Family Practitioner Physician-Qatar

Overall Purpose of Role:

The Family Practitioner Physician works as a part of the medical team. They are responsible for initiating resuscitation and stabilisation of patients as well as commencing investigations and interventions to diagnose and treat illnesses, whilst working as a multi-disciplined team. 

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Carry out immediate evaluation and management of emergency patients that are brought in for treatment as needed.
• Establish a Primary Care Clinic per CMO guidance and provide routine care for chronic health conditions.
• Prescribe and administer medication, treatment, therapy.
• Liaise with other medical staff to ensure continuity of care.
• Perform medical examinations to establish health status baseline.  
• Examine and diagnose patients for illness and injury. 
• Formulate a treatment plan to manage presenting condition. 
• Administer medication intravenously, orally, intramuscularly, or topically. 
• Order, perform, interpret test results and analyze records and reports. 

Additional Duties:

• Ability to provide follow-up care for patients as needed. 
• Evaluate, perform minor procedures, and manage primary care patients. 
• Collect, record, and maintain patient health information.  
• Ensures that all medical records are accurately maintained. 
• Refer patients to medical specialists when required. 
• Coordinate healthcare plan with nurses, social workers, and other healthcare workers.  
• Provision of clinical reporting into International SOS Facility Medical Director 
• Support clinical mentoring for staff development 
• Ensure best practice in line with clinical guidelines and SOPs. 
• Telephonic on call requirements as part of a rotation if required

Additional Duties:

• Support the clinical excellence framework under direction from the Facility Medical Director 
• Provide liaison with external agencies where required to promote chain of care continuity and professional referral/patient handover.
• Compliance with International SOS policies and procedures
• This list is non exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to undertake additional duties that are not specifically listed above. 

Job Profile:

Direct line reports: 

The following positions are to be supervised directly by the incumbent; however, this may be subject to change in line with changing business needs. 

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Qualifications and Experience:

• Doctoral Degree in Medicine with a minimum of one year post qualification experience and licensed to practice in any US State or territory
• MD or DO Board eligible or certified 
• BCLS and ACLS Certificate 

Key Skills:

• Experience with the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric and adult patients in an emergency or urgent care environment. 
• The ability to make quick medical treatment care plans. 
• Ability to provide follow-up care for patients as needed. 
• Laceration repairs, wound care, venipuncture, abscess I &D, cast and splint application, etc. 
• Ability to assess and accurately diagnose obstetrics and gynaecological patients. 

• Empathetic and personable medical care 
• Accurate, detailed patient charting. 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 
• Excellent IT skills including use of electronic medical records systems. 

Essential Capabilities:

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.   
• Maintain a calm, confident demeanour when in stressful situations.   

• Results oriented and able to meet project deliverables.   
• Cultural sensitivity and awareness with the willingness to work with a foreign national patient population.   
• Ability to multitask, prioritize and meet demanding deadlines. 
• Effective oral, written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient IT skills including use of electronic medical records systems and software skills.

   

This job description outlines the types of responsibilities the incumbent is required to perform.

The incumbent may be required to perform job related tasks other than those specifically presented in this job description. This job description is subject to regular review.