Associate Staff Physician, Cardiac Surgery

UNDER THE SUPERVISION, GUIDANCE AND APPROVAL OF CONSULTANT STAFF:

Monitors and provides care to patients at CCAD within the Cardiac Surgery specialty

Prescribes or administers medication, therapy and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease or injury

Analyzes records, reports and test results to diagnose patient s medical condition

Interacts with patient to gather additional history and information about medical condition

Explains procedures and discusses test results or prescribed treatments with patient

Provides specific treatments and/or performs operations to treat patient medical conditions

Evaluates patient and records applicable notes about patient s condition for purposes of serving as a record of treatment and / or a possible referral to another member of the health care professional team

Liaisons with other medical and non-medical staff at CCAD to ensure quality patient treatment

Performs surgical procedures and operations within the scope of Cardiac Surgery and according to Department of Health and Hospital privileges

Supplies and provides care in a culturally appropriate and sensitive manner

Takes part in administrative functions that ensure the continued operations of the clinical environment, such as committees, task forces and performance improvement measures

Provide hospital on-call in patient coverage as deemed necessary

Follows ethical and regulatory guidelines

Adheres to individual approved clinical privileges, as well as to all policies and procedures of the Physician Staff.

For Associate Staff (Specialist) from Tier 1 and Tier 2 countries, no additional experience required post board certification.

For Associate Staff (Specialist) from Tier 3, not less than 3 years clinical experience as Specialist post qualification in internationally accredited institute.

UAE nationals, require not less than one (1) year experience post qualification in the specialty field.

Should meet the Maintenance of Certification requirements (where applicable)

MD, MBBS, MBChB or DO or equivalent qualification from an accredited Institution and completion of specialty qualification as per the Recognized Specialty Certificate table listed in Healthcare Professionals Qualification Requirements 2024