Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist

National Medical Care; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Saudi Arabia is seeking a Consultant to deliver high-quality medical care across outpatient and inpatient services. The role requires over three years of experience, registration with the Saudi Medical Council, and noted leadership and communication skills. The Consultant will oversee diagnostics, patient education, and participate actively in training junior staff while adhering to both hospital and governmental regulations. This position offers a dynamic environment within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years’ experience post-qualification.
• Registration in Saudi Medical Council.
• Current valid license to practice medicine.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level medical care to patients.
• Perform and supervise diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• Participate in the on-call rota for patient care.

Skills

Leadership skills

Interpersonal communication

Fluent in English

Education

Saudi Board/Arab Board or equivalent

Job description

Consultant is responsible for providing care for his/her patients (inpatient and outpatient) maintaining a high level of professional performance in accordance with:

• Professional medical ethics and CBHAI / JCIA standards.
• Hospital medical by-laws.
• Laws of Ministry of Health in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and any other applicable regulations according to the departmental quality plan.

Responsibilities are divided between the outpatient pulmonary clinic, and inpatient services: consultations and admission as well as procedures (bronchoscopies, pleural biopsies, pulmonary function test, etc.)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures through his/her actions, either directly or indirectly, that a superior quality of medical treatment, compassion and understanding is given to every patient served at the Riyadh Care Hospital.
• Provides patient care within the parameters of their professional competence as reflected in the scope of their clinical privileges for both in-patients and out-patients.
• Practices within the framework of clinically relevant and scientifically valid standards, guidelines and criteria.
• Performs routine procedures (bronchoscopies, pleural biopsies and pulmonary function tests) as well as in patient consultations in his area of expertise and provides supervision to the respiratory therapy services.
• Conducts regular ward rounds on his own and/or as a team to formulate a multidisciplinary treatment plan.
• Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures on his/her patients within the range of the specialty.
• Assessment and referral of appropriate patients under his/her medical care to other appropriate medical facilities as well as accepting referrals of patients with medical problems in his/her field of specialty.
• Participate in the on-call rota of the department for patient care and admission.
• Responds to emergencies to offer advice and actively participate with problems if required, related to his/her specialty.
• Observes and upholds the patients’ rights of security, confidentiality and privacy.
• Maintains appropriate records of all patients with accurate, timely legible completion of patients medical records.
• Consultant has a leadership role in the organization performance.
• Supervision of duties of assigned junior staff.
• Provides leadership for performance-improvement functions in the process of measurement, assessment and improvement of both clinical and non-clinical process as part of the Department Quality Plan.
• Active participation in Continued Medical Education (CME) through educational hospital activities (morning report meetings, grand rounds, clinical tutorials and seminars, journal club, radiology or clinico-pathological conferences). Also through National and International meetings, conferences and symposia.
• Active participation in training program related to his field and organization within the hospital for training of junior medical staff and in-service training for nursing staff and technicians.
• Continuous update of his knowledge in the medical field as well as continuously upgrading level of skill in his/her field of profession.
• Participation in committee meetings assigned to him/her (Quality Improvement, Infection Control, etc).
• Abides by Department Policies & Procedures, as well as hospital by-laws, Rules and Regulations.
• Responsible to educate patients /families as per their needs and to implement their whole role regarding patient / family education process as mention in patient & family education policy and procedure including documentation in patient medical record.
• They are knowledgeable about their essential role in patient and family education.
• Involves the patient/families in plan of care and respects patients/families regarding their goals and choices of patient care.
• Provides health promotion and health teaching thru methods appropriate to a patients’ developmental level, learning needs, readiness and ability to learn, language preference, culture and situations.
• Allots time necessary to assess, plan implement and evaluate patient education provided to patients/families with appropriate documentation.
• To carry out any other assignments as directed by Hospital Administration and/or the department head and within the realm of his knowledge, skills and abilities.

Reporting to

• Head, Department of Pediatrics
• Senior Registrars, Registrars, Residents, Nurses and other paramedical staff assigned to him.

Liaises with

• Consultants of his/her specialty, of other specialties within the department
• Consultant of other departments, Nursing staff, other health care professionals, patients and their families.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

• Required

Saudi Board/Arab Board, American Board, or Canadian Fellowship, or MRCP, or Equivalent

• Registration in Saudi Medical Council and/or current license to practice medicine in Saudi Arabia.

Higher qualifications in his specialty, if any.

EXPERIENCE

• Required

Minimum of three (3) years’ experience Post Qualification.

Current valid license to practice medicine in the area of his specialty.

Additional experience in a sub-specialty

Academic affiliation.

COMPETENCIES & Skills

• Demonstrates leadership and administrative skills.
• Fluent in verbal and written English.
• Exhibits professionalism and excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Is knowledgeable of the Medical by-laws.