Senior Consultant Intensive Care - Aero-Medical

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 experienced Senior Consultants Intensive Care / Aero-medical, flying with patients around the world (UK/Europe/USA/East Asia).

This post is within our Ambulance Service; your main responsibility will be the retrieval of patients.

LifeFlight is used for fast transit from emergency scenes to our hospitals. All of our helicopters are equipped with the latest advanced life support medical equipment and carry two medical crew and two pilots. The efficiency of the Ambulance Service is an important element in providing critical care to patients, especially those who are not in the close vicinity of the city.

You will work within Medical ICU on a rotational basis for approximately 50% of the time.

The Ambulance Service fulfills an essential role for the people of Qatar - a life-saving one. Every incident that the Ambulance Service attends offers different challenges, in terms of the injuries faced, the number of people affected, the location and the support required. The Ambulance Service receives more than 100,000 calls each year that 1,454 staff, 167 ambulances, 20 rapid response vehicles and our fleet of helicopters respond to.

The Ambulance Service is accredited by the Joint Commission International and its Medical Communication Center has been named an Accredited Center of Excellence (ACE).

Our Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a specialized section of Al Khor Hospital providing comprehensive and continuous care for patients who are critically ill or in an unstable condition. The unit manages critically ill patients admitted under various specialties such as trauma and cardiology.

Healthcare professionals who work in the ICU provide around-the-clock intensive monitoring and treatment of patients seven days a week. Services for unstable to critically ill patients are determined by guidelines formulated for staff to ensure that the criteria for admission and discharge to the Intensive Care Unit are comprehensible.

Our facilities are state-of-the-art with common, private and isolation beds, providing specialized monitoring equipment and constant access to highly trained nurses with a high degree of medical expertise. These nurses are certified in Advanced Cardiac Life support (ACLS) and Immediate Life Support (ILS).

The ICU has an in-house 24 hour specialist who responds to all emergency calls in the hospital. The department attends to approximately 50 patients per month.

Requirements

We are looking for enthusiastic Consultants who have had exposure of:
- Aero-medical repatriation
- Inter-hospital transfer
- Intensive Transport
- Anesthesiology
- Intensive Care

Candidates should be flexible and willing to work as part of a growing team. You will work with a team of world class professionals such as other consultants, fellows, specialty nurses and technologists.

We expect our Senior Consultant to have:
- Primary medical degree from a recognized medical school
- CCST specialist register and fellowship of a College of Anaesthetists or equivalent
- 5 years work experience after graduation from primary degree
- 6 years work experience as a Critical Care Senior Consultant

At HMC we value your skills, qualifications and experience and there has never been a better time to consider a career with us. We are expanding, modernizing our patient care offering, and reviewing how we reward and compensate staff.

Our Human Resource strategy is making HMC a great place to work and by joining us you will enjoy:
- Generous tax free salary
- Accommodation appropriate to your position
- Annual leave entitlement of 50 days
- Business class return ticket for you and your family to country of hire each year
- Education allowance (up to 3 children)

At Hamad Medical Corporation you will be joining a multicultural team of professionals from all over the globe. You will work alongside diverse cross section of people from the Arab world, Asia, North and South America, Europe and Africa. As well as an interesting team environment, you will also be joining a Corporation that is striving to achieve the highest national and international standards of excellence in many areas.

Advance your professional career by working for a healthcare organization that strives to deliver the highest standards of healthcare to the people of Qatar now and for years to come.

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.