Senior Registrar ICU ( Makkah )

Job Summary

Registrar is responsible for providing care of his/her patients (inpatient patients admitted in Intensive Care Unit) maintaining a high-level of professional performance in accordance with:

• Evidence based medicine
• Professional medical ethics and 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.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

1. 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.

• Documents plan of patient management in a legible, accurate and maintains appropriate records of all patients with accurate, timely legible completion of patients medical records.

• Prepares all discharge summaries, death reports and special reports on related patients when registrar is not available or when advised by Head of the Department.

• Presents new admissions to the department through the daily morning reports when on duty when the registrar is not available.

• Assists Senior staff (Consultant) in performing diagnostic or therapeutic procedures to patients in his field of specialty.

• Supervises the Junior Staff in conducting their duties and responsibilities as designated by the department.

• Actively participates in department's educational and training activities.

• Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures on his/her patients within the range of the specialty.

• Assess and refers 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.

• Participates on 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 of security, confidentiality and privacy.

• Maintains appropriate records of all patients with accurate, timely legible completion of patients medical records.

• Supervises duties of registrar of the specialty

• Seeks the advice of the consultant whenever the condition of a patient merits further expertise.

• Abides by Department Policies and Procedures, as well as hospital by-laws, Rules and Regulations.

• Performs administrative, organizational or any other tasks as assigned by the Consultant In-charge or Head of the Department.

• Carries out any other assignments as directed by Hospital Administration and/or the department head and within the realm of his knowledge, skills and abilities.

Reporting to

1. Head, Department of Internal Medicine
2. Consultant In-charge ICU/CCU

• Liases with:

Consultants of his/her specialty, of other specialties within the department, Consultant of other departments, Nursing staff, other health care professionals, patients and their families.

Supervises

• Registrars, Residents, Nurses and other paramedical staff assigned to him.

Qualifications

A minimum of:

EDUCATION

Required

Either American Board/or Canadian Fellowship, or MRCP, or Equivalent.

Registration as Senior Registrar with Saudi Commission for Health Specialties.

Desirable

Higher qualifications in his specialty, if any.

EXPERIENCE

• Required

• Minimum three (3) years experience Post Qualification

• Current valid license to practice medicine in the area of specialty.

• Desirable

• Additional experience in a sub-specialty.

• Academic affiliation.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Demonstrate leadership and administrative skills.
• Fluent in verbal and written English.
• Facility to speak Arabic.
• Exhibits professionalism and excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Is knowledgeable of the Medical by-laws.