Specialist – General Pediatrics

Job Description

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.
• Performs the professional duties of a pediatrician.
• To perform his duties in the Pediatric Outpatient Clinic evaluating patients on a daily basis.
• Performs general or special examinations and other procedures covering the full scope of the field of pediatrics.
• Orders laboratory examinations and x-rays, determines diagnosis, prescribes nursing and dietary care necessary, orders or applies such preventive measures as required.
• Serves as pediatric consultant to Surgery and OB/Gy to in- and out-patients as assigned and/or required.
• Provides in-patient care to the newborn and attends difficult delivery or cesarean section deliveries.
• Serves as a specialist in pediatrics providing consultative services to the other Medical
• Services. Provides technical assistance with pediatric patients.
• Reviews journals, texts or periodicals in order to keep current on latest techniques, procedures, drugs and therapy.
• Participates in scheduled in-service training programs and in the regular Physicians’ Conference.
• Provides on-call emergency coverage for pediatric emergencies.
• Performs other miscellaneous related duties as requested.

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