Consultant Pediatric Critical Care (PICU)

CORE COMPETENCIES:

·       Keep up to date with new developments in medicine

·       Emotional Strengths & Maturity. 

·       Good Communication Skills

·       Leadership Skills

·       Ability to get along with the people especially children.

Job Responsibilities:

·        Examines PICU patients to determine presence of disease and to establish preventive health practices.

·        Establishes the epidemiology and genetics of the disease process from patient history & investigations.

·        Work as a part of team that includes other doctors, nurses, therapists and medical technologists.

·        Handling emergencies beside the ICU when required.

·        Checks records, charts and reports of the patient

·        Take rounds of the ward/ICU to check on patient’s progress

·        Counselling patients and their family as regards to attitude/psychology, medication/ treatment/ precautions to be taken/ risk factors, diet and nutrition/ exercises etc

·        Attending conferences, seminars, conventions to gain and contribute knowledge and expertise

·        Display professional conduct and responsibility

·        Maintain discipline and set example through self.