Specialist - Family Medicine

The role involves delivering professional, ethical, and high-quality clinical care, managing clinical risks, ensuring compliance with governance standards, and maintaining accurate medical records. It also emphasizes continuous professional development and maintaining integrity in providing ethical, responsible clinical services

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.

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Qualifications

At least 3 - 5 years’ post qualification experience at Specialist level (independent of country)

At least 1 year Specialist level experience from a Tier 1 country as specified by the UAE healthcare regulator.

Basic medical degree and completion of a specialty qualification/education programme (fellowship/diploma) recognised by the relevant UAE healthcare authority.

Certification and registration in a speciality recognised by relevant UAE healthcare authority. Active and valid life support certification (e.g. BLS, ACLS, PALS, ATLS, NRP)

Eligibility for relevant healthcare authority registration e.g. Membership from Royal College / Arab Board Certification / MS / DM / MPhil or an equivalent recognised by relevant healthcare authority in UAE