Senior Registrar Pediatric Emergency

About the Role

National Medical Care is seeking a Senior Registrar Pediatric Emergency to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position requires 5 years of experience and involves providing comprehensive care to pediatric emergency patients, both inpatient and outpatient. The Senior Registrar will operate under the supervision of a Consultant or the Head of the Emergency Room, ensuring adherence to professional medical ethics, hospital by-laws, and relevant regulatory standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality medical treatment and compassionate care to all patients.
• Deliver patient care within the scope of professional competence and clinical privileges.
• Practice medicine according to clinically relevant and scientifically valid standards and guidelines.
• Participate in the development and maintenance of medical contingency disaster plans.
• Maintain the quality of the triage system performed by Emergency Room Nurses.
• Supervise the performance of assigned * physicians within the unit.
• Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures within the specialty as per privileges.
• Assess and refer appropriate patients to other medical facilities when necessary.
• Participate in the departmental on-call rota for patient care.
• Uphold patient rights regarding security, confidentiality, and privacy.
• Respond to emergencies, offering advice and active participation related to the specialty as required.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and legible patient medical records.
• Supervise the duties of assigned junior staff.
• Provide leadership for performance improvement functions, including measurement, assessment, and improvement of clinical and non-clinical processes.

Professional Development and Training

• Actively participate in Continued Medical Education (**** through hospital activities such as morning reports, grand rounds, clinical tutorials, seminars, journal clubs, and conferences.
• Engage in national and international medical meetings, conferences, and symposia.
• Actively participate in training programs related to the field and organize training for junior medical staff, nursing staff, and technicians.
• Continuously update medical knowledge and upgrade professional skills.
• Participate in assigned committee meetings, such as Quality Improvement and Infection Control.

Patient and Family Education

• Educate patients and families according to their needs, implementing the patient and family education process as per policy and procedure, including documentation.
• Involve patients and families in the plan of care, respecting their goals and choices.
• Provide health promotion and teaching using methods appropriate to the patient's developmental level, learning needs, readiness, ability to learn, language preference, culture, and situation.
• Allocate necessary time to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient education, ensuring appropriate documentation.

Compliance and Adherence

• Abide by Department Policies and Procedures, as well as hospital by-laws, rules, and regulations.
• Ensure compliance with CBAHI / JCIA standards and the laws of the Ministry of Health in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to perform tasks and duties assigned within the realm of knowledge, skills, and abilities.