Consultant Ophthalmology

Job Description

Job SummaryConsultant is responsible for evaluating, diagnosing and administering treatment in the specialized field of ophthalmology, including medical and surgical conditions of the eye; ordering general and specific tests to diagnose and manage eye conditions; performs special non-invasive/invasive procedures.ÿConsultant is responsible for providing care for his/her patients (inpatient and outpatient) maintaining a high-level of professional performance in accordance with:

• ÿÿÿProfessional medical ethics and CBAHI / JCIA standards.
• ÿÿÿHospital medical by-laws.
• ÿÿLaws of Ministry of Health in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and any other applicableÿregulations according to the departmental quality plan

Providing effective leadership of the department maintaining an appropriate quality plan using measurable performance improvement standards in the field of opthalmology.Major Duties and Responsibilities

• ÿÿEnsures through his actions, either directly or indirectly, that a superior quality of medical treatment, compassion and understanding is given to every patient served at the NMC Hospitals and Clinics.
• ÿÿÿÿÿProvides patient care within the parameters of their professional competence as reflected in the scope of their clinical privileges for both in-patients and out-patients.
• ÿÿÿÿÿPractices within the framework of clinically relevant and scientifically valid standards, guidelines and criteria.
• ÿÿÿÿConducts regular ward rounds on his own and/or as a team to formulate a multi-disciplinary treatment plan including pre-operative and post-operative care.
• ÿÿÿPerforms diagnostic and therapeutic procedures on his/her patients within the range of the specialty.
• ÿÿÿÿAssessment and referral of appropriate patients under his/her medical care to other appropriate medical facilities as well as accepting referrals of patients with medical problems in his/her field of specialty.
• ÿÿÿObserves and upholds the patients rights of security, confidentiality and privacy.
• ÿÿÿÿParticipates in the on-call rota of the department for patient care and admission.
• ÿÿÿÿÿResponds to emergencies to offer advice and actively participate with problems ifÿrequired related to his/her specialty.
• ÿÿÿObserves and upholds the patients rights of security, confidentiality and privacy
• ÿÿÿCommunicates with other medical services, specialty chiefs, ambulatory medicalÿservices and their staff regarding eye problems of the employees or their dependents..
• ÿÿÿMaintains appropriate records of all patients with accurate, timely legible completion of patients medical records.
• ÿÿÿConsultant has a leadership role in the organization performance.
• ÿÿÿÿÿÿSupervision of duties of assigned junior staff.
• ÿÿProvides leadership for performance-improvement functions in the process of measurement, assessment and improvement of both clinical and non-clinical process as part of the Departmental Quality Plan.
• ÿÿÿActive participation in Continuing Medical Education (C.M.E.) through educational hospital activities (morning report meetings, grand rounds, clinical tutorials and seminars, journal club, radiology or clinico-pathological conferences). Also, through National and International meetings, conferences and symposiums.
• ÿÿÿÿActive participation in training program related to his field and organization within the hospital for training of junior medical staff and in-service training for nursing staff and technicians.
• ÿÿÿÿÿContinuous update of his knowledge in the medical field as well as continuously upgrading level of skill in his/her field of profession.
• ÿÿÿÿParticipation in committee meetings assigned to him/her (e.g. Quality Improvement, Infection Control, etc.).
• ÿÿÿAbides by Department Policies and Procedures, as well as hospital by-laws, Rules and Regulations.
• ÿÿÿResponsible to educate patients /families as per their needs and to implement their whole role regarding patient / family education process as mention in patient & family education policy and procedure including documentation in patient medical record.
• ÿÿThey are knowledgeable about their essential role in patient and family education.
• ÿÿInvolves the patient/families in plan of care and respects patients/families regarding their goals and choices of patient care.
• ÿÿProvides health promotion and health teaching thru methods appropriate to a patients? developmental level, learning needs, readiness and ability to learn, language preference, culture and situations.
• ÿÿÿAllots time necessary to assess, plan implement and evaluate patient education provided to patients/families with appropriate documentation.
• ÿÿÿPerforms other applicable tasks and duties assigned within the realm of the employees knowledge, skills and abilities.

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