General Practitioner – Emergency

Company

Thumbay Hospital, Fujairah

About the role

Responsible to carry out Emergency service as per the assigned privileges based on the credentials and the standards of Hospital, Local Ministry of Health and other regulatory guidelines of UAE. Ensure patients receive world class services & quality care thereby collaboratively guide the hospital to achieve its mission, vision and goal.

Responsibilities

• Responsible to treat patients who have life-threatening conditions. Responsibilities include to resuscitate or stabilize patients and refer them to the appropriate medical departments.
• Work as part of a team, with physicians of other specialties and other members of the emergency room staff.
• Evaluate a wide variety of ailments, sometimes with little to no information, must be able to think and act quickly to make a tentative diagnosis and determine the appropriate course of treatment.
• Organization and clinical management of acute pain services and participation in pain medicine units where applicable.
• Carries out out-patient, clinical diagnostic work and other patient treatment.
• Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and cooperate for the proper functioning of the department.
Patient care
• Perform clinical responsibilities, specific procedures as per privileges assigned based on the respective credentials.
• Diagnose and treat patients according to established standards of best practice - including history taking, clinical examination, investigation, treatment and referral as and when appropriate
• Maintain Confidentiality of patient information at all the time.
• Reassess patients within the care area.
• Review results of all investigations and modify treatment as required
• Ensure patient safety and guidelines are followed at all time. Maintain impartiality of patients being treated with professional ethics
Patient identification
• Ensure correct patient identification before any treatment or procedure as per the International Patient Safety Goals.
Patient education
• Promoting health education on wellness, disease prevention and early detection by providing materials and resources to the patients and families
• Communicate the patient’s clinical status to the patient, the family/legal guardian and the other members of the health care team as appropriate.
Medical Record Documentation
• To complete documentation pertaining to clinical data of out-patient and in-patient procedures, with appropriate sign and seal.
• All case records to be clearly written and completed on time.
• Only standard approved abbreviations to be used in clinical records based on hospital policy.
Medication Prescription
• All prescription need to be issued online, including responsibility for controlled medication as per MOH guidelines.
• Strict adherence to the Medication management and usage policy
Adverse events
• Reporting adverse events or near miss cases to the Quality Assurance through incident reporting system.
Informed Consent
• To take written Informed consent for the procedures before performing the procedures. Patients and their family members to be informed and explained about procedures in the language that they understand.
• Ensure preparation of patient in case of all invasive procedures as per policy.
Patient referral
• To be available to assess referrals from the Hospitals and Clinics when required.
• Be responsible for the referral of any patients under their care to other centers for specialist treatment when appropriate as per the protocol.
Quality improvement
• Participate in quality improvement and other patient care programs established as per the hospital requirements
• Provide necessary data and support for the quality improvement initiative.
• Ensure compliance to the quality standards adopted by the hospital.
• Maintain a good working relationship with members of staff and promotes collaboration and a team-based approach to patient care
Participation in CME and Scholarly activities
• Participate in CME & Scholarly activities to enhance professional competency and to earn required CME hours to meet the License renewal requirements
• Keep updated with medical developments, new drugs, treatments and medications and maintaining a portfolio of continuing professional development (CPD) activities
• To attend hospital committee meetings as scheduled.
• Undertake managerial responsibilities such as planning the workload and staffing of the department as and when assigned by the HOD.
• Takes an active role in clinical governance activities including clinical audit, incident reporting, review of complaints, risk management etc.
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General Responsibility
• Responsible for compliance to all regulatory, statutory and accreditation bodies
• Carry out his/her duties with full regard to the organizational policies and procedures.
• Co-operate fully with the implementation of the Hospitals Health and Safety arrangements and report any accidents/incidents, defects with work equipment or inadequate safety arrangements.
• Accept individual responsibility for ensuring a suitable, clean, uncluttered and safe environment for members of the public, staff, patients/clients and their relatives.
• To undertake activities like audit and engage in appraisal.
4.2 Secondary Responsibility
• Maintain professional conduct with internal and external customers for a robust working environment.
• Ensures adequate focus on personal professional growth relevant to taking on more challenging assignments.
• Attends training for self-development.
• Participates in the performance evaluation system.
• Perform other duties as and when assigned based on the requirement.

What we're looking for

• BLS • ACLS or ATLS preferred • PALS Preferred • Infection control guidelines • JCI standards • Clinical Protocols • Medical Documentation • Hospital Information Management System

Skills required

• Emergency Responsiveness
• Communication
• Technical Procedures
• Sample Handling
• Reporting
• Infection Control
• Advanced Diagnostics
• Patient Care
• Clinical Protocol Adherence
• Patient Safety
• Clinical Operations
• Compliance With Protocols
• Medication Administration
• Empathy And Ethics
• Clinical Documentation
• Drug Interaction Counseling
• Patient Education

Qualification

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

Experience

Minimum 02 years’ experience post internship.

Languages

• English
• Arabic
• Hindi