Resident Paediatrician at Avenue Healthcare

Job Objective/Purpose

• Provide and ensure quality Pediatric services within the Avenue group in line with the company policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Attend to walk in and referred paediatric patients both out and in patient.
• Receive and resuscitate newborns in Theatre and Maternity.
• To offer paediatric consultancy to all the doctors in Avenue Group.
• Run the paediatric outpatient clinics.
• Provision of superior diagnostic, preventative and interventional medical care.
• 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, next of kin and conduct family conferences on need basis.
• Facilitate patient admissions, necessary consents and discharges.
• Counsel clients on treatment and compliance to treatment (patient and family) while ensuring their participation in decision making in their management.
• Carry out procedures (paediatric) while ensuring high quality of care/services and safety of patients.
• Participate in morbidity and mortality meetings as required.
• Participation in incident reporting, root cause analysis and the Avenue Quality Improvement Plan.
• Participation in resuscitation of patients.
• Conduct timely ward rounds and patient reviews.
• Facilitate Continuous Medical Education and mentorship to colleagues to build capacity to provide care.
• Acquiring new skills on best practices and assist in their implementation.
• Maintain a positive work attitude and foster team work.
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality at all times.
• Ensure patient satisfaction through quality of care, communication, feedback and escalation through the standardized tool for patient satisfaction measurement and demonstrate follow-up and improvement.
• Ensure the facility is financially viable and demonstrate growth;
  • Increase the quality and diversity of services offered in the facility. Support marketing activities to ensure introduction of new services.
  • Ensure pre-authorizations have been sought.
• Ensure that Avenue corporate governance policies are adhered to.
  • Prevent, detect and report any fraud or criminal activity
  • Review and implementation of audit recommendations
• Ensure adequate knowledge of all Avenue policies, procedures and systems as outlined in the HRMIS.
• Any other duty as assigned by your immediate supervisor in line with the job description.

Personal Specifications

•  Specialist recognition in Paediatrics
•  Master of Medicine in Paediatrics
•  2 years’ experience
•  Strong interpersonal and communication skills
•  Attention to detail and result oriented
•  Customer focus