Consultant Family Medicine - Benin At Dragnet Nigeria

About the role

• To provide specialist family medicine care across the patient pathway, leading the assessment, diagnosis and management of patients in out-patient, in-patient and referral settings.
• The Consultant provides senior clinical expertise, supervises and trains junior medical staff, and contributes to the clinical standards and governance of the family medicine service.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment, diagnosis and management of patients in family medicine, including complex cases, and act as a senior point of referral for junior medical staff.
• Supervise, teach and support the training and development of senior medical officers, medical officers and trainees.
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and patient-safety activities.
• Coordinate care with other specialties, diagnostics, pharmacy, nursing, allied health and managed-care/HMO functions, applying evidence-based, cost-effective practice.
• Maintain accurate, timely clinical records and current MDCN registration/licence in line with internal clinical policy.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS or MBChB) from a recognised institution.
• Completion of the required national housemanship/internship and NYSC, or a valid exemption where applicable. A registrable postgraduate specialist qualification (Fellowship) in the relevant discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years of post-fellowship specialist experience in the relevant discipline.
• Demonstrable competence in the independent specialist management of complex cases in family medicine.
• Experience teaching, training and supervising junior medical staff.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team to deliver family medicine services in a hospital setting.
• Experience contributing to clinical audit, quality improvement, morbidity/mortality review, patient-safety activities or service improvement within family medicine.

Required skills:

• Comprehensive specialist knowledge of paediatrics across a broad range of acute and chronic presentations
• Ability to manage complex cases and to provide senior clinical judgement
• Sound understanding of clinical governance, audit, patient safety and evidence-based practice
• Ability to teach, supervise and support the development of junior medical staff
• Sound clinical record-keeping and competent use of hospital clinical systems
• Effective communication with patients, families and colleagues
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.

Nice to have:

• Additional sub-specialty training or certification relevant to the discipline
• Membership of relevant specialty associations or faculties.