Senior Consultant- Psychiatry- Arab – Naufar Hospital
Job Description
The Senior Consultant Psychiatry is the most senior doctor (apart from the Department Chair and/or Section Head) who practices in a psychiatry and has oversight responsibility for his team of Consultants and junior doctors and manages other team members. The Senior Consultant Psychiatry is responsible for the care of patients and for all the clinical decisions made by other doctors under his supervision. The Senior Consultant- Psychiatry must be able to contribute on delivering an integrated strategic vision and planning for Clinical, Research, Education and training that improves the quality of patient care. He will oversee and set the direction for the delivery of services. The post holder will lead in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of persons with substance use disorders or co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders. In essence, the Senior Consultant Psychiatry is required to have professional clinical competence, leadership and management skills. The Senior Consultant will lead the development and expansion of the Young Persons Service by active involvement with all internal and external stakeholders in the planning, development, execution and implementation stages.
Responsibilities
- Assumes direct responsibility for the patients under his/her medical attendance in the assigned unit.
- Conducts rounds and undertakes supervision of treatment of the inpatients as well as screening and examination of the outpatients.
- Undertakes supervisory responsibility for the medical staff within the unit and prepares regular reports on the activities of the unit for the department head/chairman.
- Participates in the various committees for the upgrading of services and organization of work within and outside Naufar Center.
- Participates in the planning and implementation of the department development plans and the different work force training programs for the medical, technical and nursing staff.
- Performs all relevant interventions related to his/her field of specialization.
- Participates in scheduling of on-call duties and provides on-call services.
- Participates in the assessment and updating of drug, medical supply and equipment needs.
- Writes, completes and approves medical reports for patients.
- Provides guidance and counsel to other departments when requested.
- Performs other duties as assigned/directed by the chairperson/head of the department and approved by the Medical Director/CMO.
- The specific details about roles and responsibilities related to each specialty can be found in their job plan, which is maintained by the Department.
- Creation and maintenance of Services Operational Manual in compliance with the Naufar model of care.
- Provide MDT leadership and psychiatric services in accordance with Naufar clinical needs.
- Work closely with Naufar multidisciplinary teams to provide a high standard of care, which encompasses clinical assessment, treatment and management of patients across a wide range of clinical areas including mental health conditions while complying with internationally recognized standards.
- Performs all duties assigned to a consultant physician.
