Consultant

Job Description: Consultant – Paediatric Medicine

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct outpatient consultations and inpatient rounds for paediatric patients.
• Diagnose and manage common and complex paediatric medical conditions.
• Provide comprehensive care for neonates, infants, children, and adolescents as per the hospital's scope of services.
• Assess and manage paediatric emergencies and critically ill children.
• Coordinate with the NICU/PICU and other specialties when required.
• Interpret laboratory investigations, imaging, and other diagnostic reports.
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans.
• Monitor patient progress and modify treatment plans appropriately.
• Counsel parents/guardians regarding diagnosis, treatment, nutrition, vaccination, and preventive healthcare.
• Maintain accurate medical records, clinical notes, discharge summaries, and other documentation.
• Ensure compliance with hospital clinical protocols, infection-control practices, and patient-safety standards.
• Participate in clinical meetings, case discussions, audits, and quality-improvement initiatives.
• Support teaching and training of residents, interns, and nursing/paramedical staff.
• Promote evidence-based and ethical paediatric practice.