Consultant - Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Role Overview

Consultant - Obstetrics & Gynaecology at NMC Healthcare. This is a consultant-level clinical position in obstetrics and gynaecology.

Role Purpose

Deliver expert obstetric and gynaecological care to women across prenatal, natal, and post-natal periods, managing both routine and complex cases, performing surgical procedures as required, and leading clinical teams to maintain the highest standards of patient safety and care.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Provide comprehensive care for women during prenatal, natal, and post-natal periods.
• Deliver prenatal care for women and their babies before birth.
• Monitor patient condition and progress, re-evaluating treatments as necessary.
• Conduct patient follow-ups to monitor and track clinical condition.
• Provide dietary guidance and conduct regular examinations for pregnant women.
• Deliver health care guidance for babies.

Patient Assessment & Diagnosis

• Interview new patients to assess symptoms, needs, or problems; record and utilize medical history for diagnosis.
• Maintain detailed patient records including present, past, and family history prior to diagnosis or treatment.
• Perform well-women examinations including pap smears, pelvic, and breast exams.
• Conduct Papanicolaou screening to detect malignant and premalignant processes in the ectocervix to prevent cervical cancer.
• Order and analyse necessary tests, screenings, biopsies, and scans to effectively diagnose problems.

Treatment & Prescription

• Treat diseases and injuries of the female reproductive organ.
• Prescribe postnatal and prenatal care as appropriate.
• Prescribe medications, compresses, and antibiotics according to clinical need.
• Document all prescriptions with legible writing including drug name, dosage, quantity, usage instructions, signature, and date.
• Alert patients and families to the importance of adhering to treatment instructions and to significant and expected side effects of medical or surgical treatment.
• Suggest alternative treatments where no health progress occurs.

Surgical Procedures & Delivery

• Perform Caesarean sections and other surgical procedures as needed to preserve patient health and deliver babies safely.
• Plan and prepare procedures for every operation, ensuring all patients benefit from thorough planning.
• Deliver babies and perform birth-related duties including inducing labor and performing Caesarean section births.
• Perform emergency surgery when clinically required.
• Monitor the mother and baby throughout childbirth and oversee medication administration.
• Perform surgeries for chronic and serious reproductive disorders.

Communication & Collaboration

• Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments as necessary.
• Inform patients' families of the nature and degree of seriousness of illness.
• Direct, advise, and supervise medical staff including nurses, physician assistants, and medical technicians on proper procedures and protocol.
• Cooperate with other physicians involved in patient treatment, providing information on medical condition and course of treatment when requested.
• Consult with specialist colleagues when cases require additional expertise.

Complication Management

• Monitor complications of medical or surgical treatment and initiate remedial action where possible.

Professional Development & Quality

• Continuously build and share knowledge to deliver expert service within own scope of work, drawing on expertise of others as needed.
• Identify and understand real needs and expectations of clients in a professional manner, sharing insights with relevant team members.
• Respond to client complaints in a timely and effective manner, providing feedback on progress.
• Complete tasks in accordance with set procedures and guidelines.
• Perform all tasks with precision and accuracy to minimise errors.
• Identify and report non-compliance to relevant stakeholders constructively.
• Continuously evaluate quality of own work and provide feedback on progress.

Occupational Safety & Health Management

• Comply with reasonable occupational safety and health instructions, policies, and safe working procedures.
• Use appropriate personal protective equipment and safety systems.
• Remain familiar with emergency and evacuation procedures.
• Not willfully or recklessly endanger anyone's health and safety.
• Assist with the preparation of risk assessments.
• Report occupational safety and health hazards, incidents, near misses, and issues.
• Reduce, reuse, and recycle waste as much as possible.
• Attend all occupational safety and health trainings, awareness programs, and mock drills.
• Participate in occupational safety and health management systems audits and inspections, ensuring standards are maintained.

Prevention & Control of Infection

• Recognize that prevention and control of infection is everyone's responsibility.
• Read and implement the NMC Prevention and Control of Infection Policy and Strategy to maintain the highest possible standards of cleanliness at all times, reducing the risk of infection in patients, staff, and visitors.
• Maintain the strictest hand hygiene standards at all times.
• Adhere to the 5 moments of hand hygiene.
• Maintain bare below the elbows standards.
• Ensure environmental care standards.

Qualifications & Experience

• Qualified and licensed Medical Practitioner.
• At least 5 years' post-qualification experience at consultant level, independent of country.
• At least 1 year consultant-level experience from a Tier 1 country as specified by the UAE healthcare regulator.
• Basic medical degree and completion of a higher education programme (fellowship/diploma) recognised by the relevant UAE healthcare authority.
• Certification and registration in a speciality recognised by the relevant UAE healthcare authority.
• Active and valid life support certification (such as BLS, ACLS, PALS, ATLS, or NRP).