Job responsibilities

FUNCTIONS:

Provide Patient Care and Support to Specialized Doctors TASKS:

• Promote early and appropriate responses to patients according to triage times

• Resuscitate or stabilize patients and refer them to the appropriate medical departments

• Act quickly to make a tentative diagnosis and determine the appropriate course of treatment

• Initiate and assess the patient's medical, physical, and psychosocial status

• Develop treatment plan

• Perform regular ward rounds

• Record progress notes

• Order tests, examinations, medications, and therapies

• Write medical prescriptions and ensure patients receive all prescribed medications

• Write admission notes, progress notes and procedure notes.

• Provide patient education and counselling on health status.

• Participate in the development and achievement of specific objectives of the service

• Ensure quality care to in-patients

• Follow-up of ordered investigations

• Be involved in the management of ward beds

• Fill the patient files

• Assigned other activities within his/her competency by the Head of service

• Submit monthly, quarterly and annual reports to the supervisor

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in general medicine with a registration certificate and valid license to practice medicine in Rwanda issued by a professional council and should be certified as a medical officer, which is graded by the professional council.

• Proof of completion of the duration of the public service agreement

NOTICE: - Only medical officers who have completed the duration of the public service agreement will be considered

Required competencies and key technical skills

• Integrity

• Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills.

• Inclusiveness

• Accountability

• Communication

• Teamwork

• Client/citizen focus

• Professionalism

• Commitment to continuous learning

• Customer care skills

• Ability to formulate and implement relevant policy and supervision of staff required

• Good knowledge of Rwanda Health System

• Knowledge in Anatomic pathology, and Clinical pathology

• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills;

• Understanding of research methodology, report writing and publication

• Ability to apply basic computer knowledge