Specialist - Neonatology

Role Overview

Specialist - Neonatology at NMC Royal Hospital. This is a specialist-level clinical position delivering comprehensive neonatal care in an acute hospital setting.

Role Purpose

Deliver professional, ethical, and high-quality clinical care to neonatal patients while managing clinical risks, ensuring governance compliance, maintaining accurate medical records, and supporting continuous professional development across the neonatology team.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Care & Patient Management

• Provide comprehensive professional and ethical quality clinical services to patients in an effective and efficient manner.
• Perform professional duties of a neonatologist.
• Conduct assessment and reassessment of patients.
• Conduct daily rounds to patients in the hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the Nursery.
• Perform general or special examinations and other procedures covering the full scope of the field of neonatology.
• Order laboratory and radiological examinations.
• Determine diagnosis and prescribe medications.
• Advise nursing and dietary care as necessary.
• Apply preventive measures as required.
• Provide in-patient care to the newborn.
• Attend difficult delivery or caesarean section deliveries.
• Provide on-call emergency coverage for neonatal emergencies as per duty roster.

Consultation & Specialist Services

• Offer consultation and referral services to in-patient services in neonatology.
• Serve as an expert in neonatology providing consultative services to other Medical Services.
• Work with patients throughout the entire process starting from consultation to treatment plan.

Clinical Governance & Risk Management

• Monitor and manage clinical risks associated with direct patient care.
• Ensure compliance with clinical governance and quality management standards.
• Maintain accurate medical records.
• Document all care provided and education and information given to patients within their medical health record, as per professional and practice standards and protocols.

Quality Assurance & Professional Development

• Ensure excellence in medical practice is maintained by focusing on continuous professional development of self and others.
• Monitor clinical and other established indicators to ensure ongoing quality assurance.
• Review journals, texts or periodicals in order to update latest techniques, procedures, drugs and therapy.
• Participate in scheduled in-service training programs, continuing medical education, divisional teaching activities, the regular physicians' conference or other committees as requested.
• Participate in improvement initiatives within the department.
• Participate in a quality assurance program for the obstetrics and gynaecology services and help develop and monitor indicators.
• Assist the senior staff in developing best practice guidelines and protocols.

Administrative & Governance

• Attend committee meetings as assigned by the Head of Department.
• Follow standard policies and procedures as required by Department of Health, Joint Commission International, ISO, Occupational Safety and Health Management System and other regulatory bodies.
• Be aware of hospital fire policy and emergency procedures.
• Handle complaints in an amicable manner when necessary.
• Foster interdepartmental liaison in order to ensure maintenance of established level of Service Agreements.

Strategic & Collaborative Activities

• Maintain integrity in professional services by executing clinical services in an ethical and responsible manner.
• Participate in development of International level guidelines to standardize and improve quality of service provided.

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 and education programme (fellowship or 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, NRP).
• Eligibility for relevant healthcare authority registration such as Membership from Royal College, Arab Board Certification, MS, DM, MPhil or an equivalent recognised by relevant healthcare authority in UAE.

Additional Information

• On-call emergency coverage for neonatal emergencies as per duty roster required.