General Surgeon at National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK)

Ref No: GS-JFHK

General Surgeon Job Responsibilities

• Start with IPD, ICU, NICU and other wards round along with resident doctors or medical officers or clinical officers, staff nurse, nutritionist, ward secretary & monitoring the admitted patients.
• Advising resident doctors or clinical officers to continue / discontinue earlier prescribed medicine and advise additional treatment, if any.
• Monitoring the progress of the patient.
• Advising Clinical Officer / Medical Officer / resident doctors for discharge of the patient & scrutinizing discharge summary.
• Management of OPD and Casualty patients.
• Advising patient for investigation if required.
• Based out of investigation report treatment of patient should be done.
• Referring serious patients out of our control to higher centre
• Referring patients to other consultants of other specialties within the hospital, if required.
• Admission of OPD patients in ICU or IPD, if required.
• Do necessary surgical intervention and monitor the post operative care
• Follow-up & counseling of patients as and when required.
• Monitoring of discharge summary.
• Strictly adhering to the medical ethics & management rules & regulations
• Ensure that equipment in the department is functioning satisfactorily or will take necessary corrective action to ensure this
• Assists the Medical administrator for:
• Special material management requirement
• Ensure quality of performance of the department
• Ensure optimum utilization of resources by the him/her and subordinates
• Complaint redressal of patients
• Co-ordinate on all matters relating to
• Provision of infrastructure and maintenance support
• Selection of type and nature of medical consumables and equipment to be procured
• Any other job assigned by medical administrator from time to time

Qualifications for the General Surgeon Job

• Bachelor degree in Medicine & Post Graduate degree in General surgery
• Training course in various surgical discipline
• Knowledge in Medical services
• Self-motivated and quick to take initiative
• Must have worked in a similar position for at least two years