Job Objective/ Purpose:

Provide professional and compassionate medical treatment, care and services by providing quality General Surgery Services in line with Avenue Healthcare’s policies, procedures and standards, and medical standards and practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the Clinical team to navigate patients through the treatment journey, providing appropriate consultation, conducting General Surgery outpatient clinics by attending to both walk-in and referred patients within hospital SOPs and best practices.
• Attend to all patients who require General Surgery services in theater within hospital SOPs, national and international guidelines.
• Provide clarity on investigations to be carried out, interpretation of the results, and ensure accurate and clear documentation of patient history, physical examination, investigations, and management.
• Facilitate patient admissions, necessary consents, updates of treatment options and progress to the patient and the next of kin, and discharges.
• Actively participate in clinical quality initiatives including morbidity and mortality meetings, maintaining and enforcing infection control standards, ensuring patient safety following the IPSGs, incident reporting, RCAs, and QIPs.
• Ensure proper and effective drug administration and management as per policy and procedures.
• Ensure the Unit is financially viable and demonstrate growth by managing costs, ensuring proper preauthorization, timely and accurate billing of drugs and services, and monitoring patient limits.
• Champion evidence-based practice and continuous development by attending and facilitating CMEs to colleagues to build capacity to provide care.
• Ensure that Avenue Healthcare corporate governance policies are adhered to, including preventing, detecting, and reporting any fraud or criminal activities, and implementing audit recommendations.
• Ensure adequate knowledge of and compliance with all Avenue Healthcare policies, procedures, and systems, especially policies pertaining to the provision of medical services i.e. admission & discharge, reporting, equipment, and supplies.
• Adhere to Government and respective professional standards of care and treatment of patients as guided by the KMPDC.

Person Specification

• Specialist recognition in General Surgery
• Masters in General Surgery and Bachelor’s degree in Medicine (MBChB) from recognized institutions
• Certificate of Registration and Valid Practicing License from the KMPDC
• 2+ years’ work experience as a General Surgeon
• Customer focus and results oriented
• Strong interpersonal skills, team-playing abilities, and communication skills
• Highly responsive, ethical, and responsible