Summary
Al Mana Medical Group is hiring a Senior Registrar in Internal Medicine in Riyadh. The role involves assessing and treating adult patients, managing acute and chronic conditions within granted clinical privileges, and escalating complex or high-risk cases to the Consultant team. Responsibilities include coordinating investigations, medication management, discharge planning, clinical documentation, and multidisciplinary care. Applicants need a recognized medical degree, at least five years of relevant structured specialty training and clinical experience after internship, and appropriate SCFHS classification and registration.
The posting
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Responsibilities
- Provide advanced clinical care for adult internal medicine under Consultant governance, managing appropriate cases within granted privileges and escalating complex/high-risk decisions promptly.
- Undertake advanced assessment and management related to complex adult medical assessment and differential diagnosis within granted privileges, seeking Consultant input when complexity or risk exceeds the approved scope.
- Apply advanced clinical reasoning to management of acute and chronic multisystem disease, formulate evidence-based plans and confirm Consultant review for high-risk or uncertain cases.
- Perform or participate in interpretation of laboratory, ECG and imaging findings within demonstrated competency and granted privileges, obtaining Consultant involvement at the required level.
- Recognize and initiate management of complications associated with comorbidity and medication optimization, escalating promptly to the responsible Consultant when indicated.
- Coordinate investigations, treatment response and follow-up related to safe discharge, referral and continuity planning, ensuring continuity and clear multidisciplinary communication.
- Provide advanced assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients within the specialty under the clinical governance of the Consultant team and within granted privileges.
- Manage common and moderately complex cases with appropriate autonomy, and promptly escalate high-risk, unstable, diagnostically uncertain or privilege-limited cases to the responsible Consultant.
- Request and interpret specialty-appropriate investigations and implement approved management plans, documenting the clinical reasoning and response to treatment.
- Perform specialty procedures for which competency and clinical privileges have been granted, seeking Consultant involvement when complexity or patient risk exceeds the approved scope.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary care and ensure timely referrals, handovers, discharge planning and continuity of care.
- Recognize clinical deterioration, initiate immediate stabilization within competence, and promptly involve the Consultant or emergency response team as indicated.
- Prescribe and monitor medications safely and perform medication reconciliation within the approved prescribing scope.
- Maintain complete, accurate and timely medical records, procedure notes, orders, results follow-up and discharge documentation.
- Apply infection-prevention, patient-safety, procedural-safety and clinical-risk controls in all assigned clinical activities.
- www.almanahospital.com.sa Support clinical teaching and day-to-day guidance of Registrars, Residents and interns as delegated, without exceeding the assigned supervisory authority.
- Participate in audit, case review, morbidity and mortality meetings, quality improvement and implementation of evidence- based clinical pathways.
- Maintain continuing professional development, current SCFHS registration, credentialing and clinical privileges required for the role.
- Perform any other duties and responsibilities within the scope of the position, professional knowledge and competencies, and approved clinical privileges, as assigned by the Line Manager.
Requirements
Education: Medical degree (MBBS, MD or equivalent) from a recognized institution.
Experience: Minimum five (5) years of relevant structured specialty training and clinical experience after internship, including
Licenses: Valid Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) professional classification and registration appropriate to the
Special requirements: Ability to work scheduled shifts and service hours according to operational requirements. Physical and cognitive ability to safely perform the essential clinical functions and procedures of the role.
Skills
- Strong knowledge of current evidence-based principles, diagnostic pathways and treatment standards relevant to adult internal medicine.
- Knowledge and applied clinical competency in complex adult medical assessment and differential diagnosis appropriate to the Senior Registrar level and granted privileges.
- Knowledge and applied clinical competency in management of acute and chronic multisystem disease appropriate to the Senior Registrar level and granted privileges.
- Knowledge and applied clinical competency in interpretation of laboratory, ECG and imaging findings appropriate to the Senior Registrar level and granted privileges.
- Knowledge and applied clinical competency in comorbidity and medication optimization appropriate to the Senior Registrar level and granted privileges.
- Knowledge and applied clinical competency in safe discharge, referral and continuity planning appropriate to the Senior Registrar level and granted privileges.
- Knowledge of patient safety, infection prevention, medication safety, informed consent, confidentiality and clinical documentation requirements.
- Ability to recognize clinical deterioration, prioritize risk, communicate critical information and escalate care appropriately.
- Effective clinical communication, teamwork and multidisciplinary collaboration skills.
- Ability to use electronic medical records and clinical information systems accurately and efficiently.
- Advanced clinical reasoning with sound recognition of the limits of autonomy and timely Consultant escalation.