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
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in General medicine
0 Year of relevant experience
Required competencies and key technical skills
- Integrity
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Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills
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Inclusiveness
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Accountability
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Communication
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Teamwork
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Client/citizen focus
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Professionalism
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Commitment to continuous learning
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Customer care skills
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Ability to formulate and implement relevant policy and supervision of staff required
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Good knowledge of Rwanda Health System
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Knowledge in Anatomic pathology, and Clinical pathology
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Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills;
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Understanding of research methodology, report writing and publication
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Ability to apply basic computer knowledge
