registrar/Registrar

Job Description

• Provide comprehensive and diligent medical care to all assigned patients in case of emergency procedures within incumbent’s competence including, but not limited to the following:
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Maintenance of the airway including tracheal intubation and mechanical
•  ventilation.
• Placement of intravascular catheters and monitoring devices.
• Renal replacement therapy.
• Provide supervision to residents/trainees when filling-in request and follow up of results of laboratory and related diagnostic examinations. 
• Participate on on-call duty as required.
• Follows all related hospital policies and procedures.
• Carries out full range of in-patient and/or outpatient duties as assigned in accordance with individual approved clinical privilege.
• Refers patients to appropriate specialized clinicians when there is in need for service beyond the training and privilege of the individual.
• Ensure that the admission notes for all new patients include differential diagnosis, and possible lines of investigations are available.
• Abides by the Medical Staff by laws, code of the medical ethics, rules and regulations of the medical staff and those specific of the department / divisions.
• Provides the highest quality of medical care for the patients for whom she/he isresponsible.
• Performing daily round for the inpatients. Registering his medical notes in the patient’s medical record about the cases and stating the status of the patient’s condition. 
• Carries out full range of in-patient and/or outpatient duties as assigned in accordance with individual approved clinical privilege.
• Keep informed to current developments in the field of Internal Medicine and participates in discussions, lectures and in-service training.
• Receive consultations from other departments for Internal Medicine and responds to them. Assesses, reassesses and reviews patients in ER and wards for expert opinion.
• Respect the patient rights according to the hospital policy and inform him about his responsibilities when needed.
• Through chain of command and/or occurrence variance report identify occurrence not consistent with the operation of the hospital or standards of service for patients, employees or visitors and situation that put the patient, staffs, or visitors at risk of injury or other harm.

Skills

• Fluent in written and spoken English and spoken Arabic is preferable.
• Must be emotionally stable and in good physical health.
• Working knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint Presentations, Outlook and Word.