Staff Physician/Resident Physician

St. Andrew's Community Hospital; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Andrew's Community Hospital invites experienced clinicians to join its teaching faculty and participate in daily rounds across community hospital, nursing homes, home care, and outpatient settings.

Candidates should have a recognized medical degree and relevant post-graduate qualification with 2+ years of post-qualification experience. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, perform procedures, and contribute to patient care conferences and discharge planning.

Qualifications

• Medical degree recognized by the Singapore Medical Council.
• Basic post-graduate degree acceptable as specialist qualification (e.g. MRCP/MFAMS).
• Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.
• Person of integrity, highly motivated and able to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Participate and contribute towards teaching and training sessions.
• Participate in research work under supervision (optional).
• Participate in family conferences for patients looked after.
• Participate in committee work or projects as directed by the Medical Director.
• Participate in selected incident reviews as directed by the Medical Director.
• Carry out daily clinical rounds in assigned areas and review patient conditions.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Education

Medical degree recognized by the Singapore Medical Council

Post-graduate medical degree acceptable as specialist qualification (e.g. MRCP/MFAMS)

Job description

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

Main Duties & Responsibilities

General Professional Duties

• Participate and contribute towards teaching and training sessions.
• Participate in research work under the supervision of senior doctors (optional).
• Participate in family conferences for patients looked after.
• Participate in committee work, project(s) as directed by the Medical Director.
• Participate in selected incident review(s) as directed by the Medical Director.

Site Specific Medical Duties (Community Hospital)

• Carry out daily clinical rounds 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, performing a comprehensive history, performing physical examinations and interviewing family members (as appropriate).
• Carry out rounds with visiting consultants, and to consider/carry out their recommendations as appropriate.
• Perform clinical procedures e.g. suturing, venepuncture, setting up IV lines, catheterization.
• Participate in Patient Care Conference (also known as multidisciplinary meetings), and contribute to the multidisciplinary care and/or discharge planning of patients. This may include screening and referring patients to other services such as specialist, senior care centres, day rehabilitation centres, Home Nursing Services and/or Home Medical Services.
• Attend to emergencies in the assigned area/s.
• Do exit rounds (in-patient setting) and to hand over to the doctor on-call.
• Do 1st Line on-call (sleep-in) or stay-out calls as scheduled.

Site Specific Medical Duties (Nursing Homes)

• Attend to clinical needs of residents in the nursing home for a stipulated duration through regular rounds, review of conditions and ordering treatment and management as required.
• Clerk and perform comprehensive geriatric assessment for new admissions to the nursing homes.
• Lead and engage with the multidisciplinary team members during patient care conferences to optimize care plan for resident.
• Review patients after discharge from acute admissions and to ensure medication list has been updated.
• Perform suitable clinical procedures within the nursing home setting.

Site Specific Medical Duties (Home Care)

• Review and look after patients in the home care setting to maintain continuity of care for chronic medical conditions in the home setting.
• Respond to requests for ad hoc home visit for patients looked after.
• Perform comprehensive geriatric assessment for all new home care patients with careful review of medications and social/ functional needs.

Site Specific Medical Duties (Outpatient Clinics)

• Manage acute and chronic medical conditions for patients seen at the outpatient clinics.
• Familiarity with Healthier SG initiatives and to offer the relevant updated screening and preventive care for patients seen.

Qualification

• Medical degree that is recognized by the Singapore Medical Council.
• Basic Post-graduate medical degree acceptable as specialist qualification, e.g. Member of Royal College of Physician and Masters in Family Medicine (Family Physician).
• A minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
• Has experience and passion in clinical work.Is a person of integrity, highly motivated and able to maintain good interpersonal relationships and work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.