Resident Paediatrician Job Avenue Healthcare

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Job Objective/Purpose 

Provide and ensure quality Pediatric services within the Avenue group in line with the company policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities 

• Attend to walk in and referred pediatric patients both out and in patient. 
• Receive and resuscitate newborns in Theatre and Maternity. 
• To offer pediatric consultancy to all the doctors in Avenue Group. 
• Run the pediatric outpatient clinics. 
• Provision of superior diagnostic, preventative and interventional medical care.  
• Accurate and clear documentation of patient history, physical examination, investigations, and management. 
• Provide clarity of investigations to be carried out and interpretation of the results and ensure update to the patients, next of kin and conduct family conferences on need basis. 
• Facilitate patient admissions, necessary consents, and discharges. 
• Counsel clients on treatment and compliance to treatment (patient and family) while ensuring their participation in decision making in their management. 
• Carry out procedures (pediatric) while ensuring high quality of care/services and safety of patients. 
• Participate in morbidity and mortality meetings as required. 
• Participation in incident reporting, root cause analysis and the Avenue Quality Improvement Plan 
• Participation in resuscitation of patients.  
• Conduct timely ward rounds and patient reviews. 
• Facilitate Continuous Medical Education and mentorship to colleagues to build capacity to provide care. 
• Acquiring new skills on best practices and assist in their implementation.  
• Maintain a positive work attitude and foster teamwork. 
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality at all times. 
• Ensure patient satisfaction through quality of care, communication, feedback, and escalation through the standardized tool for patient satisfaction measurement and demonstrate follow-up and improvement. 
• Increase the quality and diversity of services offered in the facility. 
• Support marketing activities to ensure introduction of new services. 
• Ensure pre-authorizations have been sought. 

Person Specification 

• Specialist recognition in Paediatrics 
• Master of Medicine in Paediatrics  
• 2 years’ experience  
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills 
• Attention to detail 
• Result Oriented 
• Customer focus 

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