Consultant Physician - General Medicine

About the role

SSMC is hiring a Consultant Physician in General Medicine in Abu Dhabi. The Consultant leads and supervises the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care, diagnoses, manages and treats all patients under their care, sets an example of clinical excellence and provides leadership and training for junior medical staff.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and supervise the care of patients, including ward rounds, regular reassessment of inpatients and outpatients, and accurate documentation of clinical information
• Diagnose and treat patients according to best-practice standards, accept clinically appropriate referrals and liaise with other specialties and support services
• Prepare patients for procedures, including obtaining informed consent, and communicate clinical information to patients and families with their consent
• Provide on-call coverage on a rotational basis, including evenings, nights, weekends and public holidays
• Oversee the clinical activities of junior medical staff and guide and supervise them
• Help lead and implement the performance management system, including peer review and productivity and utilization review
• Assist the Division Chief with scheduling, recruitment of new medical staff and other administrative or clinical duties
• Take part in multi-disciplinary meetings, quality improvement, audits and incident reporting, and promote clinical research and publication
• Comply with hospital policies, regulations and licensing requirements, and complete mandatory training within set timeframes

Required profile

• Tier 1: at least 2 years of relevant experience as a consultant or equivalent post-board certification
• Tier 2: at least 8 years of full-time employment as a Consultant or equivalent post-board certification in an internationally accredited institute (fellowship years count)
• For UAE nationals, each year of clinical fellowship after primary specialty board counts as two years of experience, for subspecialty fellowships in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the UK, the USA or HAAD-accredited programmes
• Current national license or equivalent, and certified proof of yearly CME