Consultant Physician Fetal Maternal Medicine

Role Overview

Consultant Physician Fetal Maternal Medicine at SEHA Hospitals. The position involves leading and supervising the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care in maternal fetal medicine, with responsibility for diagnosing, managing and treating all assigned patients and providing clinical leadership and training to junior medical staff.

Role Purpose

To deliver clinical excellence in fetal maternal medicine, serve as a role model for the specialty, lead junior medical staff, and ensure the provision of safe, effective, evidence-based patient care across inpatient, outpatient and emergency settings.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Delivery

• Diagnose and treat patients according to established standards of best practice for fetal maternal medicine.
• Lead ward rounds and reassess both inpatients and outpatients on a regular basis in line with established best practice.
• Oversee the clinical activities of junior medical staff and assume responsibility for the care they provide.
• Accept clinically appropriate referrals from the Emergency Department, primary care, other departments, specialty clinics, walk-in patients, and patients referred from other hospitals.
• Ensure preparation of patients for all procedures including obtaining informed consent.
• Communicate clinical information to patients and the patient's family and friends (with consent of the patient) in a timely manner.
• Regularly review results of all investigations and modify treatment as required.
• Liaise with other medical specialties and support services for additional input as required.
• Actively participate in multi-disciplinary meetings to help plan effective, safe and holistic care for individual patients.
• Maintain a good working relationship with members of staff and promote collaboration and a team-based approach to patient care.
• Perform other clinical responsibilities as assigned.

Governance & Compliance

• Comply with all established hospital policies regarding admissions, consultations, daily patient care, surgical procedures, discharge protocols, outpatient and follow-up practices.
• Support, implement and follow all hospital, departmental and divisional initiatives, policies and procedures.
• Practice appropriate utilization of the organization's resources.
• Accurately document all relevant clinical information in a clear and timely fashion in accordance with established procedures.

Management & Administration

• Help lead and implement the organization's performance management system, including peer review and the productivity and utilization review processes.
• Participate in the organization's performance management system, including peer review and the productivity and utilization review processes.
• Assist with scheduling and support the Division Chief in ensuring that adequate medical coverage is provided within the Division at all times.
• Attend Divisional meetings as required.
• Assist the Division Chief in the recruitment of new medical staff when appropriate.
• Assume other administrative or clinical duties as requested by the Division Chief.
• Participate in and ensure the provision of out-of-hours (on-call) coverage on a rotational basis including evenings, nights, weekends and public holidays as required.

Quality & Safety

• Help lead quality improvement within the Department.
• Support a culture of regular audit and encourage the use of audit results for improving clinical practice.
• Support the reporting, investigation and response to untoward incidents.

Education & Development

• Promote and assist in the instruction, guidance and supervision of junior medical staff.
• Facilitate the provision of essential training relevant to clinical staff in the specialty.
• Show commitment to Continued Medical Education (CME).
• Promote and participate in clinical research and publication.
• Keep abreast of current, relevant literature and the latest trends and technologies in the industry.
• Foster a culture of learning, development and continuous improvement across the Department.

Qualifications & Experience

Special Certificate

• Tier 1: Not less than 2 years relevant experience as a consultant or equivalent post board certification.
• Tier 2: Not less than 8 years full-time employment as a Consultant or equivalent post board certification (includes years in fellowship training) in internationally accredited institute.

For UAE Nationals

• Clinical fellowship training following primary specialty board may substitute for experience as follows: each year of clinical fellowship is counted as two years of clinical experience.
• Only applicable to clinical subspecialty fellowship in the following countries: Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UK, USA, or HAAD accredited fellowship programs.