Summary
NMC Healthcare is seeking a Specialist Endocrinologist in Abu Dhabi to provide clinical care for patients with hormonal diseases, develop treatment plans, and provide inpatient consultations and emergency on-call coverage. The role includes performing dynamic hormonal tests, maintaining medical records, managing clinical risks, and contributing to quality assurance and staff education. Applicants need a recognised medical degree and specialty qualification, relevant UAE healthcare authority registration or eligibility, and active life support certification. The posting asks for at least 3–5 years of post-qualification experience at Specialist level and at least one year of Specialist-level experience in a Tier 1 country.
The posting
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The role involves delivering professional, ethical, and high-quality clinical care, managing clinical risks, ensuring compliance with governance standards, and maintaining accurate medical records. It also emphasizes continuous professional development and maintaining integrity in providing ethical, responsible clinical services.
Responsibilities
Provide a comprehensive professional and ethical quality clinical services to patients in an effective and efficient manner.
Monitor and manage clinical risks associated with direct patient care.
Ensure compliance with clinical governance and quality management standards.
Maintain accurate medical records.
Ensure excellence in medical practice is maintained by focusing on continuous professional development of self and others.
Maintain integrity in professional services by executing clinical services in an ethical and responsible manner.
To perform the professional duties of an endocrinologist in accordance with the delineation of privileges as recommended and approved by the Credentials Committee.
To perform his duties in the Endocrinology Clinic, evaluating patients with hormonal diseases.
Provides after working hours on call emergency coverage for endocrinology emergencies.
To perform endocrinal procedures - dynamic hormonal test in appropriate patient
To provide consultation/referral services to the inpatient services in his area of expertise.
To work with the patients throughout the entire process starting from consultation to treatment plan.
Provides supervision and education to the staff nurses, patients and technicians.
Participates and contributes to all the quality assurance activities of the service (e.g. monthly mortality and
morbidity conference, peer review, audit and chart review).
Orders diagnostic laboratory studies and X-ray examinations, determining the diagnosis and prescribing applicable therapy
Participates in and contributes to in-service activities such as lectures, conferences and rounds
Participates in the monthly staff meetings
Strictly observes organization’s medical regulations and policies especially those related to infection control,
patient safety, patient assessment and patient care
Performs other miscellaneous related duties as required by the HOD
Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems
Comply with reasonable OSH instructions, policies and safe working procedures
Use of appropriate personal protective equipment and safety systems.
Be familiar with emergency and evacuation procedures
Not willfully or recklessly endanger anyone’s health and safety
Assist with the preparation of risk assessments
Report OSH Hazards, incidents, Near misses and issues
Reduce, Reuse, Recycling of waste as much as possible
Attend all OSH Trainings, awareness programs and mock drills.
Participates in the OSHMS audits, inspections, ensuring standards are maintained
Prevention and Control of Infection (PCI):
PCI is everyone’s responsibility. All staff are required to read and implement the NMC PCI Policy and Strategy in an effort to maintain the highest possible standards of cleanliness at all times, thus reducing the risk of infection in patients, staff and visitors.
The strictest hand hygiene, 5 moments of hand hygiene, bare below the elbows and environmental care, will be expected of all staff, including the post holder, at all times
Qualifications
At least 3 - 5 years’ post qualification experience at Specialist level (independent of country)
At least 1 year Specialist level experience from a Tier 1 country as specified by the UAE healthcare regulator.
Basic medical degree and completion of a specialty qualification/education programme (fellowship/diploma) recognised by the relevant UAE healthcare authority.
Certification and registration in a speciality recognised by relevant UAE healthcare authority. Active and valid life support certification (e.g. BLS, ACLS, PALS, ATLS, NRP)
Eligibility for relevant healthcare authority registration e.g. Membership from Royal College / Arab Board Certification / MS / DM / MPhil or an equivalent recognised by relevant healthcare authority in UAE