Senior Registrar Orthopedic Surgeon

Talentera; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NMC Hospitals and Clinics in Saudi Arabia seeks a Senior Registrar to provide inpatient medical care. The role emphasizes adherence to JCIA standards, hospital bylaws, and Ministry of Health laws, ensuring high-quality, ethical patient care.

Responsibilities include admissions, history taking, daily rounds, documentation, and coordination with consultants. The candidate will prepare discharge summaries and participate in on-call duties while upholding patient rights and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Adherence to JCIA standards and hospital by-laws.
• Laws of Ministry of Health and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia applied where relevant.
• Maintains high professional ethics and patient care.

Responsibilities

• Ensures high-quality medical treatment and compassionate care for inpatients.
• Performs history taking, physical exams, and documents on admission per JCIA standards.
• Attends to admissions from ER or elective cases within privileges after discussion with HOD.
• Evaluates new admissions and plans investigations to establish diagnoses and management.
• Conducts daily ward rounds and maintains accurate medical records with timely updates.
• Seeks consultant input when needed and works under supervision of assigned consultant.
• Prepares discharge summaries, death reports, and related patient records as required.
• Assesses and referral appropriate patients to other facilities when necessary.
• Presents new admissions in daily morning reports when on duty.
• Observes patient rights to security, confidentiality and privacy.
• Participates in department on-call rota and responds to emergencies.

Job description

Job Summary

Senior Registrar 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 actions, either directly or indirectly, that a superior quality of medical treatment, compassion and understanding is given to every patient served at the NMC Hospitals and Clinics.
• Performs history taking, physical examinations, interpretation of common diagnostic tests and document patient condition on admission in the specified admissions sheet as per JCIA standards when registrar is not available or when advised by Head of the Department.
• Can admit emergency cases (patients from the hospital E.R) or elective cases remaining within his privileges as determined by HOD after appropriate discussion with consultant.
• Evaluates new admission and coordinates a plan of investigation to establish a diagnosis and a management course with or without consultant assistance as determined by HOD.
• Conducts daily ward rounds to all inpatients in the department on his own or as a team with other department staff as determined by HOD.
• Document plan of patient management and maintain appropriate records of all patient 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 particularly when registrar is not available or when advised by HOD.
• 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 or specialty.
• Presentation of new admissions to the department through the daily morning reports when on duty and registrar is not available.
• Observes and upholds the patients’ rights of security, confidentially and privacy.
• Presentation of new admissions to the department through the daily morning reports.
• Participates actively in the on-call rota of the department for patient care and admissions.Responds to emergencies to offer medical care and advice on problems related to his/her specialty.
• Participate in the delivery of medical care in OPD on his own or determined by HOD
• Assists Senior staff (Consultant) in performing diagnostic or therapeutic procedures to patient's in his field of specialty.
• Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures on his own within the range of his operative privileges.
• 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.
• Supervises the Junior Staff in conducting their duties and responsibilities as designated by the department.
• Actively participates in department's educational and training activities.
• Abides by department Policies and Procedures as well as hospital by-laws, Rules and Regulations.