Specialist - Family Medicine

Overview

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive professional and ethical quality clinical services to patients in an effective and efficient manner.
• Monitor and manage clinical risks associated with direct patient care.
• Ensure compliance with clinical governance and quality management standards.
• Maintain accurate medical records.
• Ensure excellence in medical practice is maintained by focusing on continuous professional development of self and others.
• Maintain integrity in professional services by executing clinical services in an ethical and responsible manner.
• Performs the professional duties of a Specialist Family Medicine in adherence to the Delineation of Privileges
• depending on the efficiency and skills of the particular individual.
• Administers Executive Health Program examinations on a regular basis.
• Orders diagnostic laboratory and X-ray examinations, determining the diagnosis and prescribing applicable
• therapy and taking the necessary preventive medicine.
• Reviews journals and textbooks in order to keep current on latest techniques, procedures and therapy.
• Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized Medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
• Immunize patients
• Prescribe treatments or therapies.
• Prescribe medications
• Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, and examination results.
• Collect medical information from patients, family members other medical professionals. Record patient medical
• histories.
• Refer patients to medical specialists or other practitioners when necessary.
• Participates in continuing in-service training programs, physician’s conferences, etc.
• Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems
• Comply with reasonable OSH instructions, policies and safe working procedures
• Use of appropriate personal protective equipment and safety systems.
• Be familiar with emergency and evacuation procedures
• Not willfully or recklessly endanger anyone’s health and safety
• Assist with the preparation of risk assessments
• Report OSH Hazards, incidents, Near misses and issues
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycling of waste as much as possible
• Attend all OSH Trainings, awareness programs and mock drills.
• Participates in the OSHMS audits, inspections, ensuring standards are maintained
• Prevention and Control of Infection (PCI):
• PCI is everyone’s responsibility. All staff are required to read and implement the NMC PCI Policy and Strategy in an effort to maintain the highest possible standards of cleanliness at all times, thus reducing the risk of infection in patients, staff and visitors.
• The strictest hand hygiene, 5 moments of hand hygiene, bare below the elbows and environmental care, will be expected of all staff, including the post holder, at all times