Summary
Date Posted: Friday, June 28 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Mission Statement: "Tenwek Hospital is a Christian community committed to excellence in compassionate healthcare, spiritual ministry, and training for service to the glory of God." The hospital was founded in 1937 by missionaries from World Gospel Mission and has since grown to be a leading teaching and referral hospital in the region and one...

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

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

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.



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