Specialist Child Psychiatry

Role Overview

Specialist Child Psychiatry at NMC Healthcare. This role delivers professional, ethical, and high-quality clinical care in child psychiatry, managing clinical risks, ensuring governance compliance, and maintaining accurate medical records with emphasis on continuous professional development and integrity.

Role Purpose

To deliver comprehensive, ethical clinical services to pediatric psychiatric patients while managing clinical risks, maintaining governance standards, supervising departmental staff, and promoting continuous quality improvement and professional development within the child psychiatry department.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Service Delivery

• Provide 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.
• Maintain accurate medical records.
• Maintain integrity in professional services by executing clinical services in an ethical and responsible manner.

Clinical Governance & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with clinical governance and quality management standards.
• Develop a thorough understanding of hospital policies and procedures and demonstrate respect for them.
• Maintain confidentiality regarding patient information and administrative matters of confidential nature.

Professional Development & Quality Assurance

• Ensure excellence in medical practice is maintained by focusing on continuous professional development of self and others.
• Support Continuous Quality Improvement and develop and promote appropriate standards of care.
• Develop and implement effective Peer Review.
• Provide annual and ongoing feedback as appropriate.
• Work closely with other concerned committees in developing policies and procedures to promote quality healthcare for psychiatric patients.

Departmental Leadership & Administration

• Perform administrative functions at the Department level as established by Medical Management.
• Develop and implement work assignments, on-call assignments, and vacation schedules for Department staff.
• Supervise and monitor the delivery of healthcare by department staff.
• Provide guidance regarding patient care when indicated.
• Take remedial action when appropriate.
• Produce written communications, assessments, proposals and administrative documents that are timely and of high quality.
• Deliver work product of the quantity required to effectively accomplish duties as head of the department.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Medical Director.

Interpersonal & Communication

• Exercise effective interpersonal skills in dealings with department staff, associates and Management.
• Evidence leadership skills in developing in others the willingness and desire to work toward common objectives.
• Demonstrate the ability to listen to others in promoting effective communication.
• Evidence dependability in carrying out the commitments and obligations of the position.

Occupational Safety & Health Management Systems

• Comply with reasonable Occupational Safety and Health instructions, policies and safe working procedures.
• Use appropriate personal protective equipment and safety systems.
• Be 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

• Maintain the strictest hand hygiene standards, including the 5 moments of hand hygiene.
• Maintain bare below the elbows at all times.
• Ensure environmental care standards are met.
• Implement the NMC Prevention and Control of Infection Policy and Strategy in an effort to maintain the highest possible standards of cleanliness at all times, thus reducing the risk of infection in patients, staff and visitors.

Qualifications & Experience

• 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 (BLS, ACLS, PALS, ATLS, or NRP).
• Eligibility for relevant healthcare authority registration, including Membership from Royal College, Arab Board Certification, MS, DM, MPhil, or an equivalent qualification recognised by relevant healthcare authority in UAE.

Skills & Competencies

• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Leadership and staff development capability.
• Active listening and communication skills.
• Dependability and reliability in executing responsibilities.