Consultant Critical Care Medicine

Responsibilities

• Provide patient focused Critical Care Medicine and ensure optimal clinical care of patients in the department in line with the clinical privileges granted.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team with a personalised and caring attitude.
• Provide leadership, supervision, and support to junior clinical staff. Help develop and participate in, a postgraduate training program for all clinical staff.
• Development, implementation, and revision of the department’s scope of services
• Foley Catheter insertion and removal
• Peripheral intravenous access and removal
• Nasogastric tube insertion and removal
• Cardiac Telemetry/EKG rhythm interpretation
• Operational responsibility for the identification of resources required for his/her department, and the effective utilisation of the said resources within budgetary guidelines.
• To understand and comply with the principles of clinical governance, specifically:
• Leading quality improvement initiatives within the department
• Assessing risk, incident reports and participating in risk management
  

Qualification

• Specialisation Degree
• Minimum 3 years post specialization in Critical Care Knowledge / Technical Skills:
• Three years’ experience in an acute care hospital intensive care unit
• BLS certification
• ACLS certified
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Critical decision-making
• strong customer service commitment