Specialist - Emergency Medicine

Role Overview

Specialist - Emergency Medicine at NMC Royal Hospital. The role delivers professional, ethical, and high-quality clinical care in an emergency medicine setting, managing clinical risks, ensuring governance compliance, and maintaining accurate medical records while supporting continuous professional development.

Role Purpose

To provide comprehensive professional and ethical clinical services to emergency patients in an effective and efficient manner, determining case acuity, delivering rapid treatment, making clinical decisions independently, and coordinating specialist consultations as needed.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Care & Decision-Making

• Determine which cases constitute an emergency and extend rapid treatment to the patient as needed.
• Make quick clinical decisions and choose the correct consultant for necessary additional guidance.
• Examine in-patients on wards and in ICU upon request, rendering immediate judgment and treatment if necessary.
• Advise nursing personnel regarding medical problems.
• Respond to radio-telephone calls from remote areas requesting medical advice.
• Occasionally conduct emergency ambulance trips or respond to bona fide outside emergencies using good judgment.
• Provide health counseling to patients as needed.

Governance, Compliance & Quality

• Monitor and manage clinical risks associated with direct patient care.
• Ensure compliance with clinical governance and quality management standards.
• Strictly adhere to the organization's regulations and policies, especially those related to infection control, patient safety, EHSMS, HAAD, JCI and ISO.
• Monitor clinical and other established indicators to ensure ongoing quality assurance.
• Support Continuous Quality Improvement and participate in all quality assurance activities of the service.
• Ensure timely and accurate notification to DOH of notifiable public health data and other data as per DOH rules, regulations and standards.

Medical Records & Documentation

• Complete all medical records and case histories promptly, indicating thereon the diagnosis and treatment given.
• Maintain responsibility for the medical accuracy, completeness and confidential nature of patients' medical records.
• Maintain confidentiality as per the agreement signed.

Professional Development & Meetings

• Ensure excellence in medical practice is maintained by focusing on continuous professional development of self and others.
• Attend professional and hospital meetings as directed by the Head of Department.
• Occasionally prepare cases for presentation at ward rounds and staff meetings.
• Participate and contribute to scheduled in-service training programs including ACLS, BLS, CNEs, CMEs, in-house activities, conferences or other programs as requested.

Operations & Scheduling

• Perform the professional duties of a Specialist in accordance with the delineation of privileges as recommended by the credential committee.
• Perform duties in outpatient clinics if and when required.
• Provide on-call emergency coverage.
• Work in all shifts as scheduled by the Head of Department.
• Carry out other duties when requested by the Head of Department.

Interpersonal & Professional Conduct

• Maintain integrity in professional services by executing clinical services in an ethical and responsible manner.
• Exercise effective interpersonal skills in dealings with department staff, associates and management.
• Demonstrate the ability to listen to others in promoting effective communication.
• Develop thorough understanding of policies and procedures of the hospital and demonstrate respect for them.

Qualifications & Experience

• At least 3 to 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 or education programme (fellowship or diploma) recognized by the relevant UAE healthcare authority.
• Certification and registration in a specialty recognized by relevant UAE healthcare authority.
• Active and valid life support certification (e.g. BLS, ACLS, PALS, ATLS, NRP).
• Eligibility for relevant healthcare authority registration, for example Membership from Royal College, Arab Board Certification, MS, DM, MPhil or an equivalent recognized by relevant healthcare authority in UAE.

Skills & Competencies

• Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to listen to others and promote effective communication.
• Understanding of hospital policies and procedures.
• Clinical risk management.
• Medical record accuracy and documentation.