Consultant Neurologist

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 looking to appoint full time Consultants to join our Institute of Neuroscience.

The Neuroscience Institute provides a framework to apply the latest developments in neuroscience to the study and management of nervous system disorders. It brings together an inter-professional network of clinicians and neuroscientists who are actively collaborating on a range of research initiatives. The ‘virtual institute’ structure draws in members from across the Academic Health System (AHS) to work together to improve the care of patients with neurological disorders by embedding research and education into everyday clinical practice

The Institute provides excellence in diagnosis and treatment of common neurological and psychiatric disorders for the citizens of Qatar and its surrounding region and comprises of the faculties of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuro radiology and Neuropathology.

Requirements

We would like to hear from Consultant Neurologists with experience of:
- Headache
- Eplilepsy
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Parkinson's disease
- Stroke
- Meningitis

We expect our Consultants to have:
- Primary medical degree from a recognized medical school
- Board certification
- Between six months and two years clinical experience after Residency (depending upon training programme)
- Experience of undergraduate/postgraduate teaching
- Excellent verbal and written English is essential
- A second language is preferred

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

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.

Why Join Us?

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.