Job Description
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
- Ability to take responsibility and show evidence of leadership.
- Flexible and proactive attitude.
- Proven experience of working constructively as part of a team.
- Ability to make decisions and give guidance.
- Ability to communicate effectively and develop effective working relationships on an individual basis with colleagues and staff.
- Awareness of personal limitations.
- Ability to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods, and to respond to questions and queries.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills with the ability to write clear and concise letters and communications.
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
SERVICE:
- Ensure drafting and implementation of SOP’s, guidelines, policies etc.
- Ensure internal and external quality control of all tests
- Supervises junior medical staff (Registrars and Residents) including assessment of staff performance in relation to clinical competence, adherence to departmental protocols, timely and accurate documentation, communication with patients, relatives, and peers, other staff and doctors in other hospitals and in the community.
- Acquire extensive knowledge of advanced laboratory theory, techniques, and testing related to Microbiology.
- Supervision of reporting of all test performed in Microbiology.
- Trouble shooting of difficult /discordant cases.
- Clinical interaction with patient care service by providing consultation /advice to clinical.
- Development of antibiograms to guide empirical therapy.
- Monitor KPI of Microbiology laboratory.
- Monitor data shared by the lab.
- Selected antimicrobial reporting according to CLSI/EUCAST guidelines.
- Participates in departmental and other meetings required to meet organizational and service objectives.
- Acquire knowledge of standard laboratory safety procedures.
- Perform costing of all tests.
- Perform feasibility of new tests.
RESIDENCY PROGRAM:
- Contribute to the development of Residency program manual.
- Attends Medical education workshops designed for structuring residency program.
- Ensure that training standards are maintained in specialty and raise matters of importance or concern as required.
- Provides effective and responsive leadership and direction for the PGME committee, communicate effectively with members of the Committee and ensure coordinated and integrated delivery of developments and strategy for/within the specialty
- Liaise on with the College of Physicians and Surgeons to ensure training matters are represented in discussions
ACADEMICS
- Actively participates in Academic activities and research.
- Participate in continuing educational activities (CME) of the department and organization.
- Participates in teaching programs for undergraduate medical students and postgraduate trainees (Residents).
- Participate in undergraduate and post graduate teaching programs of medical lab technology programs.
- Supervises, guides and teaches technical, allied health and other support staff.
- Organizes and participates in departmental academic activities.
- Participates in formal and informal education in clinical setting.
- Participates in professional continuing educational activities, regular performance review and maintains and updates own knowledge and skills.
RESEARCH AND AUDIT
- Participates in departmental audits.
- Participates in research and actively promotes research activities.
- Involves in intradepartmental research projects with residents and registrars in the sections.
- Actively participates in inter-departmental research projects with fellows and residents of other departments.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
- Supervises and reports proficiency testing surveys.
- Any other task assigned by the hospital management.
Note:
“Indus Hospital & Health Network is an employer that does not tolerate Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.”