Resident Obstetrics & Gynecologist

National Medical Care; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

National Medical Care in Saudi Arabia seeks a physician at the resident level to provide inpatient care with a focus on high-quality medical treatment, ethics, and compliance with MOH regulations. The role includes admission assessments, daily ward rounds, plan of investigations, and collaborating with Consultants to deliver effective patient management.

The candidate should have a Master’s degree or equivalent, hold a valid license, and possess fluency in English with strong interpersonal

Qualifications

• Master degree or equivalent in medicine.
• Higher qualifications in his specialty, if any.
• Current valid license to practice medicine in the area of his specialty.
• Registration in Saudi Medical Council and/or current license to practice medicine in Saudi Arabia.
• Fluent in verbal and written English.
• Exhibits professionalism and excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• High standards of medical ethics and sense of responsibility as judged by supervisors and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high quality medical treatment and compassionate care for every patient.
• Take history, perform physical exams and interpret diagnostic tests.
• Coordinate with Consultants and plan investigations and management for new admissions.
• Conduct daily ward rounds and maintain accurate medical records.
• Supervise junior staff and participate in educational activities.

Skills

Fluent English

Interpersonal communication

Education

Master Degree or Equivalent

Higher qualifications in specialty

Job description

Resident is responsible for providing the care of his/her patients (inpatient) maintaining a high-level of professional performance in accordance with:

• Professional medical ethics and 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.

Major 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 Care National Hospital.
• History taking, physical examinations, interpretation of common diagnostic tests and document patient condition on admission in the specified admission sheet.
• Can admit patients from the hospital ER after appropriate discussion and approval of the Consultant under whose name admission is done.
• Evaluates new admission and coordinates with Consultant a plan of investigation to establish a diagnosis and a management course. Executes the plan approved by the consultant.
• Conducts daily ward rounds to all inpatients in the department. Liaises with the concerned Consultant with regards to care of his inpatients.
• A document plan of patient management and maintains appropriate records of all patients with accurate, timely legible completion of patient’s medical records. Keeping an updated follow-up in the progress notes.
• Should seek the advice of or help of the Consultant whenever the condition of a patient merits further expertise. Works under supervision and instructions of assigned Consultant.
• Prepares all discharge summaries, death reports and special reports on related patients.
• Presentation of new admission to the department through the daily morning reports.
• Participates actively in the on-call rota of the department of patient care and admissions. Responds to emergencies to offer medical care and advice on problems related to his/her specialty.
• Assist staff (Consultant) in performing diagnostic or therapeutic procedures to patients in his field of specialty.
• Supervise the Junior Staff in conducting their duties and responsibilities as designated by the department.
• Actively participates in the department’s educational and training activities.
• Abides by department Policies and Procedures as well as hospital by-laws, Rules and Regulations.
• To carry out any other assignments as directed by the Head of Department and within the realm of his knowledge, skills and abilities.

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.
• Utilize the nursing process in creating and coordinating teaching plans for individualized patients.
• Create patient care assignments as per competency regarding surgical procedures

Reporting to:

• Head, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
• None

Liaises with:

• All physicians are responsible for providing the care of his/her patients and their families.

Qualifications:

Minimum of:

• Master Degree or Equivalent
• Higher qualifications in his specialty, if any

Experience:

Minimum of:

• Minimum of three (3) years in his/her specialty after obtaining Master’s Degree.

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

• Eight (8) years experience in his/her specialty after obtaining Master’s Degree.

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

• Fluent in verbal and written English.
• Exhibits professionalism and excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Has high standards of medical ethics, sense of responsibility as judged by his

supervisors and colleagues.

• Is knowledgeable of the Medical by-laws.