Consultant Spine Surgeon

Job description / Role

Consultant Spine Surgeon is fully responsible to provide high standard of clinical practice and expertise in assessment, investigation, diagnosis, treatment & follow up of patients in specialty of spine surgery. He should actively take part in continuous quality improvement activities of department and hospital to achieve the goals of HMG.

Responsibilities

- Will be responsible for managing the assigned clinics as per the approved rota by the Medical Director.
- Will be responsible for initial assessment, requesting investigation" analyzing the rest results, diagnosis, treatment, and re-assessment on follow- up.
- Will admit the patients under his/ her care whenever indicated within the limits of the approved and assigned privileges.
- Will prescribe or administer therapy, medication, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness or disease.
- Will explain procedures and discuss diagnostic results or prescribed treatments with the patients and his/ her attendants
- Will be responsible for monitoring the patients' condition and progress and re-evaluate/ re-assessment and treat the patient accordingly,
- Will refer patient to other specialists when necessary, also consult with or provide consulting services to, other physicians whenever requested
- He/ She must take daily rounds for his/ her In-Patients and referred patients.
- He/ She must write the patients complete medical record on time and also update the progress notes on same time.
- He/ She should authenticate and sign the medical record/ progress notes with date, time and employee ID number, stamp every time. He/ She must also review and countersign all junior medical staff notes related to his/ her patients.
- He/ She will perform diagnostic or therapeutic procedures for which he/she is specifically privileged according to his/ her qualification, licenses training & experience
- Will be responsible for approving the Discharge Summary, Medical Report of his/ her patients follow up
- Will ensure the implementation of all the approved policies and procedures, rules, regulations, protocols and guidelines, clinical pathways that guide and support the provision of clinical services.
- Will direct and coordinate activities of nurses, assistants, specialists therapists, and other medical staff in patient care
- Will contribute to the development of policies and procedures as part of he continuous quality improvement of his/ her department
- Will serve on Departmental / Hospital Committees as requested
- Will ensure that Islamic Values and Medical Ethics are respected and strictly observed.
- Will be On-Call as per hospital policy, as needed and will assume the duties of Coordinator of Department
- Will be responsible to attend the Code Blue if applicable) and should be involved in all other emergency codes of the hospital.
- Will ensure that all reports and information as required by the Coordinator of the Department/ Medical Director are provided

Requirements

Qualifications / Skills Expectations for Ideal Candidates

- Graduate of a medical school recognized by the medical council of the country of origin with completion of appropriate internship and residency programs.
- Postgraduate or equivalent qualification, based on residency training program, preferably with a fellowship accepted by Saudi Council for Healthcare Specialties
- At least five (5) years of practice in his / her specialty after obtaining the higher degree in a Tertiary Care Hospital
- Subspecialty degree or structured subspecialty training preferred.
- Excellent clinical/ technical skills in his/ her specialty.
- Knowledge of International / National Healthcare Standards.
- Computer Literate/ better knowledge of MS Microsoft Word
- Excellent written and spoken Arabic and English

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