Consultant Acute Internal Medicine

Job description / Role

HMC has been the principal public healthcare provider in the State of Qatar for over three decades, and is dedicated to delivering the safest, most effective and most compassionate care to each and every one of our patients.

HMC manages eight hospitals, incorporating five specialist hospitals and three community hospitals. HMC also manages the National Ambulance Service as well as home healthcare, both accredited by Joint Commission International. While HMC continues to upgrade its facilities and services, it has also embarked on an ambitious expansion program, targeting the areas of need in our community.

We are leading the development of the region's first academic health system and we are committed to building a legacy of healthcare expertise in Qatar. We collaborate with partners who are key experts in Qatar and beyond, including Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Partners Healthcare, Boston.

We are also the first hospital system in the Middle East to achieve institutional accreditation from the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education - International (ACGME-I), which demonstrates excellence in the way medical graduates are trained through residency, internship and fellowship programs

We are now recruiting a number of experienced Consultants, Acute/Internal Medicine to join our Hospital Medicine Programme.

The ideal candidates will have excellent clinical ability, highly developed and effective communication skills will be attuned politically in order to navigate across departments, and genuinely be able to operate as a team player.

These are unique opportunities for skilled Internal Medicine Physicians, ideally with a background in Hospitalist medicine or Acute Medicine, to join HMC in newly created Consultant positions in an emerging specialty.

Our vision is to develop a fully integrated high quality care, 7 day a week / 24 hour a day service for hospitalized patients. Its purpose is to improve flow from admission to discharge to ensure the best possible clinical outcomes for patients with the least complications through direct Consultant-Delivered care.

The inpatient internal medicine consultant will evaluate patients who are considered for admission and decide whether to admit, refer to ambulatory care pathways, or assess and discharge. The Internist will integrate the recommendations of other physicians/ sub-specialists who are involved in the care of the patient.

The successful candidates will play an important role in establishing working practices and pathways based on best practices and evidence based medicine, with the ED, the Medical Intensive Care Unit, step down unit or high dependency care, and acute medical care. Special interests, sub-specialty training and special talents and/or procedural skills are welcome and can be further developed and utilized for the care of the hospitalized patient.

This is a great opportunity for experienced Consultants or Senior Consultants and the role will involve at least 60% clinical work, exclusively with in-patients.

Requirements

Applicants trained in the USA should be certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Additional ABIM Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine (FPHM) qualification is highly desirable.

Applicants trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT in Acute Medicine or General Internal Medicine.

Ideal candidate would have proven experience in leading and improving Inpatient Quality.

Ideal candidate would demonstrate evidence of his or her ability to effectively deal with rapid change and varying responsibilities.

In addition we ask that Senior Consultants have held a Consultant post for a minimum of six consecutive years and have teaching, research and administrative experience.

Why Join Us?

Our successful participation in the health sector is largely dependent on the skills, competencies, and enthusiasm of our employees. We commit to developing our employees through training, educating and career advancement opportunities so they are enabled to support our vision of the future.

You will be constantly learning. Your ideas will be welcomed in an atmosphere of collaboration and teamwork. Your individuality will be recognized. You will be encouraged to be yourself.

With a diverse and multi-national workforce, HMC provides its employees with an exciting and rewarding career path.

Offering a comprehensive benefits program that includes a tax-free salary, generous paid vacation leave, professional development opportunities and housing and transport allowances, HMC is committed to recruiting and retaining high caliber employees.

The benefits outlined here are those that apply to Consultants:
- Tax-free salary
- Subsidized healthcare for you and your family
- End of service award
- Round-trip annual leave Business Class ticket per year to the country you were recruited from
- Housing allowance
- Furniture allowance
- Transport allowance
- 35-50 paid vacation days per year plus 5 days Eid holidays (right after the end of Ramadan month) and five more days Eid holidays (approximately nine weeks after the Ramadan Eid holidays)
- Emergency family leave
- Educational support for children
- Relocation support
- Country orientation
- Language skills support

Here, you will have the opportunity to team with the best and the brightest professionals in healthcare and to provide world class patient care service for the population.

We invite you to learn more about us and the exciting environment that is HMC.

About the Company

Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is the principal public healthcare provider for the State of Qatar. HMC is committed to actively contributing to and enabling the sustainable development of Qatar and its people in alignment with the Qatar National Vision (QNV) 2030.

HMC believes in excellence in healthcare, education and research with each supporting the other to provide the safest, most effective and compassionate care to each and every one of our patients.

To meet the healthcare challenges of Qatars growing population, Hamad has transformed into a thriving and integrated Academic Health System which will make significant, positive impacts upon patient care, medical education and medical research.

In addition to three general hospitals (Al Khor Hospital, Al Wakra Hospital and The Cuban Hospital) HMC also manages five specialist hospitals (Hamad General Hospital, Rumailah Hospital, Womens Hospital, the National Center for Cancer Care and Research and Heart Hospital) which look after patients with the most prevalent conditions, including cancer, heart conditions, rehabilitation, and providing specialist treatment for women and children.