EHA Clinics Family Physician Jobs in Nigeria
EHA Clinics Family Physician Jobs in Nigeria
Purpose of the PositionThe Family Physician will perform a range of functions including but not limited to; initial history taking, clinical assessments, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care.
S/he must demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process, especially in assessing and diagnosing patients, leading to the delivery of safe care for all patients.
The successful candidate will work collaboratively with the healthcare team and the Management Team to meet the needs of the patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.
S/he will have a supervisory role on medical doctors within the clinic and ensure that policies and procedures are upheld.
What you’ll do
Provide direct clinical care to patients using established clinical guidelines.
Interview patients, take medical histories, perform physical examinations, analyse, diagnose and explain medical problems during in person and telehealth consultations and home visits.
Consult, recommend and explain appropriate diagnostic tests and treatment.
Request and interpret the results of laboratory investigations when necessary.
Perform specialised diagnostic physical exams and treatment procedures.
Instruct and educate patients in preventative health care.
Conduct virtual/telephone consultations which may involve discussing results and implications of laboratory investigations with patients as well as dealing appropriately with routine and emergency complaints.
Fully document all aspects of patient care and complete all required paperwork for legal and administrative purposes.
Contribute to clinical development by developing a special interest and to help establish appropriate systems to manage common chronic medical conditions, ensuring compliance with approved standard treatment guidelines.
Oversight of medical doctors activities including but not limited to assessing the appropriateness of patient management, decisions on referral, and review of medical charts.
Formulate diagnosis and treatment plans
Give clinical instructions to the clinical care teams as required.
Communicate when necessary with colleagues in Clinical care and hospital specialists in order to discuss or refer specific patients, plan and coordinate activities, or exchange information in order to improve the quality of patient care.
Deal regularly with community hospitals, consultants and other health care providers, insurance companies, and other community organizations to refer/consult on specific cases, participate in community service and education projects and activities, and the like.
Ensure continuing education, training, and development is undertaken to meet clinical governance guidelines for Continuing Professional Development and a Personal Development Plan.
Key Areas of Note
Ensure continuing education, training and development is undertaken to meet clinical governance guidelines for Continuing Professional Development and a Personal Development Plan.
Keep up to date with relevant medical research, technology, and evidence-based medical practice by attending continuing education courses and professional meetings, reading journals, etc.
Perform a variety of research and analysis tasks associated with the improvement of clinical care, medical diagnosis, and treatment where appropriate.
Audit of clinical practice and review of relevant literature.
Research unusual symptoms and treatment options, through consultation with physicians and other medical specialists.
Provide literature reviews and the like; review, analyze and determine the significance of a variety of diagnostic
test results.
Requirements
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to successfully perform this job.
MBBS, MBChb, M.D or D.O. degree.
Membership/Fellowship of Recognized International Colleges of Family Medicine or General Practitioners
Membership/Fellowship of West African/National College of Physicians with speciality in Family Medicine
Valid Medical licence to practise as a specialist in Nigeria
5+ years post residency experience
Ability to excel in a start-up environment
Strong medical leadership skills to ensure trust and respect of medical staff
Strong collaboration and communication skills to ensure effective alignment amongst diverse teams
Demonstrated ability leading and managing a geographically distributed team
Proven success making good, timely decisions and managing change in a rapidly changing, sometimes ambiguous environment
Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of medical records and adhere to the standards for health record-keeping and Privacy requirements.
Fluency in performance measures and measurement programs, accreditation, peer review and hospital output.
Strong clinical background with minimum of 5 years clinical practice experience.
Demonstrated experience in guiding multidisciplinary clinical program activities
Demonstrated strong leadership, management, organizational, analytical, communication and relationship development skills with particular emphasis on building relationships with executives and physician leaders
Demonstrated experience in successfully facilitating collaborative, cross-functional projects
Demonstrated results for delivering complex projects on time and on budget.
Creates and communicates a compelling and inspired vision and sense of purpose for physicians and collaborative departments
Facilitates team building and collaboration
Directs activities for achieving defined outcomes, reporting and analysis.
Uses conflict resolution skills to drive change and promote organizational goals.
Able to communicate pertinent information in various formats on a timely basis to all customers and provide follow-up as required in a professional manner.
Key Skills and Attributes:
Hold Computer literacy
Customer Service
Quality
Safety
Staff Engagement
Financial Stewardship
Continuous Improvement
Professionalism
Leadership skills
Developing people
Detail oriented
Ability to collaborate
Results oriented
Exceptional organizational skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Presentation skills
People management skills
Attention to detail
Problem solving skills
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; EHA Clinics Family Physician Jobs in Nigeria
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