General Practitioner

REF 1520173
04.05.2024 | Abu Dhabi | full time
General
Location: Abu Dhabi
Occupancy: full time
Description
As a General Practitioner, you will be responsible for delivering comprehensive and continuous medical care to patients across various age groups and addressing a wide spectrum of healthcare needs. Your role is pivotal in promoting health, preventing illness, diagnosing medical conditions, and managing both acute and chronic diseases.

Responsibilities:
• Provides comprehensive and diligent urological care to patients (in OPD & IP), including pre- and post-operative care and such urological procedures as are within incumbents competence.
• To perform the professional duties of a General Practitioner in accordance with the delineation of privileges as recommended by the credential committee.
• Takes ICU rounds with consultation/referring Doctors and Carries out their order.
• Determines which cases constitute an emergency, extends rapid treatment to the patient as needed, makes quick decisions, and chooses the correct consultant for necessary additional guidance.
• Upon request examines in-patients on wards/ICU, rendering immediate judgment and treatment if necessary.
• Advises nursing personnel regarding medical problems; responds to radio-telephone calls from remote areas requesting medical advice; occasionally must go on emergency ambulance trips or otherwise use good judgment in responding to bona fide outside emergencies.
• Completes all medical records and case histories promptly, indicating thereon the diagnosis and treatment given. Is responsible for the medical accuracy, completeness and confidential nature of patients’ medical records.
• Provides health counseling of patients as needed.
• Attends professional and hospital meetings as directed by the HOD. Occasionally prepares cases for presentation at ward rounds and staff meetings.
• Provides on-call ICU coverage.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Head of ICU.
• Work in all shifts as scheduled by the Head of Department
• Monitors clinical and other established indicators to ensure ongoing quality assurance.
• Strictly adheres to organization’s regulations and policies especially those related to Infectioncontrol, patient safety, EHSMS, HAAD, JCI and ISO.
• Supports Continuous Quality Improvement and participates and contributes to all the quality assurance activities of the service.
• Participates and contributes in scheduled in-service training programs like ACLS, BLS, CNEs, CMEs, In house activities, conferences or other programs as requested.
• Exercises effective interpersonal skills in dealings with department staff, associates and Management.
Requirements
Valid DHA License.
• Experience in emergency medicine is highly desired.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, doctors, nurses, and other clinical staff.
• Appropriate exposure, experience and competence in all aspects of general practice.
• Fluency in English (speak, read and write).
Provisions
Salary: to be discussed
Employment visa provided
Housing allowance provided
Publisher
direct employer
up to 50 employees