Consultant Interventional Cardiology

Job Summary

Consultant is responsible for providing care for his/her patients (inpatient and outpatient) maintaining a high-level of professional performance in accordance with Evidence based medici

• neProfessional medical ethics and CBAHI / JCIA standard
• s.Hospital medical by-law
• s.Laws of Ministry of Health in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and any oth

erapplicable regulations according to the departmental quality plan
Providing effective leadership of the department maintaining an appropriate quality plan using measurable performance improvement standards in the field of cardiolo

gy.The cardiologist is a staff member of the Cardia departmnet. Responsibilities are divided between the outpatient and inpatient services:consultations, admissions and cardiac procedures (Echo, EKG, stress testing, Holters, Swan-Ganz, et

c.)Major Duties and Responsibilit

• iesEnsures through his actions, either directly or indirectly, that a superior quality of medical treatment, compassion and understanding is given to every patient served at the NMC Hospitals and Clin
• ics.Provides patient care within the parameters of their professional competence as reflected in the scope of their clinical privileges for both in-patients and outpati
• ents.Practices within the framework of clinically relevant and scientifically valid standards, guidelines and cri
• teria.To perform his duties in the cardiology clinic evaluating patients with cardiovascular di
• seases.To provide care to his patients in the coronary care unit, intermediate care unit and other medica
• l wards.To perform cardiac procedures: stress testing, nuclear cardiology, EKG interpretation, Holter monitors, Echocardiogram and Doppler’s, cardiac catheterization and pacemak
• ers, etc.to provide consultation services to the inpatients in his area of
• expertise.Conducts regular ward rounds on his own and/or as a team to formulate a multi-disciplinary trea
• tment plan.Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures on his/her patients within the range of th
• e specialty.Assessment and referral of appropriate patients under his/her medical care to other appropriate medical facilities as well as accepting referrals of patients with medical problems in his/her field
• of specialty.Participate in the on-call rota of the department for patient care
• and admission.Responds to emergencies to offer advice and actively participate with problems if required, related to his
• /her specialty.Observes and upholds the patients rights of security, confidential
• ity and privacy.
  Maintains appropriate records of all patients with accurate, timely legible completion of patient’s
• medical records.
  Consultant has a leadership role in the organiz
• ation performance.
  Supervision of duties of ass
• igned junior staff.
  Provides leadership for performance-improvement functions in the process of measurement, assessment and improvement of both clinical and non-clinical process as part of the Depart
• mental Quality Plan.
  Active participation in Continued Medical Education (C.M.E.) through educational hospital activities (morning report meetings, grand rounds, clinical tutorials and seminars, journal club, radiology or clinico-pathological conferences).Also, through National and International meetings, conferences and symposia. Participation in review of literature, case reporting and clini
• cal studies/research.
  Active participation in training program related to his field and organization within the hospital for training of junior medical staff and in-service training for nursing
• staff and technicians.
  Continuous update of his knowledge in the medical field as well as continuously upgrading level of skill in his/h
• er field of profession.
  Participation in committee meetings assigned to him/her (Quality Improve
• ment, Infection Control)
  Abides by Department Policies and Procedures, as well as hospital by-law
• s, Rules and Regulations.
  Responsible to educate patients /families as per their needs and to implement their whole role regarding patient / family education process as mention in patient & family education policy and procedure including documentation
• in patient medical record.
  They are knowledgeable about their essential role in pa
• tient and family education.
  Involves the patient/families in plan of care and respects patients/families regarding their goals
• and choices of patient care.
  Provides health promotion and health teaching thru methods appropriate to a patients’ developmental level, learning needs, readiness and ability to learn, language prefer
• ence, culture and situations.
  Allots time necessary to assess, plan implement and evaluate patient education provided to patients/families w
• ith appropriate documentation.
  To carry out any other assignments as directed by Hospital Administration and/or the department head and within the realm of his k

nowledge, sk

1. ills and abilities
2. Reportin

• g toHead of departmentSupervisesSenior Registrars, Registrars, Residents, Nurses and other pa

1. ramedical sta

ff assigned to him.Liaises with:Consultants of his/her specialty, of other specialties within the department, Consultant of other departments, Nursing staff, other health care professiona

ls, patients and their famil

1. ies.Qualif

• icationsA minimum of:
  EDUCATION :
  RequiredEither American Board, or Canadia

1. n Fellows

hip, or MRCP, or EquivalentDesirableHigher qual

ificationsin 

1. pecialty, if any.EXPERIENCE:Required
   Minimum five (5)
2. years experience Post Qualification.Current valid license to practi
3. ce medicine in the area of specialty.Registration in Saudi Com

mission for Health Specialties and/orcurrent license

1. to practi
2. ce medicine in Saudi Arabia.DesirableAdd
3. itional experience in

ffiliation.Competencies & skills:
Demonstrates

1. leadership and administrative skills
2. .Fluent in spoken and written English.Commun
3. ication in spoken Arabic is desirable.Exhibits professionalism and excelle
4. nt interpersonal communication skills.Is
5. knowledgeable of the Medical by-laws.Knowledge of computer application.