Job Description
Job Objective/Purpose
Provide overall clinical leadership and governance in the clinical medicine department while providing professional and compassionate medical treatment, care and services by ensuring patient review and treatment in line with Avenue Healthcare’s policies, procedures and standards, and medical standards and practices.
• Key Responsibilities
1. Conduct Physician outpatient clinics in line with the hospital schedules, attending to all patients who require physician review within hospital procedures, and national and internationally guidelines.
2. Provide clarity of investigations to be carried out, interpretation of the results, and ensuring accurate, and clear documentation of patient history, physical examination, investigations, and management.
3. Ensure patient admissions, necessary consents, updates of progress to the patient and the next of kin, and Conduct timely ward rounds/patient reviews for all internal medicine patients in the hospital
4. Carry out procedures and surgical interventions as per authorized/ licensed privileges while ensuring high quality of care/services and safety of patients.
5. Champion evidence based practice and continuous skill improvement by Facilitating CMEs to build capacity to provide care.
6. Actively participate in clinical quality initiatives including, morbidity and mortality meetings, ensuring patients safety following the IPSGs, IR, RCAs & QIPs.
7. Ensure proper and effective drug administration and management as per policy and procedures.
8. Ensure the Unit is financially viable, and demonstrate growth by managing costs, ensuring proper pre-authorization, timely and accurate billing, monitoring patient limits and supporting outreach activities
9. Ensure that Avenue Healthcare corporate governance policies are adhered to, including preventing, detecting, and reporting any fraud or criminal activities, and Implementing audit recommendations.
10. Ensure adequate knowledge of and compliance to all Avenue Healthcare policies, procedures, and systems, especially policies pertaining to the provision of medical services i.e. Admission & discharge, reporting, equipment and supplies, etc.
11. Adhere to Government and respective professional standards of care and treatment of patients as guided by the KMPDC.
12. Any other duty as assigned by the supervisor.
Personal Specifications
MBChB and Masters in Internal Medicine from recognized Institutions
Specialist recognition in Internal Medicine.
Fellowship in cardiology/ endocrinology/ Nephrology is highly desirable.
Minimum of 3 years of relevant working experience.
Customer focus, results oriented, highly responsive, ethical and responsible
Strong interpersonal skills, team playing abilities, and communication skills.