Job Description

Job Scope:

Handles all medical and internal medical cases in the department and in patient’s wards according to policies and procedures of the Department.

Job Responsibilities:

• Interviews all related patients presenting to the ER, provided they fulfill formalities of the ER according to the policy and procedures.
• Performs and master the first aid management of different medical emergencies according to policies and procedures.
• Notifies the Consultant or Specialist on duty about the details of clinical data if the patients need admission and discuss with him the plan of management.
• Takes patient’s history; conducts physical examinations, requests and interprets necessary investigations as the patient’s condition mandates and provides the treatment plans for all patients before transfer to the ward.
• Notifies the outside doctors about the details of clinical data of their patients and follow their instructions about the management plan.
• Ability to perform LP procedure independently.
• Performs a routine ward round for all patients knowing their complaints and according to policy and procedures of individual case.
• Register the clinical data and any change in treatment instructions in the patient file. (writing the time and date).
• Completes the clinical notes of the ER files and handover of cases between the two successive shifts with all clinical details.
• Participates in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care needs.
• Ensures implementation of the Ministry of Health regulations, the Hospital Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations and the Emergency Room Department Policy and Guidelines.
  
  Job Requirements:
  Education and Experience

• MBBS and Master Degree in Neurology
• Minimum 1 year of experience post Master Degree in relevant specialty
  
  Job-Specific/Technical Skills
• Good communication skills.
• Knowledge of Required Organizational practices/patient safety standards.
• Command over professional code of ethics, medical bylaws.
• Knowledge of evidence based Age specific/ Population specific patient care clinical guidelines accepted by the hospital.
• Culturally competent (Kuwaiti patients’ culture and beliefs).
• AHA certified Basic Life support provider.
  
  Other Preferences

Nil