Senior Registrar Family Medicine

Senior Registrar Family Physician is responsible for providing care for his/her patients (outpatient) maintaining a high-level of professional performance in accordance with:

• Evidence based medicine
• Professional medical ethics and CBAHI / JCIA standards.
• Hospital medical by-laws.
• Laws of Ministry of Health in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and any other applicable regulations according to the departmental quality plan.

• Ensures through his/her actions, either directly or indirectly, that a superior quality of medical treatment, compassion and understanding is given to every patient served at the Riyadh Care Hospital.
• Provides patient care within the parameters of their professional competence as reflected in the scope of their clinical privileges for and out-patients.
• He serves in a consultative manner as required for a Family Physician.
• Participates in the on-call rota of the Department of Internal Medicine for patient care.
• Documents patient status including Histories, physical examinations, planning the investigations, treatment and disposal of patients.
• Conducts procedures including diagnostic tap aspirations, biopsies, electrocardiographic interpretations, etc. (see list of privileges)
• Supervises the assigned Junior Staff regarding duties assigned to him.
• Makes assessment and referral of appropriate patients under his/her medical care to other appropriate medical facilities.
• Conducts regular ward rounds on his own and as a team with other physicians as determined by the department head.
• Participates in committee meetings assigned to him e.g. Quality Improvement, Infection Control etc.
• Participates actively in any training program or Educational Activity for training of junior staff, nurses, etc.
• Participate in CME in national/international meetings. This includes Morbidity and Mortality Meetings, Morning Reports, Grand Rounds, Clinical Lectures, Demonstrations, Tutorials, Resident seminars, Journal Club, X-ray and Clinico-Pathological Conferences.
• Carries out any other assignments as directed by the hospital administration and/or the department head.
• Responsible 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.
• They are knowledgeable about their essential role in patient and family education.
• Involves the patient/families in plan of care and respects patients/families regarding their goals and choices of patient care.
• Provides 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.
• Allots time necessary to assess, plan implement and evaluate patient education provided to patients/families with appropriate documentation.
• Abide by the policies and procedures of the Department of Internal Medicine, by laws-, rules and regulations of Riyadh Care Hospital.
• Performs other applicable tasks and duties assigned within the realm of the employee's knowledge, skills and abilities.

• Head, Department of Internal Medicine

Consultants of his/her specialty, of other specialties within the department, Consultant of other departments, Nursing staff, other health care professionals, patients and their families.

• Registrars, Residents, Nurses and other paramedical staff assigned to him/her.

A minimum of:

EDUCATION:

• Required