Associate Consultant

Job Purpose:

Diagnoses, treats, surgically operate on diseases of heart and its functions. Examines patient for symptoms indicative of heart disorders, using medical instruments and equipment..

Job Responsibilities:

                                 I.            Cognitive Clinical Management:

·       Perform and document history & physical examination

·       Formulate differential diagnosis

·       Develops and documents initial plan of care*

·       Modifies daily plan of care

·       Writes daily progress notes

·       Obtain and document informed consent

·       Perform preoperative work up

·       Order appropriate referrals

·       Order appropriate investigations

·       Interpret hemodynamic parameters in critically ill patients

·       Interpret laboratory & radiology results

·       Orders transfusions of blood and blood products

·       Order appropriate medication and other orders

·       Prepare an appropriate discharge summary

                                II.            Clinical Non-invasive Management:

·       Perform digital rectal examination

·       Perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation

·       Orders, adjusts artificial feeding modalities

·       Perform and interpret non-invasive cardiac and pulmonary function testing*

·       Participation in teaching and academic activities both intradepartmental & interdepartmental

·       Have administrative control on the junior doctors and technical staff

                              III.            Clinical Invasive Management :

·       Inserts central venous catheter

·       Performs oral endotracheal intubation

·       Performs nasogastric intubation

·       Inserts urethral catheter

·       Perform CTVS surgical procedures*

·       Perform surgical procedure under assistance from consultant.

·       Surgical cover to ICU, ICD Insertion PD Insertion

·       Perform/Assist re - exploration

Candidate Requirements: