Senior Resident Physician / Senior Staff Physician (SACH - Inpatient)

ST ANDREW'S MISSION HOSPITAL; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital in Singapore seeks a dedicated medical professional to provide excellent patient care while contributing as part of the teaching faculty. Responsibilities include clinical rounds, supervising junior staff, updating medical protocols, and engaging in administrative tasks. Candidates must hold a recognized medical degree and have at least 8 years of relevant experience, particularly in family and geriatric medicine.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years post-qualification experience.
• Experience in family, geriatric, rehabilitation, and palliative medicine is essential.

Responsibilities

• Carry out clinical rounds, attend to patient admissions, and supervise junior doctors.
• Update clinical protocols and participate in teaching and administrative duties.
• Cover the duties of other doctors during their leave.

Skills

Interpersonal relationships

Team collaboration

Integrity

Motivation

Education

Medical degree recognized by Singapore Medical Council

Post-graduate training in relevant disciplines

Job description

Job Summary

• Provide a high standard of medical care and be part of the teaching faculty of the hospital.

Clinical Duties

• Carry out daily clinical rounds, clinics or home visits in assigned area/s by reviewing patients’ condition and ordering treatment and investigations as required.
• Attend to new admissions or referrals by reviewing patients’ referral notes, taking a comprehensive medical history or performing physical examinations and interviewing family members (as appropriate)
• Carry out rounds, when necessary, with visiting consultants and to consider/carry out their recommendations.
• Supervise and, if necessary perform clinical procedures e.g. suturing, venepuncture, setting up IV, catheterization.
• Participate in Patient Care Conferences (also known as multidisciplinary meetings), contributing to the care and/or discharge plans of patients. This may include screening and referring patients to other services such as senior care centers, day rehabilitation centre, Home Nursing Services and/or Home Medical Services.
• Participate in Morbidity and Mortality Rounds.
• Attend to emergencies in the assigned areas
• Assist in the investigation and root cause analysis of adverse events that take place in assigned area of care.
• Do exit rounds (for in-patient settings) and to hand over to the doctor on-call
• Perform first-line sleep-in duties (for in-patient settings) or stay-out calls as scheduled.

Supervisory Duties

• Supervise and guide junior doctors in respective area.

Teaching and Administrative duties

• Ensure, or work with the staff in-charge, to update clinical protocols in timely manner.
• Be part of teaching faculty of the organization.
• Be part of clinical work groups / committees such as Quality Assurance Committees, Quality Improvement teams and other work-related committees or workgroups.
• Participate in research work as deemed helpful to the advancement of patient care.

Secondary Duties

• Cover the duties of the other doctors during their leave.
• Assume administrative responsibilities as directed by the Head of Department.
• Participate in external committee work, project(s) as directed by the Head of Department from time to time.

Qualification

• Medical degree that is recognized by the Singapore Medical Council, with relevant post-graduate training in relevant disciplines such as Internal, Rehabilitation, Geriatric, Palliative and Family Medicine.
• A minimum of 8 years post qualification experience.
• Has experience and passion in family medicine, geriatric medicine, rehabilitation medicine and palliative medicine. Is a person of integrity, highly motivated and able to maintain good interpersonal relationships and work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.