Internal Medicine Consultant at Tenwek Hospital

Purpose of the position:

• Reporting to the Director Medical Services through the Head of Clinical Services, the Internal Medicine Consultant exists to provide specialty medical services to patients in the hospital; ensure provision of quality and timely specialty medical services, quality patient care and medical counselling at AGC Tenwek Hospital.

Duties and Responsibility:

• Conduct Consultant Physician outpatient clinics in line with the hospital schedules and attend to both walk-in and referred patients.
• Attend to all patients who require Consultant Physician review within hospital standard operating procedures, national and international guidelines.
• Conducting timely ward rounds/patient reviews for all Internal Medicine patients in the hospital, in line with the hospital standard operating procedures, national, and international treatment guidelines.
• Accurate and clear documentation of patient history, physical examination, investigations, and management.
• Provide clarity of investigations to be carried out and interpretation of the results and ensure update to the patients and the next of kin.
• Facilitate patient admissions, necessary consents, and discharges.
• Carry out procedures and surgical interventions as per authorized/licensed privileges while ensuring high quality of care/services and safety of patients.
• Conduct family conferences in line with hospital standard operating procedures
• Participate in grand rounds, morbidity, mortality audits and meetings, and professional educational activities.
• Facilitate Continuous Medical Education, mentorship, and skills training to colleagues
• Acquiring new skills on best practices and proactively facilitate implementation.
• Ensure patient satisfaction through quality of care, communication, feedback and escalation and demonstrate follow-up and improvement.
• Perform any other duties as assigned from time to time as elaborated by the Director of Medical Services or designate.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Medicine
• Masters Degree in Medicine (or equivalent)
• Registered with the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board
• Possess a valid private practicing License
• Strong interpersonal skills including communication, persuasion, motivation, loyalty and openness
• Must have knowledge in use of MS office packages
• Must be a born again and committed Christian with evidence of maturity in faith