Consultant - Orthopaedics Surgery

Role Overview

Consultant - Orthopaedics Surgery at NMC Healthcare. The role provides high-quality, professional, and ethical clinical services to orthopaedic patients, ensuring effective and efficient care delivery.

Role Purpose

Deliver comprehensive orthopaedic surgical care and consultation services, manage clinical risks and governance compliance, and foster continuous professional development to uphold excellence in medical practice.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Service Delivery

• Provide comprehensive and diligent orthopaedic care to all assigned patients, including pre- and post-operative care and orthopaedic procedures within incumbent's competence.
• Perform professional duties at outpatient departments to render out-patient orthopaedic care to patients.
• Provide consultation services to physicians and other surgeons and specialists on in-patient or out-patient cases as required.
• Assume after-hours responsibility for the care of admitted orthopaedic cases and make daily rounds for hospitalized patients.

Clinical Governance & Compliance

• Monitor and manage clinical risks to maintain safe patient care.
• Maintain compliance with clinical governance and quality management standards.
• Adhere to the Bylaws and Rules and Regulations of the medical department and assure that work performed is in keeping with the established standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of hospitals.
• Identify and report non-compliance to relevant stakeholders constructively.
• Maintain complete and accurate records of all assigned cases.

Professional Development & Knowledge Sharing

• Continuously build and share knowledge to deliver expert service within own scope of work, drawing on expertise of others as needed.
• Keep informed as to current developments in the field of orthopaedics.
• Foster continuous professional development to uphold excellence in medical practice for both oneself and others.
• Continuously evaluate quality of own work and provide feedback on progress.

Patient Experience & Communication

• Identify and understand real needs and expectations of clients in a professional manner and share with relevant team members.
• Respond to client complaints in a timely and effective manner and provide feedback on progress.
• Keep clients updated with relevant and accurate information and involve them in decisions that affect them.
• Focus on consistently delivering a positive client experience.

Operational & Procedural Management

• Determine which surgical and related services procedures are proper to undertake and when new techniques will be utilized.
• Determine requirements and initiate action to assure availability of special equipment and supplies.
• Consult with anaesthetist on the choice of anaesthesia to be used.
• Utilize and monitor to assure the use of supporting services (Nursing, Operations Support, Pathology, Radiology) in a timely, efficient and cost-effective manner.
• Complete tasks in accordance with set procedures and guidelines.
• Take care to perform all tasks precisely and accurately to minimize errors.

Team Collaboration & Leadership

• Build positive working relationships with immediate colleagues.
• Identify and utilize networks within own work environment.
• Align individual behaviour to support and meet team goals.
• Proactively and respectfully share all relevant viewpoints with others and seek their input.
• Clarify and understand own role and responsibilities within the team.
• Recognize, appreciate and respect individual differences.
• Actively participate and build a positive team spirit.

Conflict Management & Emotional Intelligence

• Handle conflict calmly and contribute to finding a way forward.
• Demonstrate openness to diverse views and opinions.
• Demonstrate empathy by trying to understand the feelings, needs, concerns and/or emotional state of others.
• Identify and respond effectively and tactfully in a sensitive or difficult situation.
• Confront and defuse difficult situations and conflict in a non-judgemental manner.
• Identify and react appropriately to non-verbal cues.
• Recognize and be aware of own biases and emotions and their effects on self and others.
• Effectively manage own feelings and guard against inappropriate displays of emotions.
• Listen attentively, consider and respond appropriately to the feelings and attitudes of others.

Performance & Resilience

• Deliver work outputs with a high level of energy, focused effort and pace.
• Remain professional and focused on attaining results despite obstacles and setbacks.
• Remain focused under pressure and persevere despite setbacks and obstacles to fulfil work outputs.

Qualifications & Experience

• Qualified and licensed Medical Practitioner.
• At least 3–5 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 higher education programme (fellowship/diploma) recognised by the relevant UAE healthcare authority.
• Certification and registration in a speciality recognised by relevant UAE healthcare authority.

Skills & Competencies

• Active and valid life support certification (e.g. BLS, ACLS, PALS, ATLS, NRP).
• Expert orthopaedic surgical knowledge and procedural competence.
• Clinical risk assessment and management.
• Patient communication and relationship building.
• Leadership and team collaboration.
• Conflict resolution and emotional intelligence.
• Time management and task prioritization under pressure.