Purpose of the position:
- Reporting to the Director Medical Services through the Head of
Clinical Services, the Internal Medicine Consultant exists to provide
specialty medical services to patients in the hospital; ensure provision
of quality and timely specialty medical services, quality patient care and
medical counselling at AGC Tenwek Hospital.
Duties and Responsibility:
- Conduct Consultant Physician outpatient clinics in line with
the hospital schedules and attend to both walk-in and referred patients.
- Attend to all patients who require Consultant Physician review
within hospital standard operating procedures, national and international
guidelines.
- Conducting timely ward rounds/patient reviews for all Internal
Medicine patients in the hospital, in line with the hospital standard
operating procedures, national, and international treatment guidelines.
- Accurate and clear documentation of patient history, physical
examination, investigations, and management.
- Provide clarity of investigations to be carried out and
interpretation of the results and ensure update to the patients and the
next of kin.
- Facilitate patient admissions, necessary consents, and
discharges.
- Carry out procedures and surgical interventions as per
authorized/licensed privileges while ensuring high quality of
care/services and safety of patients.
- Conduct family conferences in line with hospital standard
operating procedures
- Participate in grand rounds, morbidity, mortality audits and
meetings, and professional educational activities.
- Facilitate Continuous Medical Education, mentorship, and
skills training to colleagues
- Acquiring new skills on best practices and proactively
facilitate implementation.
- Ensure patient satisfaction through quality of care,
communication, feedback and escalation and demonstrate follow-up and
improvement.
- Perform any other duties as assigned from time to time as
elaborated by the Director of Medical Services or designate.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree in Medicine
- Masters Degree in Medicine (or equivalent)
- Registered with the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board
- Possess a valid private practicing License
- Strong interpersonal skills including communication,
persuasion, motivation, loyalty and openness
- Must have knowledge in use of MS office packages
- Must be a born again and committed Christian with evidence of
maturity in faith
How To Apply
Interested candidates who meet the above criteria
should send their applications to recruit@tenwekhosp.org on
or before 10th July 2024 with the position being applied for
as subject line. enclosing their Resume, Cover Letter & Statement of Faith*
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV or for
interviewing and all communications will be done through official line and
email.
