Specialist - Neonatology

The role involves delivering professional, ethical, and high-quality clinical care, managing clinical risks, ensuring compliance with governance standards, and maintaining accurate medical records. It also emphasizes continuous professional development and maintaining integrity in providing ethical, responsible clinical services.

Specific Responsibilities for this Role

Provide a comprehensive professional and ethical quality clinical services to patients in an effective and efficient manner.

Monitor and manage clinical risks associated with direct patient care.

Ensure compliance with clinical governance and quality management standards.

Maintain accurate medical records.

Ensure excellence in medical practice is maintained by focusing on continuous professional development of self and others.

Maintain integrity in professional services by executing clinical services in an ethical and responsible manner.

Clinical activities:

Performs professional duties of a neonatologist

Responsible for assessment and reassessment of patients

Conducts daily rounds to patients in the hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and the Nursery; performs general or special examinations and other procedures covering the full scope of the field of neonatology. Orders laboratory, radiological examinations, determines diagnosis, prescribes medications, advice nursing and dietary care as necessary and applies such preventive measures as required

Provides in-patient care to the newborn and attends difficult delivery or cesarean section deliveries

Offers consultation/referral services to the in-patient services in his area of expertise

Works with patients throughout the entire process starting from consultation to treatment plan

Serves as an expert in neonatology providing consultative services to other Medical Services

Provides on-call emergency coverage for neonatal emergencies as per duty roster

Administrative activities:

Attends committee meetings as assigned by the Head of Department (HOD)

Monitors clinical and other established indicators to ensure ongoing quality assurance

Reviews journals, texts or periodicals in order to update latest techniques, procedures, drugs and therapy

Involved in development of International level guidelines to standardize and improve quality of service provided

Follows standard policies and procedures as required by DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, JCI, ISO, OSHMS and other regulatory bodies

Participates in scheduled in-service training programs, CMEs, divisional teaching activities, the regular physicians’ conference or other committees as requested

Participate in improvement initiates within the department

Handle complaints in an amicable manner when necessary

Foster interdepartmental liaison in order to ensure maintenance of established level of Service Agreements

Aware of hospital fire policy and emergency procedures

Participate in a quality assurance program for the obstetrics and gynecology services and help develop and monitor indicators

Assist the senior staff in developing best practice guidelines protocols

Documents all care provided and education/information given to patients within their medical health record, as per professional and practice standards / protocols

Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems

Comply with reasonable OSH instructions, policies and safe working procedures

Use of appropriate personal protective equipment and safety systems.

Be familiar with emergency and evacuation procedures

Not willfully or recklessly endanger anyone’s health and safety

Assist with the preparation of risk assessments

Report OSH Hazards, incidents, Near misses and issues

Reduce, Reuse, Recycling of waste as much as possible

Attend all OSH Trainings, awareness programs and mock drills.

Participates in the OSHMS audits, inspections, ensuring standards are maintained

Prevention and Control of Infection (PCI):

PCI is everyone’s responsibility. All staff are required to read and implement the NMC PCI Policy and Strategy in an effort to maintain the highest possible standards of cleanliness at all times, thus reducing the risk of infection in patients, staff and visitors.

The strictest hand hygiene, 5 moments of hand hygiene, bare below the elbows and environmental care, will be expected of all staff, including the post holder, at all times

At least 3 - 5 years’ post qualification experience at Specialist level (independent of country)

At least 1 year Specialist level experience from a Tier 1 country as specified by the UAE healthcare regulator.

Basic medical degree and completion of a specialty qualification/education programme (fellowship/diploma) recognised by the relevant UAE healthcare authority.

Certification and registration in a speciality recognised by relevant UAE healthcare authority. Active and valid life support certification (e.g. BLS, ACLS, PALS, ATLS, NRP)

Eligibility for relevant healthcare authority registration e.g. Membership from Royal College / Arab Board Certification / MS / DM / MPhil or an equivalent recognised by relevant healthcare authority in UAE