Senior Staff Physician - Family Practice

Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare seeks an experienced physician to deliver high-standard patient care under supervision and within credentialing privileges. The role involves inpatient and emergency duties, rounds, trauma care, and active participation in quality and safety activities.

The physician will cover inpatient and outpatient services, participate in multidisciplinary rounds, and contribute to teaching junior staff, medical students and interns, while adhering to hospital policies and

Qualifications

• Graduation from an approved medical school.
• One year internship in a recognized training program.
• SCFHS registered as senior registrar or Consultant.
• Board certification in the applicable clinical specialty.

Responsibilities

• Assess and admit patients through ED/out-patient clinics and transfers as directed.
• Carry out the necessary investigations and admission work-up, and manage the plan under the attending physician.
• Conduct daily rounds on admitted patients and assigned consults; re-evaluate as needed.
• Attend to admitted patients on weekends as per service arrangements.
• Respond to emergency calls and participate in trauma care and rapid response.
• Assist in the operating room and perform procedures within approved privileges.
• Plan discharge and ensure safe transfer with required documentation.
• Teach and participate in the education activities of junior staff, medical students and interns.

Education

Graduation from an approved medical school

One year internship in a recognized training program

SCFHS registered as senior registrar or Consultant

Board certification in the clinical specialty

Job description

Provide high standard cost effective care of the respective specialty to JHAH eligible medical recipients under the supervision of Attending Physician Execute duties within the approved Credentials amp Privileges provided by the Hospital Credentials amp Privileging Committee Attend service clinical and educational rounds including morning reports and sign out rounds when appropriate Attend and participate in the multi-disciplinary team rounds Attend and participate in service department Quality and Safety activities including reviews audits and presentations Report patients adverse events to the appropriate department service office Attend and contribute to service and department business meetings Prepare and provide patient reports as required within the hospital policy Participate actively when assigned to a given committee Keep apprised with and adhere to hospital and departmental policies and bylaws Ensure legible and timely entries into patients records Maintain complete patient case records Adhere to hospital policy regarding patient record confidentiality Participate in medical records audits when required to do so He she is in daily contact with hospitalized patients and their families nurses other Physicians and other medical staff He she is also in close contact with Emergency Medical Service physicians Clinical Medicine Services physicians Surgical amp Diagnostic Services physicians Radiology Services as well as other respective services requesting care.

In patient Duties

Assess and admit patients through Emergency Room out-patient clinics and transfer from other hospitals as directed by the attending Physician

• Carry out the necessary investigations and admission work-up as indicated
• Carry out the day-to-day patient assessment plan and execute management under the supervision of the attending Physician
• Conduct daily rounds during work days on admitted patients and assigned consults as appropriate
• Attend to patients when re-evaluation is required throughout the work day
• Attend to admitted patients through the weekend as per the specific service arrangement
• Respond to emergency calls in a timely manner and tend to patients when required to do so
• Participate in trauma care
• Code blue care or rapid response care according to the established role by credential and privilege given
• Answer in-patient consultations within the required timeframe in conjunction with consulting services
• Conduct rounds on related service intensive care unit patients when on-call
• Plan and prepare patients for discharge as appropriate
• Provide in-house 24 hour call when required as per the monthly on-call schedule

Out Patient Duties

• Attend assigned out-patient medical surgical and procedural clinics to within approved ambulatory Credential amp Privilege
• Refer patients to other services where appropriate
• Evaluate patients in the emergency room and perform minor emergency surgical procedures when required

Operating Room Outpatient Procedure Area Duties only applicable for specific specialty

• Assist in the operating room when assigned to a particular service attending surgeon
• Perform operative procedures within approved privileges
• Perform the Perioperative anesthetic management within approved privileges
• Maintain punctuality and professionalism in the operating room environment
• When required keep patients caregiver guardian informed of the outcome of the procedure
• Dictate timely and appropriate operative reports when required to do so
• Ensure safe patient transfer out of the operating room by completing the required documentation

Education

• Graduation from an approved medical school
• One year of internship in a recognized training program
• SCFHS registered either senior registrar or Consultant

Experience

• Hold a Board certification and have completed Three 3 years following completion of internship experience in the field of their clinical specialty

Certifications

• Other requirements as applicable
• Participate in teaching and educational activities of junior staff medical students and interns Keep up to date with knowledge and skills required to perform duties safely Maintain adequate continuous medical education credits as required by hospital and licensing authorities