Specialist - Radiology

Role Overview

Specialist - Radiology at NMC Healthcare. The role delivers professional, ethical, and high-quality clinical care in radiology, managing clinical risks, ensuring compliance with governance standards, and maintaining accurate medical records while emphasizing continuous professional development and integrity.

Role Purpose

To provide comprehensive diagnostic radiological services to patients and physicians through interpretation and performance of a full range of radiological examinations, while maintaining clinical governance standards, managing clinical risks, and contributing to quality improvement and professional development across the radiology department.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Care and Diagnostics

• Provide comprehensive professional and ethical quality clinical services to patients in an effective and efficient manner.
• Serve as a diagnostic radiological consultant to physicians.
• Interpret all types of general radiological examinations.
• Interpret and perform examinations requiring fluoroscopy, special procedures, angiography, ultrasound, radioisotopes, CT, and MRI scanning within the limits of training, experience, and clinical privileges, and with the approval of the Chief of Radiology.
• Provide on-call emergency coverage.

Clinical Risk and Governance

• Monitor and manage clinical risks associated with direct patient care.
• Ensure compliance with clinical governance and quality management standards.
• Maintain accurate medical records.
• Maintain integrity in professional services by executing clinical services in an ethical and responsible manner.

Professional Development and Quality

• Ensure excellence in medical practice is maintained by focusing on continuous professional development of self and others.
• Participate in the Quality Improvement Program of the hospital to meet international standards.

Collaboration and Teaching

• Participate in physician conferences and rounds.
• Work with technologists and instruct them in specialized views and positioning of patients when unusual or difficult problems arise.
• Participate in the orientation of new technologists and new radiologists.

Occupational Safety and Health

• 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.

General Duties

• Perform other miscellaneous related duties as requested by the Chief Radiologist.

Qualifications & Experience

Education and Credentials

• 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 the relevant UAE healthcare authority.
• Eligibility for relevant healthcare authority registration (for example, Membership from Royal College, Arab Board Certification, MS, DM, MPhil, or an equivalent recognised by the relevant healthcare authority in UAE).

Professional 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.

Certifications

• Active and valid life support certification (for example, BLS, ACLS, PALS, ATLS, NRP).