Registered Medical Officer at Christamarianne Missin Hospital

Christamarianne Mission Hospital, Kisii wishes to invite qualified and experienced professionals to apply for the position of Registered Medical Officer.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Clerking, investigating and managing patients accordingly
• Attending to urgent medical services including resuscitation, stabilization and assessment and diagnosis, treatment and referral as necessary
• Diagnosing, caring and treating diseases
• Performing medical and surgical procedures
• Preparing and responding to emergencies and disasters
• Assessing the urgency and severity of presenting problems through history taking, examination and investigation
• Counseling patients and their relatives on diagnoses and bereavement
• Conducting daily ward rounds in the hospital, and regular reviews of in-patients where necessary
• Supervising the daily clinical management of all patients in conjunction with the nurse team leaders and attend all post-operative patients on day of operation and every day following
• Seeing patients at the request of nurses in charge and carry out examinations of patients
• Liaising with nursing staff regularly to check on patient progress, or more frequently if their conditions necessitates
• Conducting clinic days and theater days
• Offering leadership and manage all other health workers
• Supervising and mentoring medical interns; teaching and coaching medical students, nursing students and clinical officers interns.
• Writing medical reports and medical board proceedings
• Any other related duty that may be assigned from time to time

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine & Surgery from a recognized university
• A valid registration certificate from the Kenya Medical Practitioners & Dentists Council
• Valid annual retention certificate license from the Kenya Medical Practitioners & Dentists Council
• Training in Acute Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Acute Trauma Life Support (ATLS).
• Computer skills
• At least 2 years’ experience as a Medical Officer post-internship in a similar position

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

• Patient management skills.
• Ability to maintain patient confidentiality
• Ability to communicate effectively with others both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work as an effective team member.
• Exercise sound judgment and initiative
• Superb problem-solving skills.
• Strong leadership qualities